>>> EVERYONE, THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> YOU HAVE POLITICIANS PUTTING WOKE IDEOLOGY AHEAD OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

>>> FLORIDA GOVERNOR RHONDA SANCHEZ VISITS ILLINOIS.

>> YOU STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO.

I BELIEVE IN OUR CONTINUED PROGRESS FOR GOOD THINGS TO COME.

>> RELIANCE ON OVERTIME INCREASED IN 2022 AS THE AGENCY CONTINUES TO LOSE BUS OPERATORS.

>>> FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER HAS CHOSEN TO LIVE OUT HIS LIFE IN HOSPICE CARE.

WHAT THAT MEANS.

>> HE TOOK A LIKING TO ME FOR SOME REASON.

I THINK HE WAS INTRIGUED BY SOUTHERN POLITICS.

>>> PLUS JIMMY QUARTER ON MAYOR JIMMY DAILY.

>>> SHE PLAYED WITH THE MINOR LEAGUES.

>>> AND THE FIRST WOMAN WHO HIT A HOME RUN IN BASEBALL'S NEGRO LEAGUE.

>>> AND NOW TOP STORIES, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MAKES AN UNANNOUNCED VISIT .

THIS COMES 1 YEAR AFTER THE INVASION OF CREW YAN.

>> 1 YEAR LATER KING STANDS AND UKRAINE STANDS, DEMOCRACY STANDS.

AMERICA STANDS WITH YOU AND THE WORLD STANDS WITH YOU.

>> DURING A VISIT BIDEN ANNOUNCED AN ADDITIONAL AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS AS ZALINSKY CONTINUES WITH LONG RANGE WEAPONS.

>>> IN 39 LATE TO OPEN BECAUSE ELECTION OFFICIALS HAD TO REPROGRAM VOTING MACHINES.

LAST WEEK WELL AFTER BALLOTS WERE PRINTED, THE APPELLATOR COURT ORDERED THE NAME SEAN WALKER BACK RUNNING FROM JASON IRVING.

YOU CAN CAST YOUR BALLOT ANY PLACE, THEY HAD TO RECALIBRATE THE MACHINES FOR THIS CHANGE.

AND NEW VOTE BY MAIL BALLOTS, THE BOARD IS SCHEDULED TO MEET ON THIS ISSUE TOMORROW.

>>> AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF EARLY VOTING.

HERE SHE IS WITH HER DAUGHTER VOITING AT EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.

THE MAYOR TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY TO CALL OUT ONE OF HER OPPONENTS PAUL VALIS, ACCUSING HIM OF "DOG WHISTLE POLITICS."

.

>> TAKE OUR CITY BACK TO WHAT, MEANING WHAT TIME?

AND TAKE IT BACK FROM WHOM.

THOSE ARE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS THAT THE VOTERS NEED NOT TO BE THINKING ABOUT.

>> THE CAMPAIGN RESPONDED "4 YEARS AS MAYOR IS CATCHING UP TO HER AND SHE IS LATCHING ON ANYTHING, AS FAR AS TO SUPPRESS THE VOTE IF IT HELPS HER."

IF YOU ARE WAITING UNTIL ELECTION DAY, GO TO OUR WTTW VOTER GUIDE, WHICH OFFERS CANDIDATE PROFILES AND RESPONSES TO LOCALIZED CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRES AND OF COURSE LINKS TO OUR ONGOING POLITICAL COVERAGE, ALL ON WTTW.COM/VOTER GUIDE.

>>> A GROUP OF THE CITY'S YOUTH ARE GETTING READY TO HOST THEIR OWN MAYORAL TOWN HALL.

THEY MET WITH THE MEDIA OUTSIDE CITY HALL TODAY TO PREVIEW THEIR EVENT WHICH TAKES PLACE TOMORROW EVENING AT THE LAW SCHOOL.

MIRACLE BOYD SPOKE.

HE WAS HIT BRING A POLICE OFFICER IN 2020.

THAT OFFICER LATER RESIGNED.

AT THE TOP OF THE GROUP AGENDA WAS REDIRECTING ROW SOURCES THAT GO TO THE POLICE TO MORE COMMUNITY AND HEALTH PROGRAMS.

>> THE TRUTH IS THE POLICE DON'T KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE BECAUSE ANY TIMES A POLICE COME INTO A SITUATION, THEY BECOME AN ANTAGONIST AND THEY DO NOT KAUSZ ANY REMEDIES TO THE SITUATION AT HAND.

