[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> STARTING IN 2022.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS TO END THAT SENTENCE.

WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW LAWS TAKING EFFECT IN THE NEW YEAR.

>> I AM NOT GATHERING RIGHT NOW INDOORS WITH ANYBODY WHO IS NOT VACCINATED AND BOOSTED.

>> ONE-ON-ONE WITH CHICAGO'S TOP DOC ON VACCINE MANDATES, COVID TESTING AND MORE.

>> SCIENCE HAS DEMONSTRATED LESS THAN A THIRD OF PEOPLE ARE ISOLATING WHEN THEY NEED TO.

>> THE C.D.C.

CHANGES ITS ISOLATION GUIDELINES FOR ASYMPTOMATIC COVID PATIENTS HOW HEALTH LEADERS AND OFFICIALS ARE RESPONDING IN SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

>> WHAT A NEW STUDY ON CTA RIDERSHIP DURING THE PANDEMIC TELLS US ABOUT THE FUTURE OF TRANSIT IN CHICAGO.

[♪♪♪] >> CHICAGO TALKS ABOUT TOURING TIPS FOR SONG WRITING AND MORE REVISITING OUR CONVERSATION WITH THE FRONT MAN.

>> I LIKE BEING AT THE GAME.

SEEING THE GUYS AND KICKERS MISSING BALLS THAT TO ME IS FUN.

>> REMEMBERING THE LATE JOHN MADDEN WITH A LOOK AT HIS 1986 APPEARANCE HERE ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

>> AND REVISITING A LOCAL EXHIBITION BY STREET PHOTOGRAPHER SABINE WEISS WHO DIED YESTERDAY AT 97.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> MIDNIGHT FIREWORKS AND BRIDGE CLOSURES ARE PART OF THE CITY'S PLANS TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR BUT SAFELY.

THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAYS THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY CAN BE VIEWED ALONG THE CHICAGO RIVER FROM WOLF POINT TO NAVY PIER CLOSING PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND USING FIVE BRIDGES AND RIVER LAUNCH POINTS TO LAUNCH THE FIREWORKS.

IN ADVANCE OF NEW YEAR'S EVE THE CITY IS REMINDING RESIDENTS OF COVID SAFETY PROTOCOLS MASKING UP IN INDOOR PUBLIC SPACES.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT HAD THIS MESSAGE FOR PARENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THEY SPEND THEIR TIME DOWNTOWN.

>> AND DO NOT SIMPLY DROP THEM OFF DOWNTOWN AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.

THAT IS SIMPLY NOT RESPONSIBLE.

AND I SAY THIS AS A PARENT.

WE ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS PARENTS, GUARDIANS, OR SOMEBODY WHO IS A CARETAKER TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHILDREN THAT ARE TRUSTED IN OUR CARE.

AND A WORD TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND OLDER ADULTS...

I WILL SAY THE SAME THING I SAY TO MY CHILD...

IT IS OK TO HAVE FUN BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS LIMITS.

>> AND TODAY THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS A COVID TEST POSITIVITY RATE OF 16.2% DOUBLE THE RATE SEVEN DAYS AGO.

ON AVERAGE, THERE ARE MORE THAN 3800 CASES PER DAY IN THE LAST WEEK AND 90 PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALIZED.

AND WE'LL HAVE MORE WITH THE CITY PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER, Dr. ALLISON ARWADY IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> DRIVER SERVICES FACILITIES STATE-WIDE ARE CLOSING FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE NEW YEAR BECAUSE OF RISING COVID CASES.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE SAYS SOME TRANSACTIONS CAN BE COMPLETED ON THE WEBSITE LIKE RENEWING A STICKER AND A DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY.

THE OFFICE HAD EXTENDED ALL DRIVER'S LICENSE AND ID CARDS EXPIRATION DATES TO MARCH 31.

FACILITIES WILL REOPEN ON JANUARY 18.

A LOOK AHEAD TO SOME OF NEXT YEAR'S NEW STATE LAWS.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW WHAT THE NEW YEAR WILL BRING BUT 2022 HAS SOME CHANGES IN STORE FOR CERTAIN, AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH A RUNDOWN OF NEW LAWS TAKING EFFECT IN THE NEW YEAR.

AMANDA.

>> PARIS, I WILL BE HONEST REPORTING ON NEW LAWS THAT TOOK EFFECT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR WAS TOUGH BECAUSE OF COVID THE LEGISLATURE WAS OFF COURSE SO THEY DID NOT PASS A LOT THAT TOOK EFFECT IN 2021 AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE FOR THIS YEAR.

THERE ARE A LOT OF LAWS TAKING EFFECT IN 2022 SO AN EARLY PLUG TUNE IN TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT" TOMORROW EVENING.

WHERE I WILL BE REPORTING ON LAWS THAT MIGHT CHANGE EVERYTHING FROM WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU VISIT A PHARMACY TRYING TO APPLY FOR A LICENSE FOR A GUN.

FOR THE NEXT FEW MINUTES I WILL BE FOCUSING ON LAWS IMPACTING EDUCATION.

INCLUDING A LAW THAT REQUIRES ILLINOIS SCHOOLS K-12 TEACH ONE UNIT OF HISTORY REGARDING ASIAN-AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS.

>> IT DOES MEAN THAT ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY WHICH IS OFTEN INVISIBLE, THERE HAS BEEN ASIAN-AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE THE MID-1800'S.

BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS AND THE SCHOOLS ALLOW ALL THE CHALLENGES AS WELL AS SUCCESSES TO BE PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY THAT IS TAUGHT TO SCHOOLS.

>> TECHNICALLY SCHOOLS HAVE UNTIL THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR FOR ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION.

BUT THE WORK DOES BEGIN NOW WHEN DEVELOPING A UNIT.

AND THE LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE SPECIFIC LESSONS BE TAUGHT.

GRACE CHAN MCKIBBEN SAYS THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTIONS.

>> JUST THE FIRST ACT IMMIGRATION LAW AND THE ONLY IMMIGRATION LAW THAT EXCLUDES A GROUP OF PEOPLE ON THE BASIS OF NATIONALITY.

AND THEN THE JAPANESE INCARCERATION DURING WORLD WAR II WHERE CITIZENS REGARDLESS -- PEOPLE BECAUSE OF NATIONALITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN REGARDLESS OF CITIZENSHIP WERE INCARCERATED.

>> A DIFFERENT LAW SAYS WHEN TEACHING HISTORY ILLINOIS SCHOOLS HAVE TO INCLUDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY BY AMERICANS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE OF MUSLIM, JEWISH, CHRISTIAN AND BUDDHIST AMERICANS.

MEANWHILE, SCHOOLS MAY HAVE TO UPDATE THEIR DRESS CODES.

ANOTHER LAW TAKING EFFECT BANS SCHOOLS FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST NATURAL AND ETHNIC HAIR STYLES LIKE LOCKS, TWISTS AND AFROS THIS IS NAMED AFTER A FOUR-YEAR-OLD WHOSE SCHOOL DID NOT ALLOW HIM TO WEAR BRAIDS.

>> THE REAL CULPRIT ARE THE INSTANCES WHERE BLACK YOUTH HAVE BEEN EXPELLED, SUSPENDED, FORCED OFF SPORTS TEAMS.

THAT IS THE WAY WE WROTE THE LEGISLATION I HOPE SCHOOLS WILL TAKE IT AS A GESTURE TO BE MORE OPEN MINDED AROUND ALL HAIR STYLES IT IS A FORM OF EXPRESSION AND STUDY AFTER STUDY HAS TOLD US THAT DISCRIMINATING AGAINST HAIR STYLES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE HAS A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.

GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP AND HEAL AND TO LEARN.