THEY PUT PEOPLE IN CRISIS.

>> THE GROUP SAYS FIVE CANDIDATES HAVE COMMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR FORUM.

>>> COMING UP.

FLORIDA GOVERNOR ROBIN VISITS, JOINING US WITH DETAILS NEXT.

>>> IT'S A POLITICAL EDITION OF TRADING PLACES.

IN JULY GOVERNOR TRAVELLED TO LED TO TAMPA TO HEAD AN EVENT.

TODAY ROBIN SAN JOINED US.

AMANDA , REMIND US OF WHY HE WAS HERE.

>> YEAH, PARIS, IT WAS HIS THIRD STOP AFTER NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA.

SURE, ONE COULD LOOK AT THIS AS PART OF HIS EXPLORATION OF A WHITE HOUSE RUN.

BUT THE OFFICIAL REASON HE CAME TO SUBURBAN ELMHURST WAS AN EVENT CALLED LAW AND ORDER.

FLORIDA LEADING THE WAY.

DESANTIS STUCK TO THAT THEME.

>> NO JURISDICTION IN FLORIDA IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEFUND POLICE.

IF YOU DO IT, WE ARE PUTTING THE MONEY BACK IN.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO PUT THESE PEOPLE THAT -- [APPLAUSE] JOYRIDE, NOT ON OUR TIME.

>> IT WAS A MESSAGE THAT RESONATED WITH THE CROWD OF ABOUT 250, LIKE JOE MCCARTHY WHOSE BROTHER IS WITH THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

>> AND I TOTALLY BACK THE BLUE.

I THINK THAT POLICE HAVE BEEN GETTING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A RAW DEAL HERE IN ILLINOIS.

AND I CAME TO SUPPORT AND TO HEAR WHAT ANOTHER GOVERNOR FROM ANOTHER STATE IS DOING.

>> MCCARTHY SAYS BY THE END OF THE SPEECH EVERYONE AROUND HER WAS READY TO MOVE TO FLORIDA.

NOT EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE.

I ALSO SPOKE WELCOME A RETIRED ELGIN POLICE OFFICER THAT SAID SHE APPRECIATED DESANTIS'S MESSAGE ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FRONT, BUT SAID SHE WON'T VOTE FOR HIM BECAUSE OF HIS ABORTION STANCE.

>>> ANOTHER PERSON WHO WON'T BLOOD PRESSURE BACKING DESANTIS IS FORMER ILLINOIS FOR GOVERNOR.

>> I STILL SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE BRINGS.

>> IF THEY BOTH RUN FOR PRESIDENT, WHO WOULD YOU PICK.

>> I GAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP MY WORD I WOULD SUPPORT HIM BECAUSE HE SUPPORTED ME.

>> HE SAID HE THOUGHT DESANTIS WAS SPOT ON WITH WHAT BAILEY DESCRIBED AS A PRO AMERICA MESSAGE.

WITHOUT LAW AND ORDER, THE CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLICAN WILL ERODE.

BAILEY'S FOCUS ON CRIME DIDN'T GET HIM FAR IN HIS RACE, BUT IT IS THE CENTRAL ISSUE IN THE CONTEST FOR MAYOR OF CHICAGO, AS DESANTIS APPEARED TO BE AWARE OF.

>> THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE DLIEM HAS SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL IN SO MANY AREAS IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE POLITICIANS PUTTING WOKE IDEOLOGY AHEAD OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND YOU SEE IT NOW.

YOU HAVE ALL THESE CANDIDATES.

THEY ARE ALL TRYING TO OUT VOTE EACH OTHER, THE LESS OF THE LESS IS WHERE THEY RUN AND THEY END UP RUNNING ON THESE PLATFORMS THAT DESTROY THE COMMUNITY THEY ARE ELECTED TO REPRESENT.

>> CANDIDATE FOR CHICAGO MAYOR DENOUNCED DESANTIS'S VISIT INCLUDING PAUL VALIS DESPITE THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE ENDORSEMENT.

HE WAS NOT THERE.

HE WAS OUT OF TOWN ON SEMINAR.

AND A QUALITY ILLINOIS ORGANIZED A PROTEST.

I OVERHEARD A CHANT OF RACIST, ANTI-SEXIST AND ANTI-GUY.

AND OTHERS GATHERED AT A COFFEE SHOP DOWNTOWN.

THEY SAID THEY PURPOSELY HELD THEIR EVENT AWAY FROM DESANTIS SO AS TO NOT DRAW MORE ATTENTION TO HIM AND HIS POLICIES.

>> WHEN SOMEONE BRINGS TO TOWN HATE AND DIVISION, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO STAND UP IN WHATEVER WAY THAT FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH YOU.

I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE OUTSIDE CITY HALL GETTING READY TO PROTEST.

THAT'S HOW THEY SHOW THEIR DISPLEASURE.

WE WANTED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT EVENT WITH A SAFE PLACE TO GO.

THIS IS SPREADING LOVE AND WE FEEL THAT ELMHURST IS A WAY THAT SUPPORTS AND LOVES THE LGBT COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THAT.

>> MORE THAN ANYTHING IT IS ABOUT THE CHILDREN.

A LOT GOING ON IS LITERALLY A DANGER DOWN THERE, THE LGBT YOUTH.

>> DESANTIS MAY HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF ATTENTION, INCLUDING GOVERNOR PRISKER WHO DENOUNCED WHAT HE STANDS FOR.

AS SOON AS THE SPEECH WAS OVER, DESANTIS WAS HEADING BACK HOME TO THE SUNSHINE TRIP.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> AND NEXT CTA, A MAJOR STAFF SHORTAGE.

THAT STORY RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> BY YOU MOST TRAN SIS RIDERS HAVE EXPERIENCED ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING ON A CTA, LATE OR MISSING BUSES, INADEQUATE CLEANING AND SAFETY ISSUES.

ONE FACTOR IS A HUGE STAFFING GAP THAT THE CTA HAVE BEEN WORKING TO ADDRESS.

AS WTTW REPORTED IN DECEMBER, THAT SHORT FALL HAS LED TO CTA TO INCREASINGLY RELY ON OVERTIME.

TONIGHT CHICAGO'S NICK LUMBERG HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS.

>> THAT STAFFING SHORT FALL YOU MENTIONED IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT.

THE CTA SAYS IT HAS 600 OPEN BUS DRIVER, WITH RETIREMENT AND VACATION TAKING ITS TOLL.

THEY HAVE RELIED ON OVERTIME TO KEEP BUSES AND TRAINS RUNNING.

A NEWS SHOW SHOWED THAT 15% HAD 50 HOURS OR MORE LAST YEAR, THAT'S AN UP TICK OF THE PREVIOUS HIGH OF 2021.

CONTINUING TO DWINDLE, 4,399 STAFFERS FILLING THOSE POSITIONS IN 2022, COMPARED WITH 4,580 IN 2021.

OF THOSE EMPLOYEES, 27 WERE PAID FOR AVERAGE WEEKS OF 80 HOURS OR MORE.

THREE WERE PAID OUT FOR AVERAGE WEEKS OF MORE THAN 100 HOURS.

THE AVERAGE HOUR FOR JUST 1 WEEK.

WE SHOULD NOTE BECAUSE THE CTA NUMBERS INCLUDE TIME OFF AND BREAK.

WHEN WE COVERED THIS ISSUE LAST YEAR.

THEY TOLD WTTW NEWS THAT THOSE HOURS CAN HAVE SERIOUS EFFECTS ON THE ABILITY OF TRAFFIC AND TRAIN OPERATORS TO DO THEIR JOB SAFETY.

THERE IS ANOTHER ISSUE WITH TRANSIT AGENCY THAT HAS BEEN UNDER FIRE.

>> NICK, FOR SO LONG THE PRESIDENT SAID, YES K THEY ARE WORKING ON THE HIRING ISSUES AND YET WE HAVE THESE PROBLEMS.

WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT THIS.

>> THE CTA HAVE RULES AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE AIMED AT KEEPING OPERATORS AND PASSENGERS SAFE.

CTA SAYS THAT HELPS ENSURE THE SAFETY RECORD IS AROUND THE U.S.

THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN NEW OPERATORS.

IN A STATEMENT A SPOKESPERSON SAID THE SHORTAGE WE ARE FACING IS A NATIONAL ISSUE.

AS SUCH, WE ANTICIPATE SEEING A SLIGHT INCREASE IN OPERATORS EARNING OVERTIME PAY IN 2022.

WE ARE NOW COMPETING WITH NUMEROUS OTHER INDUSTRIES FOR QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO FILL POSITION WITH COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES AND AS SUCH WE HAVE TAKEN NUMEROUS AND EXTRAORDINARY STEPS TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKETPLACE.