>> STUDENTS EXPERIENCING MENTAL OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES WILL BE PERMITTED FIVE EXCUSED ABSENCES FROM SCHOOL BECAUSE IN 2022, ILLINOIS WILL INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH AS A VALID REASON FOR MISSING CLASS AFTER TWO MENTAL HEALTH DAYS AND SCHOOL CAN REFER THAT STUDENT TO APPROPRIATE SCHOOL PERSONNEL SOMEBODY LIKE A COUNSELOR.

MEANWHILE, GRADUATING ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS NO LONGER NEED TO SWEAT TAKING THE SATES OR THE ACTS IN ORDER TO GET INTO ONE OF THE STATE'S PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES.

>> MEANING THAT A STUDENT FROM CHICAGO OR EVANSTON OR DES PLAINES CAN APPLY TO COLLEGE U OF I OR CHICAGO STATE AND THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS WILL CONSIDER THEIR GPA INTERVIEWS, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES BUT THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT TEST SCORES.

>> STUDENTS CAN SUBMIT THEIR SCORES BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO.

REPRESENTATIVE KAM BUCKNER SAYS THIS IS A WAY TO GIVE ILLINOIS RESIDENTS A LEG UP IN THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS.

WHEN STUDENTS LEAVE THE STATE TO GO TO A SCHOOL SAY SOMEWHERE LIKE ARIZONA, THEY OFTEN DON'T COME BACK.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT ENROLLMENT AT PLACES LIKE THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN ARIZONA YOU WILL SEE A BUMPER CROP OF ILLINOIS RESIDENTS THIS ADDRESSES THAT AND GIVES THEM A LEG UP OUT OF ALL THE 50 STATES ONLY NEW JERSEY LOSES MORE COLLEGE AGED INDIVIDUALS OUT OF STATE WHO NEVER RETURN COMPARED TO US.

WE WANT MORE ILLINOIS STUDENTS TO STAY IN COLLEGE, TO STAY IN ILLINOIS FOR COLLEGE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR STATE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ECONOMY AND THE RAISE FAMILIES AND START BUSINESSES HERE.

>> BUCKNER SAYS THE LAW CAN HELP TO CLOSE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS.

STANDARDIZED TESTS DO NOT CAPTURE A STUDENT'S POTENTIAL.

>> WE KNOW THAT THE TEST SCORES CAN OFTEN ACT AS A BARRIER TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.

FURTHERMORE, FAR TOO OFTEN WHEN WE SEE THOSE FOLKS WHO DO WELL ON TEST SCORES COMPARED TO THOSE WHO DON'T, WE KNOW THAT THEY COME FROM CERTAIN SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS IN MANY CASES.

AND FAR TOO OFTEN THE WAGE GAP WITH IN FAMILIES TURNED IN THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE GAP AND THE LIFE EXPECTANCY GAP.

>> ON JANUARY 17TH, ILLINOIS WILL HAVE THE FIRST COMMEMORATIVE HOLIDAY REMEMBERING MOHAMMED ALI.

THIS IS JUST A SMALL SAMPLING OF THE LAWS AND WE WILL TALK MORE TOMORROW INCLUDING LAWS IMPACTING CONSUMERS.

BACK TO YOU.

>> A LOT CHANGING SATURDAY.

WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO PART TWO TOMORROW.

TO BRANDIS AND THE LATEST HOW CHICAGO IS ADDRESSING THE SPIKE IN COVID CASES.

>> THANK YOU.

>> CITY OFFICIALS SAY A COMBINATION OF TRAVEL AND SOCIAL GATHERINGS OVER THE CHRISTMAS WEEKEND ARE CAUSING THIS POST HOLIDAY SURGE IN COVID CASES.

THEY ARE URGING THE PUBLIC TO GET VACCINATED AND TO GET TESTED.

BUT MANY PEOPLE ARE REPORTING CHALLENGES IN FINDING TESTS.

AND WITH US TO DISCUSS THE SURGE AND ALL THINGS COVID IS Dr. ALLISON ARWADY, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

THANK YOU FORFEITING US IN AGAIN.

AS WE OF DISCUSSED THE TEST POSITIVITY RATE JUST OVER 16% THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT LEAP FROM SEVEN DAYS AGO AT 8.2%.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE THE FACTORS CAUSING THE SURGE?

>> SO THE BIGGEST ONE CLEARLY IS OMICRON.

THIS IS A MUCH MORE INFECTIOUS VARIANT AND WE ARE SEEING IT SPREAD RAPIDLY.

WE'RE SEEING BOTH AN INCREASE IN TERMS OF TESTS AND AS YOU NOTED, WE ARE SEEING MORE CHALLENGES WITH TESTING CAPACITY.

NOT JUST IN CHICAGO BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND IN THAT SETTING WITH MORE SPREAD AND SOMEWHAT LOWER TESTING, POSITIVITY IS VERY MUCH UP TWICE WHAT IT WAS A WEEK AGO AND TWICE A WEEK BEFORE THAT MATCHING THE PATTERN WE'RE SEEING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

>> THE C.D.C.

IS GETTING CRITICISM FOR REDUCING THE ISOLATION TIME FROM 10 DAYS DOWN TO FIVE DAYS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE.

PROFESSIONALLY WHAT YOUR REACTION TO THE CHANGE?

AND WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE CITY WILL DO WITH REGARD TO FOLLOWING SUIT?

>> THE FIRST THING WE REACHED OUT TO C.D.C.

AND SAY I WANT TO SEE THAT DATA WHAT IT IS BASED ON AND REALLY WHERE YOU LOOK AT THE DATA PARTICULARLY WITH THE OMICRON VARIANT, CLEARLY WE ARE DEALING WITH A FASTER MOVING VARIANT THAN WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.

SHORTER TIME PERIOD FROM WHEN SOMEONE IS EXPOSED TO WHEN THEY BECOME INFECTED AND CAN START SPREADING.

SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME-FRAME.

I DO AGREE THAT A SHORTENING OF QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION DOES MAKE SENSE.

CERTAINLY WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT SOME OF THE MORE SENSITIVE SETTINGS.

RECOGNIZING THAT I THINK THE FIVE-DAY RECOMMENDATION FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION DOES MAKE SENSE AND WE ARE GOING ALONG WITH THAT.

BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE MORE SPECIFIC SITUATIONS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T INADVERTENTLY CREATE A SITUATION WHERE FOLKS ARE NOT AS PROTECTED AS THEY NEED TO BE.

BUT OVERALL IT IS GOOD NEWS AND WE WILL BE WATCHING THE DATA CLOSELY.

>> BEGINNING JANUARY THIRD, THE CITY WILL BE ENFORCING A VACCINE MANDATE FOR INDOOR PUBLIC SPACES YOU ARE DOING THAT BUT PARTICULARLY SHOWING PROOF OF VACCINATION FOR CERTAIN LOCATIONS RESTAURANTS, GYMS THE LIKE.

THIS WEEK WE HEARD FROM THE CHICAGO RESTAURANTS COALITION ARGUING THAT THEY HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS.

HERE IS ROGER ROMANELLI THE COALITION'S COORDINATOR.

>> IN TERMS OF DEALING WITH THE COVID SURGE, WE REALLY NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK.

AND LIKE I SAY, SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN THE RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN DOING WONDERFUL WORK TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE.

I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT IF THE MAYOR'S INTENT IS TO GET MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED AND FOR US TO DEFEAT THE VIRUS IF IT'S GOOD FOR RESTAURANTS TO CHECK VACCINATION PAPERS, ANYONE THAT WALKS INTO CITY HALL OR ANY GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN CHICAGO THEY SHOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED TO SHOW THEIR PAPERS AND ID'S.

>> AND ROGER ROMANELLI THINKS WE SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO SHOW VACCINATION PAPERS GOING INTO ANY PUBLIC BUILDING.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS ARGUMENT IS THAT THE NEW MANDATE GOES INTO EFFECT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS WHEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GATHERING COULD THE CITY HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY WITH THIS ROLL OUT?

>> HONESTLY WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT DOING THIS WE DID THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH TALKING TO INDUSTRY PARTNERS.