NOW, AT THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S MEETING, GOVERNOR SAID IT WAS BEST ATTENDED IN RECENT YEARS.

>> WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION AND WE CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH THE DAILY CHALLENGES THAT ANY TRANSIT SYSTEM FACES, AS WE CONTINUE TO DIG OUR WAY OUT OF THE IMPACT OF THIS PANDEMIC.

BUT I AM PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS THAT WE ARE MAKING.

>> THE CTA SAYS ITS GOAL FOR THIS YEAR IS TO HIRE 700 NEW BUS OPERATORS, ACCORDING TO ITS MOST RECENT UPDATE, THEY HAVE HIRED 88 SO FAR.

WE HAVE ALL THE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> SO THEY HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

>> THEY SURE DO.

NICK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> AND NEXT PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER'S DECISION TO ENTER HOSPICE CARE, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR HIM AND EVERYDAY AMERICANS.

PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>>> AFTER A SERIES OF SHORT HOSPITAL STAYS, FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER HAS OPTED FOR HOSPICE CARE IN HIS HOME IN PLAINS GEORGIA.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE 98-YEAR-OLD LONGEST LIVING PRESIDENT?

HERE TO EXPLAIN HOSPICE IS DR. HOUSER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AT NORTHWESTERN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DIRECTOR OF HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP THERE AS WELL.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> YOU BET.

THESE DECISIONS ARE DIFFICULT FOR FAMILIES.

PRESIDENT CARTER IS AT PIECE WITH THIS DECISION.

REMIND US WHAT HOSPICE CARE IS.

>> IT IS FOCUSED ON COMFORT, SIMILAR TOLL CONTROL AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND ALSO CARE FOR FAMILIES.

FAMILIES GO THROUGH ILLNESSES WITH PATIENTS.

GO THROUGH THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE A LIMITED PROGNOSIS, LIMITED LIFE EXPECTANCY AND A SERIOUS ILLNESS.

>> IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS MEANS, WE CAN'T REALLY READ THAT INTO IT, WHETHER IT MEANS DAYS OR MONTHS.

>> I DON'T THINK WE CAN.

HOSPICE OFTEN MEANS 6 MONTHS IS THE EXPECTED PROGNOSIS WHEN SOMEONE ENTERS HOSPICE WHAT THAT MEANS IS PATIENTS LIVE LESS THAN THAT AND SOME PATIENTS MORE THAN THAT.

WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.

>> THIS IS A DIFFICULT DECISION FOR FAMILIES.

I HAVE BEEN IN THAT DECISION WITH MY OWN FAMILY.

WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THEY HAVE TO WEIGH HERE?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK AS WE THINK ABOUT HOSPICE AND THINK ABOUT CARE THAT IS FOCUSED ON QUALITY OF LIFE, WE WANT TO DO THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN THE VALUES OF THE PATIENT AND FAMILY THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF.

WE TRY TO WEIGH THE ADVANTAGES OR DISADVANTAGES OF GOING BACK TO THE HOSPITAL MIGHT BE OR NOT GOING BACK TO THE HOSPITAL.

ONE DECISION THAT PATIENTS OFTEN MAKE IS A DECISION -- AND THIS SOUNDS LIKE WHAT PRESIDENT CARTER HAS MADE -- NOT TO RETURN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER CARE, TO FOCUS ON CARE AT HOME.

AND THAT COULD BE INTENSIVE, INVOLVING NURSES AND SOCIAL WORKERS, INVOLVE CHAPLAINS WHO ARE ALL PART OF THE TYPICAL HOSPICE.

AND AS I SAID, IT OFTEN HAPPENS AT HOME AS IN THE CASE OF PRESIDENT CARTER.

>> AND PALLIATIVE CARE, HELPING FOLKS DEAL WITH WHATEVER DISCOMFORT THEY ARE IN, AS OPPOSED TO TREATING THE UNDERLYING DISEASE.

>> RIGHT.

SO HOSPICE IS MOST SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON COMFORT AND TREATING SYMPTOMS.

PALLIATIVE CARE IS A BROADER TERM WHICH INCLUDES THAT, BUT CAN ALSO INCLUDE HOSPITAL CARE AND THAT TYPE OF CARE.

HOSPICE IS A VERSION OF PALLIATIVE CARE CLOSER TO THE END OF LIFE.

>> AND YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR OF THAT POSITION, PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, AS WE MENTIONED.

DOES THAT MEAN THERE IS ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR FOLK THAT IS DO PRACTICE IN THIS FIELD?

>> YEAH, FOR PHYSICIANS, HOSPICE IS A MEDICAL SPECIALTY, ACTUALLY A SUBSPECIALTY THAT YOU DO A ONE-YEAR FELLOWSHIP AFTER YOUR PRIMARY RESIDENCY.

SO YOU DO A RESIDENCY -- I DID A RESIDENCY IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE AND ANOTHER YEAR.

ONE THINGS THAT UNIQUE IS YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE A SURGEON AND GET FURTHER TRAINING IN THAT AND YOU CAN BE A PSYCHIATRIST AND GET FURTHER TRAINING IN HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE MEDICINE AND THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE AS A FIELD WE LIKE TO THINK OF THE TYPES OF SUFFERING THE PATIENTS UNDERGO AND IT MIGHT BE PHYSICAL.

IT MIGHT BE PSYCHOLOGICAL.

MIGHT BE SPIRITUAL OR MIGHT BE SOCIAL OR SITUATIONAL.

AND SO WE REALLY TAP ON THE EXPERTISE OF ALL THOSE TYPES OF PHYSICIANS.

>> AND WE MENTIONED YOU ARE A PROFESSOR OF BIO .

>> THERE IS A LOT OF DECISION-MAKING, HOW WE WEIGH THE VALUES OF THE PATIENT AND FAMILY.

THERE IS A LOT OF ISSUES AROUND HOW FAMILIES MEDIATE THINGS AND HOW FAMILIES NEGOTIATE WITH EACH OTHER, HOW WE THINK ABOUT DECISIONS NEAR THE END OF LIFE, WHETHER THAT'S TO GO ON A VENTILATOR OR ON ICU OR STOP THAT.

AGAIN, PRESIDENT CART FRER A PUBLIC REPORTING HAS MADE A DECISION NOT TO RETURN TO THE HOSPITAL.

BUT WHEN THERE IS SOMEONE IN THE HOSPITAL RECEIVING PALLIATIVE OR COMFORT FOCUSED CARE, THERE MIGHT BE DECISIONS MADE TO STOP LIFE SAVING TREATMENTS.

WHICH CALLINGS UNDER ETHICS AND ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING.

>> ONE THING I'M FACING AND A LOT OF PEOPLE FACE, WHEN THEY GO INTO HOSPICE, IT IS LIKE I BETTER SEE THIS PERSON.

IT'S GETTING COMPANY AND GUESTS AND BEING AT PEACE WITH YOUR CLOSEST LOVED ONES.

>> THAT'S SUCH AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

AND I SEE A LOT OF PATIENTS WITH FAMILIES WHO STRUGGLE WITH THAT.

AND THE STRUGGLE IS OF COURSE I WANT TO SEE SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BUT IT'S ALSO HARD TO SEE SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

SO I THINK WE TRY TO COUNSEL PATIENTS IN THE SAME WAY, TO LIMIT IT IF THEY WANT THAT INTIMACY.

A LOT OF PATIENTS WILL CHOOSE TO SPEND THEIR FINAL DAYS OR WEEKS OR MONTHS IN HOSPICE, WHENEVER THAT MAY BE WITH PEOPLE CLOSE TO THEM.

AND IT CAN BE SAYING TO OTHER PEOPLE THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE ENERGY OR TIME TO SEE THEM.

>> AND THAT'S A HARD THING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE SO SAY OUT LOUD, EVEN IF YOU ARE AT THE END OF YOUR LIFE.

IS THIS AFFORDABLE TO REGULAR AMERICANS?

IS IT COVERED BY MEDICARE.

>> YEAH.

SO THIS IS AHMED CARE BENEFIT.

IT STARTED IN THE 1970s AS AHMED CARE BENEFIT AND IT IS ALSO COVERED BY PRIVATE INSURANCE.

SO THE SERVICES OF HOSPICE INCLUDE MEDICATIONS FOR SYMPTOMS OR COMFORT FOR PAIN, INCLUDE LABOR, IN OTHER WORDS, NURSES, SOCIAL WORKERS, PHYSICIANS, CHAPLAINS TO SEE THE PATIENT, WHETHER AT HOME OR IN A FACILITY, AND INCLUDE EQUIPMENT.

SO SOMEONE MAY NEED A HOSPITAL BED OR A BEDSIDE COMMODE.

SO ALL OF THAT IS COVERED BY MEDICARE AND PRIVATE INSURANCE.