WE KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE THE ONES LOOKING AT VACCINATION CARDS AT THE DOOR.

WE DID THE WORK TO CARVE OUT THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES WHERE THAT IS NECESSARY.

BECAUSE THE GOAL AND WE CAN'T WAIT ON IMPLEMENTING THIS.

LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, HERE IN CHICAGO, WHERE WE LOOK AT WHO IS DRIVING THE HOSPITALIZATIONS SURGE WITH COVID IT IS THE UNVACCINATED.

WE'VE SEEN ALMOST NO INCREASE IN COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED, PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN A BOOSTER AND THAT BIG SURGE IS IN THE UNVACCINATED.

NOW, REALLY IS THE TIME TO DO THAT.

AND THE REASON WHY WE FOCUS ONSETTINGS LIKE GYMS, RESTAURANTS AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES, IS BECAUSE THOSE ARE KNOWN TO BE RISKIER SETTINGS FROM A COVID PERSPECTIVE.

PEOPLE ARE TAKING OFF MASKS AND EXHALING MORE.

WE'VE SEEN THINGS BEING LINKED.

I'M IN SUPPORT OF VACCINATIONS IN ALL KIND TSZ OF SETTINGS WE'VE TRIED TO BE FOCUSED ON OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT AT THIS POINT WITH WHERE WE ARE YOU HAVE TO BE VACCINATED TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THOSE.

>> DOCTOR WE'VE BEEN HEAR BEING LONG LINES AT COVID-19 TESTING SITES.

THE AT HOME TEST KITS ARE SOLD OUT AND DIFFICULT TO FIND THIS LED TO SOME BARS AND CHURCHES AND NONMEDICAL SITES OFFERING FREE TESTING.

BUT IS THE CITY CONSIDERING A RETURN TO CITY OPERATED TESTING SITES?

>> JUST TO BE CLEAR WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE CITY TESTING SITES.

WE HAVE SITES THAT ARE OPEN AND CONTINUE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VARIOUS FOLKS AROUND THE CITY TO MAKE SURE IT IS AVAILABLE.

CDPH DISTRIBUTED 150,000 OF THE RAPID TESTING KITS IN PARTS OF THE CITY BEING HARDEST HIT WE WORKED IN CONGREGATE AND HIGHER RISK SETTINGS.

I WISH WE HAD MORE RAPID TESTS TO BE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE WHOLE COUNTRY DOESN'T HAVE THEM AVAILABLE.

WE HAVE HAD AN ORDER FOR 10,000 ON HOLD FOR MORE THAN A MONTH WITH NO SIGN OF ANYTHING COMING THROUGH.

WE ARE EXPLORING ADDITIONAL WAYS TO EXPAND TESTING BUT THE MORE PROBLEM IS NOT CAN I FIND SOMEBODY TO SWAB YOUR NOSE MORE OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE LABORATORIES ARE STRETCHED AND IT'S TAKING MANY DAYS FOR THE FOLKS TO GET THE RESULTS BACK.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO IS FIRST IF YOU TAKE A HOME TEST AND IT'S POSITIVE STOP THERE.

YOU HAVE COVID.

JUST ASSUME IT IS POSITIVE.

WE DON'T NEED YOU TO TRY TO GET ANOTHER TEST.

STAY HOME.

ISOLATE FOR THE FIVE-DAYS.

WEAR A MASK FOR FIVE DAYS AFTER THAT.

AND IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO GET A TEST, THE MOST POSH THING IS TO STAY HOME HONESTLY.

BE IN TOUCH WITH YOUR DOCTOR'S OFFICE THEY HAVE ACCESS IF YOU ARE AT HIGHER RISK BUT WE DO NOT WANT FOLKS TRYING TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO GET A TEST.

AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED AND ESPECIALLY VACCINATED AND BOOSTED WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF MILD INFECTIONS.

GOOD NEWS BUT WE PREFER NOT TO HAVE TOO MUCH CLOGGING UP THE TESTING SYSTEM BECAUSE IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING FOR PEOPLE WHEN YOU ARE WAITING DAYS FOR RESULTS TO COME BACK.

>> I'M SURE SOME PEOPLE WOULD RATHER GET THE REAL TEST BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TO ISOLATE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE PANDEMIC FATIGUE AND I WOULD RATHER LIVE MY LIFE IF I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT I HAVE HAD OR IF I MIGHT NOT.

WE ARE HEARING REPORTS OF ILLEGITIMATE AND QUESTIONABLE POP-UP TESTING SITES.

WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO PEOPLE WITH REGARDS TO WHERE THEY CAN BE ACCURATELY TESTED?

>> CERTAINLY THE TESTS THEMSELVES ARE PERFORMING WELL ALL DIFFERENT ONES ARE.

AT HOME ONES PERFORM WELL AND THE ONES IN FACILITIES PERFORM WELL.

WE'VE HEARD THE CONCERNS AS WELL.

THE CITY DOES NOT REGULATE ANY LABORATORY OR TESTING SITE FACILITIES.

WE'VE PASSED ON THE CONCERNS TO REGULATORY AGENCIES.

I THINK THOSE AT HOME TESTS ARE VERY GOOD.

THE ANTIGEN ONES.

I WAS ON AMAZON LAST NIGHT TAKING A LOOK IT'S TRUE I COULD NOT GET ONE FOR TOMORROW BUT I COULD ORDER SOME TO BE HERE IN A FEW DAYS AND I'VE BEEN STAYING AHEAD OF THAT.

E-MAIL WITH RESOURCES I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ORDER THEM YOU CAN GET THEM REIMBURSED ON HEALTH INSURANCE WHILE THE FEDS ARE RAMPING UP MORE PRODUCTION FOR THEM TO BE TRULY AVAILABLE AND WE WERE WORKING TO FILL IN THE GAPS.

BEFORE RIGHT NOW IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A COLD OR THE FLU ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A POSITIVE TEST, TREAT IT AS POSITIVE.

IF IT'S PROBABLY COVID AND WE NEED YOU TO ISOLATE.

>> Dr. ALLISON ARWADY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US BEST OF LUCK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS.

THE DROP IN CTA RIDERSHIP DURING THE PANDEMIC WAS NOT CITYWIDE ACCORDING TO A STUDY.

THE URBAN INSTITUTE FOUND THAT WHILE DOWNTOWN RIDERSHIP DECREASED NEIGHBORHOODS WITH MORE BLACK AND LATINO RESIDENTS SAW MORE SUSTAINED RIDERSHIP AND JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR CHICAGO'S TRANSIT FUTURE ARE ERIN ALEMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AGENCY FOR PLANNING AND OLATUNJI OBOI REED, PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF EQUITIESTY.

>> BEFORE I ASK QUESTIONS LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE FINDINGS OF THAT STUDY IN TERMS OF STATIONS THAT LOST THE MOST RIDERSHIP.

MERCHANDISE MART, ADDISON REDLINE AND THEN THE SMALLEST DECLINE POW LASSIE, THE -- POW LASKY AND OLATUNJI OBOI REED WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE FIND ITION?

>> SURE, WELL, THE FINDINGS IN MANY WAYS TELL US WHAT WE ALREADY KNEW THE PEOPLE MOST DEPENDENT ARE BLACK AND BROWN AND LOW INCOME AND ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE.

AND WE ARE IN THE ROLE OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF WORKING FROM HOME WE ARE ON THE FRONTLINES AND REQUIRE TRANSIT TO LIVE OUR DAILY LIVES.

>> ERIN ALEMAN IS THAT HOW YOU SEE IT SHOWING THE SO-CALLED ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO RELY ON TRANSIT ARE STILL USING TRANSIT VERSUS FOLKS WHO COULD PERHAPS AFFORD TO STAY HOME?

>> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

AND WHAT IS KEEN INTEREST TO US IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TRANSIT LOOKS LIKE AND RIDERSHIP LOOKS LIKE POST PANDEMIC BUT IT IS A CRUCIAL PART OF OUR ECONOMY AND THE WAY PEOPLE GET TO THE JOBS THAT EXIST IN OUR REGION.

BUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WHITE-COLLAR WORKERS WILL SHIFT AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT RELIABILITY ON SERVICE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE AND BE ENHANCED FOR PEOPLE TRANSIT DEPENDENT.

>> AND THE STUDY SHOWS SIMILAR RESULTS IN OTHER CITY TRANSIT SYSTEMS.

OLATUNJI OBOI REED WHAT SHOULD THIS MEAN IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION POLICY STARTING NOW AND GOING FORWARD?

>> THE UNDERSCORES THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF OPERATIONALIZING RACIAL EQUITY IN OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM HERE IN THE REGION.

EVERY AGENCY THAT IS EXECUTING AROUND TRANSIT SHOULD HAVE AN OPERATIONAL COMMITMENT TO RACIAL EQUITY AND THE FUNDAMENTAL WAY THIS PLAYS OUT IS IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES.

WITH THIS ANALYSIS SHOWS US IS THOSE WHO NEED TRANSIT THE MOST SHOULD RECEIVE THE MOST RESOURCES IN TERMS OF TRANSIT INSURING THAT IT'S MEETING THE NEEDS OF BLACK, BROWN, LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE.

>> ERIN ALEMAN HOW DOES THIS STRANS R TRANSLATE INTO SPECIFIC PROJECTS WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC NEEDS RIGHT NOW?

>> WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE CONNECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.

YOU CAN TAKE A JOB IN A CITY IF YOU ARE GOING TO WORK IN TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING BUT YOU CAN'T GET THAT LAST MILE FROM THAT TRANSIT STATION TO THAT PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE HOPEFUL IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL WILL DO IS HELP US FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT BUS SERVICE PERHAPS FROM THE END OF THE LINES TO THE JOBS THAT EXIST.

THAT WILL HELP US INVEST IN WALKABILITY AND BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE GET TO THE PLACES THEY NEED TO GO.

BETTER CONNECT THE SYSTEM THROUGHOUT FROM BUS TO RAIL.

>> AND OLATUNJI OBOI REED ONE OF THE PROJECTS TALKED ABOUT AND PLANNED FOR YEARS IS THE EXTENSION OF THE REDLINE TO 130TH.

IF YOU HAD THE MAYOR'S EAR WHAT WOULD YOU TELL HER IN TERMS HOW THIS FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT ON CTA PROJECTS?

>> WELL, WE NEED THE REDLINE EXTENSION.

THE REASON THAT THE REDLINE STOPS AT 95TH IS A RESULT OF STRUCTURAL RACISM IN CHICAGO.

WE NEED IT TO EXTEND TO THE FURTHER SOUTH OUTSKIRTS OF CHICAGO.

AND I WOULD TELL HER THAT QUALITY TRANSIT HELPS IMPROVE LIFE OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE.

IT HELPS IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES.

HEALTH RELATED OUTCOMES.

ALL NUMBER OF OUTCOMES ARE LIFTED UP WHEN QUALITY TRANSIT IS PRESENT IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE HER SHOULD SHE BELIEVE IN HER COMMITMENT TO RACIAL EQUITY IT SHOULD BE REFLECTED AND THAT FEDERAL MONEY COMING DOWN TO THE REGION TO THE CITY HAVE A RACIAL EQUITY LENS ATTACHED TO IT AND BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS ARE PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT DECIDES HOW THOSE RESOURCES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN OUR REGION.

>> OBVIOUSLY THAT REDLINE EXTENSION AN IMPORTANT PROJECT.

ERIN ALEMAN ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THIS IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATIONS WITH THE MOST DECLINING RIDERSHIP DURING THE PANDEMIC, NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE LOOP STATIONS WITH FEWER PEOPLE GOING TO DOWNTOWN OFFICES FOR WORK AND NOW COMPANIES ARE SAYING THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE THIS MIGHT BE THE NEW NORMAL MORE PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM AT LARGE?

>> WELL, A COUPLE THINGS.

WE WERE LOOKING AT PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF THE WORKFORCE WAS THAT WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK-FROM-HOME.

WHEN WE RAN THE NUMBERS WE WERE THINKING 10% OF PEOPLE WOULD BE WORKING FROM HOME.

THE NUMBERS TODAY, WE THINK IN SOMEPLACES IT'S GOING TO BE 35% OF JOBS WILL BE WORKING FROM HOME ON ANY GIVEN DAY.

BUT YOU KNOW THE REAL IMPACT IS WILL BE ON OUR ROAD SYSTEM HERE.

IF 25% OF PEOPLE DON'T GO BACK TO TRANSIT WE EXPECT PEOPLE WILL BE STUCK IN TRAFFIC FOR ANOTHER 192,000 HOURS WHICH EQUATES TO 1.2 BILLION IN LOST PRODUCTIVITY AND THAT IS PEOPLE IN CAN'T GET TO THE PLACES THEY NEED TO GO IF WE DON'T HAVE A FUNCTIONING TRANSIT SYSTEM.

>> SO THEN WHAT IS THE SOLUTION TO ENTICE MORE PEOPLE TO TRANSIT IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO THEIR JOBS ON IT ANYMORE?

>> WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT RELIABILITY OF THE SYSTEM AND WHERE IT'S GETTING US TOO.

THE MORE FREQUENT SERVICE DURING THE DAY TO PLACES WE'RE SEEING DAYTIME MOVEMENTS INCREASE.

WHILE THE MORNING PEAK HAS NOT GOTTEN BACK TO PREPANDEMIC LEVELS PEOPLE ARE TAKING THE TRIPS DURING THE DAY.

THEY ARE GOING DOWNTOWN TO GET LUNCH.

SO WE NEED TO THINK THROUGH WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO CHANGING OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM AND SOME OF THAT IS OLD FORMULAS THAT DRIVE THE WAY WE SPEND OUR RESOURCES.

>> A LOT TO THINK ABOUT TRANSIT IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE ECONOMY AND THE LIFE BLOOD OF THE CITY.

THANKS TO ERIN ALEMAN AND OLATUNJI OBOI REED.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANKS.

>> UP NEXT REMEMBERING A RENOWNED STREET PHOTOGRAPHER SO STAY WITH US.

>> SHE MAY NOT BE A HOUSEHOLD NAME BUT YOU HAVE SEEN HER PHOTOGRAPHS.

SABINE WEISS PHOTOGRAPHED BRIDGITTE BAR DOUGH AND FASHION MODELS AND KIDS ON THE STREET IN POST-WAR EUROPE.

SHE DIED IN PARIS YESTERDAY AT 97.

WE SPOKE WITH HER IN 2017 DURING HER SECOND SOLO EXHIBITION IN THE UNITED STATES.

HER FIRST WAS AT THE ART INSTITUTE IN 1954.

HERE IS PHIL PONCE WITH ANOTHER LOOK AT A CELEBRATED PHOTOGRAPHER WHO CAPTURED THE HUMAN CONDITION WITH HER CAMERA.

>> SHE PHOTOGRAPHED PARIS... NEW YORK... AND PEOPLE AND PLACES ALL OVER THE WORLD.

BORN IN 1924, SABINE WEISS REMAINS FOCUSED ON PHOTOGRAPHY.

SHE MET US TO DISCUSS THE PHOTOS SHE TOOK YEARS AGO INCLUDING HER FIRST PICTURES.

>> IT WAS VERY YOUNG, I THINK I WAS EIGHT YEAR OLD AND I BUY MY FIRST CAMERA YOU KNOW.

VERY SIMPLE KIND OF THING THAT YOU NEVER SEE ANYMORE.

AND I KNOW IT BECAUSE I HAVE A BOOK WHERE I GLUED THE PICTURES FROM MY FIRST FILM.

>> THE SWISS BORN PHOTOGRAPHER MOVED TO PARIS IN 1946.

SHE REMEMBERS THE CITY OF LIGHTS AFTER THE WAR.

>> IT WAS A LOT OF WALKING ON THE STREET YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO TELEVISION, NO GAMES AND NOTHING LIKE THAT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.

AND EVEN ALONG THE RIVER ALSO IT WAS VERY FREE YOU KNOW.

>> WEISS CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS FROM THE EXHIBITION THE FAMILY OF MAN AT THE REQUEST OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER EDWARD STIKEN.

IN A FIELD DOMINATED BY MEN BEING A WOMAN DID WAS NOT AN ISSUE.

>> MAYBE IT'S EASIER TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE PEOPLE YOU TAKE IN PICTURE.

>> THE GALLERY SHOW FOCUSES ON SABINE WEISS' STREET PHOTOGRAPHY.

SHE FUNDED THE EFFORTS WITH HIGH-END ASSIGNMENTS FOR VOGUE, "THE NEW YORK TIMES" MAGAZINE, AND LIFE MAGAZINE.

SHE PHOTOGRAPHED THE ACTRESS JOHN MORROW.

AND WORKED WITH BRIDGITTE BARDOT AND GOT ELLA FITZGERALD UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL.

SABINE WEISS WAS TOO BUSY WITH WORK TO ATTEND HER SOLO EXHIBITION AT THE ART INSTITUTE IN 1954.

HER VINTAGE PRINTS SELL FOR $10,000 OR MORE.

SHE IS NO LONGER IN THE BUSINESS OF TAKING PICTURES AN ASSISTANT HELPS HER ORGANIZE AND PRESENT HER ARCHIVE.

>> ONE DAY AT THE END OF THE 70s SOMEONE SAID SABINE WEISS ORGANIZE YOUR SHOW YOU CANNOT KEEP THIS PHOTOS IN BOXES AND YOU SHOULD SHOW THEM IN AN EXHIBITION.

SHE SAID OK. >> AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, SABINE WEISS KNEW WHAT SHE WAS AFTER.

>> YOU ASK ME IF I TAKE A LOT OF PICTURES OR JUST ONE, MOST OF THE TIME IT'S JUST ONE.

BUT AFTER WHEN I GET THE PICTURE MAYBE I KEEP TAKING SOME OTHER POSITION OR COMPOSITION.

>> IT IS INCREDIBLE HOW SHE SEES EXACTLY THE ONE THE GOOD PICTURE.

>> BUT WHEN I SEE SOMETHING WILL TOUCH ME TAKE THE PICTURE.

>> IT'S PART OF HER PERSONALITY THAT WORK.

SHE IS LIKE THAT.

SHE IS ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE AND SHE WANTS TO HELP WITH MAYBE WITH THE CAMERA, SHE IS AWARE OF CONTACTING THEM.

>> WE NEED LIKE 60 YEARS MORE TO WORK.

IT'S NEVER ENDING.

>> THE PHOTOGRAPHER IS HAPPY TO LOOK BACK ON HER LIFE'S WORK.

>> I'M VERY PLEASED YOU KNOW.

BECAUSE I LOVE MY PICTURES.

WHAT CAN I DO?

THEY ARE VERY GOOD.

>> THAT WAS PHIL PONCE WITH A LOOK BACK AT THE 2017 EXHIBITION BY PHOTOGRAPHER SABINE WEISS SHE DIED YESTERDAY AT AGE 97.

PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", CHICAGO'S VACCINE MANDATE FOR RESTAURANTS GOES INTO EFFECT MONDAY JUST AS CITY AND STATE COVID CASES HIT RECORD-HIGHS.

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM DISCUSSES THAT AND MORE.

[♪♪♪] THIS WAS FUN WE REVISIT OUR SUMMER CONVERSATION WITH JEFF TWEETIE WHO TALKED WITH US FROM HIS TOUR BUS ON THE WAY BACK TO CHICAGO.

>> ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS KICK THE BALL.

>> ANOTHER FUN ONE, REMEMBERING THE COLORFUL JOHN MADDEN AND HIS 1986 APPEARANCE ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE A COUPLE EXTRA DAYS TO TURN IN AT HOME COVID TESTS THE DEADLINE TO MAIL-IN THE TESTS WAS YESTERDAY BUT IT'S BEEN EXTENDED TO THURSDAY AFTER PACKAGES PILED UP AT FEDEX DROP BOXES.

STUDENTS CAN RETURN THE KITS TO A HANDFUL OF PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATIONS.

C.P.S.

URGED ALL STUDENTS TO TEST BEFORE COMING BACK FROM WINTER BREAK NEXT MONDAY.

AND THE STATE RECORDS THE SECOND HIGHEST NEW COVID CASE TOTAL WITH 21,000 NEW CASES.

ILLINOIS SETS A REPORT FOR SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE OF NEW CASES AND RECORDS 50 DEATHS FROM CORONAVIRUS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

THE STATE-WIDE TEST POSITIVITY RATE IS UP TO 13.2%.

>> A BIG HONOR FOR CHICAGO SKY STAR CANDACE PARKER.

WNBA CHAMP WAS VOTED AP ATHLETE OF THE YEAR.

SHE JOINED THE TEAM MID-SEASON AFTER A LONG CAREER IN LOS ANGELES.

>> AND NOW BRANDIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> PARIS, THANK YOU.

>> COVID AS WE KNOW IS SURGING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND OF COURSE RIGHT HERE IN ILLINOIS.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT'S VACCINE MANDATE FOR SOME INDOOR SPACES GOES INTO EFFECT MONDAY.

THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION FACES CRITICISM FOR CHANGING ITS ISOLATION GUIDELINES AND A NEW REPORT REVEALS TENSION BETWEEN MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER.

HERE WITH THAT AND MORE ARE AMANDA VINICKY AND PARIS, FRANCE.

WELCOME BACK TEAM.

TODAY, THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION CLARIFIED WHY IT CHANGED THE ISOLATION GUIDELINES.

HERE IS A CLIP FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE C.D.C.

Dr. ROCHELLE WALENSKY.

>> WE HAVE SEEN RELATIVELY LOW RATES OF ISOLATION FOR ALL OF THE PANDEMIC.

SOME STIENCE HAS DEMONSTRATED LESS THAN A THIRD OF PEOPLE ARE ISOLATING WHEN THEY NEED TO.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE GUIDANCE IN THE MOMENT WHERE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF DISEASE THAT COULD BE ADHERED TO THAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO ADHERE TO AND THAT SPOKE SPECIFICALLY TO WHEN PEOPLE WERE MAXIMUMLY INFECTIOUS.

>> HOW HAVE THE PUBLIC AND HEALTH OFFICIALS RESPONDED TO THE C.D.C.

'S CHANGE IN GUIDELINES?

>> I THINK AS YOU HEARD WITH Dr. ARWADY TODAY, CONFUSION AMONG PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC ESPECIALLY SINCE CASES ARE REACHING RECORD-HIGHS RIGHT NOW.

AND YOU HEARD THERE FROM THE C.D.C.

DIRECTOR A LOT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN ADHERING TO THE STANDARDS IN LARGE NUMBERS.

AND IT'S CLEAR THAT C.D.C.

AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS RESPONDING TO A LOT OF PRESSURE PERHAPS FROM EMPLOYERS WORRIED ABOUT WORKERS BEING DONE FOR 10 DAYS BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING COVID NOW AND GOING OUT.

AND IT'S CONFUSED PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LOOKING AT THE FINE PRINT.

REMEMBER THIS APPLIES TO THOSE ASYMPTOMATIC.

IF YOU ARE ASYMPTOMATIC QUARANTINE FOR FIVE DAYS AND THEN FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS BE DILIGENT ABOUT WEARING A MASK AROUND OTHER PEOPLE.

IF YOU ARE SYMPTOMATIC, PROBABLY GOOD TO QUARANTINE FOR THAT ORIGINAL 10-DAY PERIOD.

>> HERE IN ILLINOIS, CITY AND STATE DATA SHOW THAT RECORD SETTING DAILY CASE COUNTS ARE HAPPENING.

CHRISTMAS JUST PASSED AND NEW YEAR'S IS COMING THIS WEEK WHAT ARE OFFICIALS SAYING ABOUT THE EXPECTED RISE IN CASES?

>> IF YOU HAVE BIG FUN PLANS TO PARTY HARD ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, THEY ARE SAYING DON'T DO SO REALLY IT'S BACK TO STAY AT HOME.

HANG WITH YOUR POD.

BRING IN THE NEW YEAR IN A SAFE FASHION IS WHAT THEY ARE ENCOURAGING.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY ARE SAYING THEY HAVE TO PREP FOR THIS WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IF AT ALL IT'S GOING TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO NEED TO INCREASE OPEN ANY ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL BEDS RIGHT NOW.

THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF TALK ABOUT BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT PRIMARILY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SHORTAGES IN HOSPITALS THERE'S SOMETIMES AN ELEMENT OF SPACE BUT MOST OF THE TIME OFFICIALS SAY WHAT THEY MEAN BY THAT IS THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH DOCTORS, NURSES AND OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO CARE FOR THOSE PATIENTS.

SO IT IS CERTAINLY A CONCERN AND SOMETHING THEY ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON PARTICULARLY SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE POSITIVITY RATES ALL THE AT HOME TESTS THAT IS NOT INCLUDED.

THOSE ARE JUST THE TESTS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE GONE TO ONE OF THE SPECIFIC SITES AND HAVE BEEN LOGGED.

>> RIGHT.

AND STRESSING THE SYSTEM WE HEARD Dr. ARWADY SAY IT'S ABOUT THE LAB NETWORK NOT BEING ABLE TO TEST AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE SEE GETTING IN LINE SEEKING A TEST.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SPOKE ABOUT THE PRESSURE THE SURGE COULD HAVE ON THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND HERE IS SOME OF WHAT HE SAID.

>> IF YOU ARE UNVACCINATED AND GET VERY SICK YOU WILL BE FILLING A BED THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE FOR YOUR AILING SPOUSE OR YOUR PARENT OR CHILD OR SOMEONE ELSE'S CHILD.

SOMEONE WITH CANCER OR A HEART ATTACK OR SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A CAR ACCIDENT.

>> PARIS, HOW CONCERNED THEN ARE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND HEALTHCARE LEADERS ABOUT THE STRESS THIS COVID SURGE IS GOING TO HAVE ON OUR PUBLIC HEALTHCARE SYSTEM?

>> VERY CONCERNED JUST FOR THAT REASON THAT THE GOVERNOR LAID OUT.

IF FOLKS HAVE OTHER ISSUES THEY NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL FOR THERE ARE LINES OUT THE DOOR AND IT'S TOUGH TO GET A BED.

AND WE'VE SEEN MOST REGIONS THE ICU CAPACITY IS 10% OR LESS.

POSITIVE IS VENTILATORS ARE NOT IN HORRIBLE DEMAND.

THERE IS ENOUGH VENTILATORS TO MEET THE DEMAND.

THERE WAS A WORRY ABOUT THAT EARLIER IN THE PANDEMIC.

BUT THEN THE BIGGER ISSUE ISN'T EQUIPMENT IT'S PEOPLE AS AMANDA SAYS.

IT'S BURN-OUT.

YOU TALK TO SO MANY HOSPITAL EXECUTIVES THAT SAY TWO YEARS OF DEALING WITH THIS, THEY ARE SO BURNT OUT EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY AND YOU ADD IN PEOPLE ARE COMING DOWN WITH COVID AMONGST STAFF SO THEY HAVE TO GO HOME AND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THERE IS GOING TO BE A FULLY STAFFED HOSPITAL.

THESE ARE THE BIG CONCERNS RIGHT NOW.

>> A LOT OF CONCERNS.

SPEAKING OF TESTING, C.P.S.

STRONGLY RECOMMENDING THAT STUDENTS AND STAFF THEY GET TESTED AND THAT DEADLINE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN THURSDAY THAT THEY GET TESTED BEFORE RETURNING BACK TO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK FROM BREAK.

AMANDA YOU HAVE BEEN REPORTING ON THIS.

WHAT IS THE LATEST?

>> SO THE LATEST IS THAT TUESDAY DEADLINE CAME AND WENT.

WE SAW THE OVERFLOWING FEDEX BOXES.

THERE'S BEEN ONE ADDED LOCATION AND ALSO THE DEADLINE EXTENDED SO NOW UNTIL 5:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY IS WHEN THE TESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

UNCLEAR AND WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION FROM C.P.S.

IS DUE TO THAT LAB STRAIN WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WILL THEY BE PROCESSED ON TIME?

AND WHEN TESTING BEGINS IN SCHOOLS AS CLASSES RESUME ON THE THIRD, HOW MUCH TESTING THERE WILL BE THERE BECAUSE THAT HAS LIKEWISE BEEN SLOW TO RAMP UP.

WHAT C.P.S.

HAS SAID IS THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO BE AGILE IN DETERMINING WHEN CLASSES OR SCHOOLS AT LARGE NEED TO BE CLOSED BECAUSE OF A RISE IN CASES.

WE THUS FAR ARE NOT PRIVATEVIE TO WHAT THEY ARE DECIDE SOMETHING GOING TO MAKE THE DISTRICT TAKE THAT LEAP.

NO UPDATES THERE.

>> NOW, ON MONDAY, BOTH CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY'S VACCINE MANDATE FOR CERTAIN INDOOR SETTINGS BARS, RESTAURANTS, GYMS, THOSE GO INTO PLACE.

WHAT IMPACT DO THE MAYOR AND TONI PRECKWINKLE DO THEY HOPE THIS WILL HAVE ON THE SPREAD OF COVID?

>> THEY HAVE SAID IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IF YOU GO TO ONE OF THESE PLACES ARE YOU NOT GOING TO GET COVID.

I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN THAT IT'S SPREADING IN NEW YORK THAT HAS THAT INDOOR MANDATE FOR MONTHS.

IT'S MORE THE STICK APPROACH TO GETTING PEOPLE VACCINATED HOPING THEY INCREASE THE VACCINATION RATES BY TELLING FOLKS THAT IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY ALL THE GREAT INDOOR ACTIVITIES THE CONCERTS AND RESTAURANTS AND THE BARS AND THE GYMS AND THE OTHER INDOOR VENUE AND HAVE A NORMAL LIFE IN CHICAGO YOU HAVE TO GET VACCINATED.

IT'S TRYING TO URGE MORE PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN NORMAL LIFE.

>> OF COURSE WE HEARD JUST YESTERDAY FROM SOME CHICAGO RESTAURANT OWNERS WHO SAY THEY NEED TIME BEFORE IMPLEMENTING THIS.

PARIS DO YOU THINK THE MAYOR WILL CONSIDER THIS?

>> I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT THE MAYOR WOULD GO BACK ON THAT JANUARY THIRD DATE.

THEY DID GET GRIEF FROM SOME FOLKS BECAUSE THAT TIME PERIOD FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO JANUARY 3 WAS TWO WEEKS.

WHY ARE YOU WAITING SO LONG?

AND WE SEE THE CASES SPIKING RIGHT NOW.

SO IF THIS KIND OF MANDATE IS GOING TO BE PUT IN PLACE, AND THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT.

I CAN'T SEE THE MAYOR CHANGING THAT TIME-FRAME.

>> NOW, ALSO THIS WEEK COOK COUNTY CHIEF JUDGE TIMOTHY EVANS ANNOUNCING HIS OFFICE'S EMPLOYEES INCLUDING THOSE WHO WORK AT THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER THEY WILL HAVE TO SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION WHICH IS A CHANGE.

WHY DID HE MAKE THIS SHIFT?

>> WELL, HIS OFFICE IN REPORTING CITED THAT HE MADE THE SHIFT BECAUSE OF THE OMICRON VARIANT BECAUSE OF THE SURGE IN CASES THAT IS WHY.

I WILL ADD, THOUGH, THAT HE HAS BEEN UNDER PRESSURE.

THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER THE PRAISES ARE CONGREGATE SETTINGS.

JUDGES ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

LEADERS WHO THEREFORE SHOULD BE SORT OF GETTING VACCINATED AND LEADING THAT CHARGE IF THERE IS A CALL FOR OTHERS TO DO SO.

I THINK IT IS ALSO PARTICULARLY GIVEN THAT ONE LIGHT WAS SHONE ON THE FACT THAT THAT COURT SYSTEM WAS NOT UNDER A VACCINE ORDER HE WAS UNDER POLITICAL PRESSURE TO DO SO.

>> IN OTHER NEWS SHIFTING A LITTLE BIT, THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" PUBLISHED A REPORT ON TEXT MESSAGES EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS INCLUDING GOVERNOR PRITZKER.

PARIS WHAT DID YOU FIND MOST REVEALING ABOUT THIS REPORT?

>> THE THING THAT STANDS OUT ARE THE TEXT EXCHANGES WITH GOVERNOR PRITZKER.

SHARP ELBOW'S THROWN.

THE MAYOR IS ACCUSING THE GOVERNOR BEING BEHIND BAD PRESS COVERAGE AND THE GOVERNOR IS SAYING BETTER TO CALL ME AND NOT PUT THIS STUFF IN A TEXT.

YOU SEE THE EXCHANGES WITH THE GOVERNOR AND IT KIND OF FITS IN WITH WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS SHE IS SHARP ELBOWED SHE DOES KNOW HOW TO THROW A PUNCH NOT JUST WITH ADVERSARIES A LOT OF TIMES WITH FOLKS HER POLITICAL ALLIES, PEOPLE THAT SHE NEEDS TO GET THINGS DONE FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

AND GOVERNOR PRITZKER IS A NATURAL ALLY, SAME PARTY, BOTH VERY PRO CHICAGO.

AND YOU SEE THESE SHARP ELBOWS BEING THROWN AND WE'VE TALKED TO COUNCILMEMBERS WONDERING WHY THAT IS THE MAYOR'S MO WITH PEOPLE THAT COULD BE HELPFUL THAT SHE NEEDS ON HER SIDE.

SO CREDIT TO GREG PRATT AT THE TRIBUNE FOR DOING A FOIA OF THE MAYOR'S CELLPHONE TEXT MESSAGES AND SEEING THIS TREASURE TROUGH OF CONVERSATIONS.

>> I WAS IN TERMS OF ALLIES, IN A WAY, YOU HAVE CONSTANTLY HAD CHICAGO MAYORS AND GOVERNORS OF ILLINOIS GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD BECAUSE WHILE THERE SHOULD BE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP BUT THERE IS A NATURAL TENSION WHO IS CALLING THE SHOTS?

THE STATE OF COURSE IS STATE-WIDE AND CHICAGO HAS A LOT OF MUSCLE.

THERE IS A NATURAL TENSION WHAT WAS SURPRISING ME IS THAT THE TEXT EXCHANGES EXISTED.

ONE OF THE TEXTS FROM THE GOVERNOR MAYBE LET'S TAKE THIS UP BY PHONE INSTEAD OF BY TEXT YOU DON'T OFTEN HAVE POLITICAL OFFICIALS THOSE ELECTED TO OFFICE PUTTING THAT STUFF IN WRITING BECAUSE IT IS FOIAABLE AND THEY CAN, SHOULD KNOW THAT.

IT REALLY IS INTERESTING TO SEE THIS SORT OF UNVARNISHED CONVERSATIONS.

I THINK IT ALSO SHOWS HOW WEAK LIGHTFOOT IS RIGHT NOW.

YOU HAVE HER PREDECESSOR RAHM EMANUEL IT WAS NOT LIKE HE WAS A FRIENDLY GUY.

WE'VE SEEN SOME OF HIS TEXTS AND THERE WERE HARD JABS IN THEM AS WELL.

BUT THERE IS SORT OF THIS REACTION, I THINK, BECAUSE LIGHTFOOT DID NOT COME IN WITH THE SAME SORT OF RELATIONSHIPS.

AND SHE HAS BEEN WEAKENED BY HER ENTIRE TIME IN OFFICE.

I THINK THAT PART OF IT.

AND FINALLY I THINK WHAT WAS SURPRISING TO ME AS WELL WAS ACTUALLY YOU HAVE TO READ THE END OF THAT ARTICLE BY GREG PRATT WHERE SHE TALKS ABOUT A PENSION LAW THAT DOES IN HER WORDS DING, SHE USED SOMETHING MORE THAN THAT, TAXPAYERS.

>> WE'RE FRESH OUT OF TIME.

FOIAABLE AND TO YOUR POINT SOME CONVERSATIONS ARE BETTER HAD ON THE PHONE PERSON TO PERSON VERSUS BY TEXT MESSAGE.

THAT IS SPOTLIGHT POLITICS, AMANDA VINICKY PARIS, FRANCE OF COURSE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US -- PARIS SCHUTZ OF COURSE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> JOIN US FRIDAY FOR A SPECIAL YEAR IN REVIEW.

>> UP NEXT, WE REVISIT AN INTERVIEW WITH CHICAGO ROCK ROYALTY.

STAY WITH US.

ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE CONVERSATION I -- I HAD IN 2021 WAS A SUMMER TALK WITH ROCK STAR AND CHICAGO'S OWN JEFF TWEETIE OF WILL CO.

HE IS A MULTIPLE GRAMMY WINNER AND "NEW YORK TIMES" BEST-SELLING AUTHOR.

HE JOINED US ON HIS TOUR BUS IN BOSTON SOON TO BE IN CHICAGO FOR A SHOW.

I ASKED HIM HOW THE TIME OFF IMPACTED THE BAND'S DYNAMIC ON STAGE?

>> WELL, I THINK YOU KNOW JOHN OUR BASS PLAYER HAS BEEN IN THE BAND AS LONG AS I HAVE, WE'VE DONE THIS A LOT MORE THAN WE HAVE NOT DONE THIS.

JUST A YEAR-AND-A-HALF OFF IS NOT THAT MUCH IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS WHEN YOU CONSIDER WE HAVE BEEN A BAND FOR 30 YEARS.

AND THAT IS THE WAY IT FEELS.

IT CAME BACK THE CONNECTION AND THE BAND CHEMISTRY SEEMS TO BE BACK FULLY INTACT AND IN A LOT OF WAYS IT FEELS BETTER THAN EVER BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A DEEP APPRECIATION OF GETTING TO DO IT AGAIN WHEN WE WENT THROUGH A PERIOD THAT NOT THAT LONG, I GUESS BY GENERAL STANDARDS BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING ADDED TO THAT MOMENT OF NOT PLAYING WE WEREN'T SURE WHEN WE WOULD PLAY AGAIN THAT BEING TAKEN AWAY THIS KNOWLEDGE THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN PROBABLY MADE US APPRECIATE IT MORE.

>> AND YOU DID DO A LOT OF PLAYING IN QUARANTINE.

YOU HAD THE TWEEDDY SHOW ON INSTAGRAM FILMED BY YOUR WIFE AND INVOLVING YOUR KIDS.

LET'S LOOK AT THAT.

[♪♪♪] >> SO YOU FILMED I THINK 200 EPISODES OF THIS.

DID YOU IMAGINE WHEN YOU STARTED THIS THAT IT WOULD GO ON AND BECOME WHAT IT BECAME?

>> NO.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO DO FREQUENTLY.

IT JUST YOU KNOW THE INITIAL RESPONSE WAS KIND OF HEARTWARMING FROM THE FIRST TIME.

WE DID IT ON MY WIFE'S ACCOUNT TO KEEP IT A LITTLE BIT LOWER PROFILE THAN IF WE HAD DONE IT ON THE WILL CO-ACCOUNT OR MY ACCOUNT AND PEOPLE FOUND US AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A GOOD WAY TO SPEND THE EVENING FOR US AND OTHER PEOPLE SEEMED TO ENJOY KIND OF HANGING OUT WITH US IS WHAT IT FELT LIKE.

AND IF FELT LIKE THAT REALLY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.

SO WE JUST KEPT DOING IT AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW THAT IS HOW THINGS GO.

THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW WE'VE DONE 100 SHOWS AND WE HAVE A THEME SONG AND WE KEPT ADDING TO IT BECAUSE WE WE WERE HAVING FUN AND IT WAS A COPING STRATEGY AND IT WAS REALLY FEELING LIKE SUPPORTIVE THING TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THERE WAS A COMMUNITY THAT WAS RESPONDING TO T. >> YOU'RE CONTINUING THAT WITH A NEW SUBSTACK NEWSLETTER THAT YOU ARE UPDATING ON A DAILY BASIS CALLED STARSHIP CASUAL.

TELL US ABOUT THINGS YOU ARE POSTING ON THERE?

>> ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I'VE LEARNED IN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, I ENJOY WRITING PROES AND I LIKE GETTING TO SHARE THAT AND THERE IS ANOTHER OUTLET OTHER THAN WRITING BOOKS AND THAT IS WHAT THE SUBSTACK HAS BECOME.

AND I CREATE SO MANY MORE SONGS THAN I AM ABLE TO FINISH OR GET TO TO RECORD OR TO SHARE OR RELEASE.

AND IT IS ANOTHER OUTLET FOR ME TO KIND OF BUILD SOME CONNECTION TO THESE SONGS BY SHARING THEM.

YOU KNOW.

GETTING SOME REACTION AND ALLOWING THERE TO BE AN AUDIENCE FOR SOME OF THE STUFF THAT A LOT OF THINGS WILL END UP ON RECORDS SOME DAY.

BUT THERE ARE THINGS I'VE HAD AROUND FOR A LONGTIME.

AND I LIKE THEM.

AND I WANT TO SHARE THEM WITH PEOPLE.

AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

>> AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'VE SHARED IS YOUR TIPS FOR SONG WRITING.

YOU MENTIONED YOU LIKE TO WRITE PROES YOU ARE THE A TORE OF TWO BOOKS.

IT IS A WONDERFUL READ.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO YOU TO SORT OF LET THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ON SOME YOUR TRICKS OF TRADE IN WRITING SONGS?

I BELIEVE IT IS A GOOD THING FOR PEOPLE TO DO TO SPEND TIME WITH THE CREATIVE SIDE OF THEIR BRAIN TO SPEND TIME WITH THEMSELVES IN A PRODUCTIVE WAY, NOT THAT THEY HAVE TO PRODUCE SOMETHING OF VALUE OR ANYTHING, JUST TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT WASN'T THERE WHEN THEY WOKE UP.

I THINK THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO PARTICIPATE IN.

AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DENY THEMSELVES THAT.

AND I'M NOT SURE WHY.

BECAUSE THE ARGUMENT IS NOT EVERYBODY IS GOOD AT WRITING SONGS NOT EVERYBODY IS GOOD AT PAINTING OR CREATING.

AND I FIND THAT STRANGE BECAUSE WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS WE ARE NOT GOOD AT.

WE PLAY BEER LEAGUE SOFTBALL AND NOBODY DOESN'T WANT TO THROW A FRISBEE BECAUSE THEY SUCK AT IT BUT THEY GIVE IT A SHOT.

AND CREATING IS THE SAME THING.

IT IS A HEALTHY ACTIVITY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY BELIEF IN IT.

>> WORDS OF WISDOM THAT WAS JEFF TWEEDDY OF WILL CO-TALKING WITH US FROM HIS TOUR BUS BACK IN AUGUST.

>> WELL, LEGENDARY FOOTBALL COACH, BROADCASTER AND VIDEO GAME ICON JOHN MADDEN DIED YESTERDAY AT 85.

AS PART OF THE TOP CBS BROADCAST OF BROADCAST TEAM MADDEN CALLED MANY BEARS GAMES N JANUARY 1986 PRIOR TO THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HE JOINED JOHN CALLAWAY ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" AND OUR CRACK TAPE LIBRARY TEAM WAS ABLE TO TRACK DOWN THIS INTERVIEW.

CALLAWAY ASKED MADDON TO SHARE HIS THOUGHTS ON THE BEARS FEISTY COACH.

>> I WANT TO GO BACK AND ASK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ASK YOU WHAT YOU MAKE OF THIS MAN MIKE DITKA WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT AS A COACH?

>> I THINK MIKE DITKA HAS DONE A BETTER JOB THAN ANYONE ELSE THAT STARTED THE YEAR.

THEY HAVE ALL THE COACHES OF THE YEAR AND THEY PICK SOMEONE WHO YOU DID NOT EXPECT TO DO AS WELL AND THEY DO WELL.

AND EVERYONE STARTS IN THE YEAR TO WIN THEM ALL AND THE GUY THAT WINS THE MOST AND GOES TO THE SUPER BOWL WINS THE SUPER OUGHT TO BE THE GUY AND MIKE DITKA HAS DONE THE BEST JOB.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT MIKE HE IS A FIERY GUY.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT.

IT IS AN EMOTIONAL GAME.

AND IT'S FIERY.

YOU GOT TO GET OUT THERE AND ROLL AROUND AND MIKE IS READY TO DO THAT.

AND SMART ENOUGH TO GIVE HIS PLAYERS ROPE.

I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO GET TOO TIGHT ON THE GUYS AND THAT IS THE FUN THING ABOUT THE BEARS.

YOU PUT THEM TOGETHER AND HE HAS THEM ALL ON THE RIDE TRACK WITH A GOOD COACHING STAFF AND THE RIGHT PLAYERS DOING THE RIGHT THING.

THER IS THE YEAR OF THE BEARS.

EVERYTHING THEY ARE DOING THEY ARE GOING ABOUT IT THE RIGHT WAY.

>> TALKING GOING ABOUT IT THE RIGHT WAY, YOU PACK USEFUL INFORMATION ARE YOU HAVING FUN WITH CBS?

>> I HAVE FUN.

I HAVE MORE FUN WITH FOOTBALL THAN I DO WITH CBS.

IF I HAD TO GO TO CBS AND SIT AT BLACK ROCK I WOULD HATE TO DO IT.

I -- I LOVE TO GO TO THE GAMES THAT TO ME IS FUN AND BEING THERE AND WATCHING IT ON FILM AND PRACTICE AND TALKING TO PLAYERS.

I ENJOY THAT PART OF IT.

>> NOW, IS IT TRUE THAT YOU DON'T FLY SO YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO TAKE A TRAIN.

WILL YOU BE HERE ALL WEEK?

>> YEAH, SEE, I DON'T FLY I TAKE THE TRAIN IF I HAD GONE BACK TO CALIFORNIA I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN BACK TO CALIFORNIA THE DAY AFTER I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE TO GET HERE.

I WOULD HAVE SPENT FOUR DAYS TO GET WHERE I ALREADY AM.

[LAUGHTER] >> I'M GOING TO GET A TRAPTS SCRIPT OF THAT AND I WILL HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN CHICAGO DO YOU NEED RESTAURANT RECOMMENDATIONS?

>> I'M HERE AT THE ULTIMATE SPORTS BAR AND GRILL.

>> YOU CAN STAY THERE, RIGHT?

>> THAT IS THE WAY JOHN MADDEN ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" BACK IN 1986 AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. MORE ON THE IMPACT THE LATEST COVID SURGE IS HAVING IN CHICAGO AND ACROSS ILLINOIS.

>> AND THE WINNER OF THE SEAHAWKS AND THE BEARS FACE THE GIANTS AND WE HAVE A PREVIEW.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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