>> A LOT OF THINGS TO COORDINATE AND THINK ABOUT FOR THE PROVIDER AND FAMILY.

THANKS FOR EXPLAINING THIS TO US.

>> IT'S A PLEASURE.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>>> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER.

HE HAS APPEARED ON CHICAGO TONIGHT THREE TIMES.

IN 2006 JOHN CALLAWAY HOSTED CARTER AND ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS MEMORIES OF CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS.

IN THIS CLIP CARTER TAUSHGS ABOUT MAYOR RICHARD DALEY.

WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, DALEY WAS SUPPORTING A DIFFERENT CANDIDATE, BUT HE PROMISED TO SUPPORT HERE IS THE STORY.

>> IMMEDIATELY MADE A POLICY OF SEEING DALEY.

>> RICHARD J.

THE FIRST.

>> RICHARD J.

THE FIRST TO PAY MY RESPECTS AND HE TOOK A LIKING TO ME.

I THINK HE WAS INTRIGUED OF SOUTHERN POLITICS AND I SPENT SOME TIME WITH HIM.

THAT WAS WHEN I HAD 3% IN THE POLLS AND NOBODY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO WIN.

AS TIME DEVELOP AND I PICKED UP STRENGTH, HE WAS SUPPORTING STEPHENSON AROUND THE STATE AS A FAVORITE SON.

BUT TOWARD THE END MAYOR DALEY TOLD ME IF I CARRIED OHIO, THAT HE WOULD DELIVER ALL OF STEPHENSON'S VOTES TO ME IN THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

SO THE NIGHT THAT I CARRIED OHIO, THE PHONE RANG AND DALEY WAS ON THE PHONE AND SAID YOU HAVE 273 VOTE THAT IS YOU DIDN'T HAVE A FEW MOMENTS AGO.

AND THE MOST MEMORABLE THING, THOUGH, WHEN I WENT TOP O'REILLY AT THE LAST MINUTE AND IT WAS A BIG HALL LIKE AN OPERA HOUSE AND STEVENS WAS ASKED TO INTRODUCE ME.

HE GAVE ME THE WORST INSTRUCTION I HAD IN MY LIFE AND IT WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

THERE WERE ABOUT 5, 7,000 PEOPLE.

I SAID I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING.

WHEN YOUR FATHER RAN FOR PRESIDENT AGAINST EISENHOWER, HE DIDN'T CARRY ILLINOIS, BUT HE CARRIED GEORGIA IN 1952.

HE DIDN'T CARRY HIS HOME STATE, BUT HE CARRIED GEORGIA.

AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE IN ILLINOIS THAT GAVE ME THEIR SUPPORT.

>> HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE OVER THE YEARS EVER TO TALK WITH HIM ABOUT THAT?

>> NOT REALLY.

I SAW HIM A FEW TIMES IN WASHINGTON, AND I WOULD SAY WE WERE MODERATELY FRIENDLY AND CERTAINLY POLITE TO EACH OTHER.

>> BUT YOU HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN.

>> WELL, YOU CAN SEE I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN HIM.

IT WAS A HUMOROUS THING THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE I HAD THE ELECTION BASICALLY WON.

>> WHAT A A GREAT STORY.

I MET THE PRESIDENT SEVERAL TIMES, JIMMY CARTER IN HIS STUDIO BACK IN 2006.

>>> AMERICA'S FAVORITE PASS TIME IS TAKING STAGE AT THE THEATER, INTRODUCING THE TWO WOMEN BEHIND TONY STONE.

>> I THINK IT'S OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANT TO PLAY ICONIC CHARACTERS WHO YOU NEVER HEARD OF.

I DIDN'T, AND I PLAYED BASEBALL FROM FIVE TO LIKE TWELVE AND THEN SOFTBALL ALL OF MY LIFE AND I NEVER HEARD OF THIS ICONIC WOMAN.

>> IT'S THE STORE STORY OF TONY STONE, THE FIRST FEMALE TO PLAY IN THE NEGRO LEAGUE.

SHE WAS REJECTED BY THE GIRLS AMERICAN BASEBALL LEAGUE BECAUSE OF HER RACE.

SO SHE INSTEAD JOINED A ALL MEN'S BASEBALL TEAM, THE INDIANAPOLIS CLOWN .

>> HER MOTHER NOT BEING AS SUPPORTIVE.

SHE WANTED HER TO DO WHAT IS CONSIDERED TRADITIONAL WOMAN THINGS AND TONY WAS PROFICIENT IN BASEBALL AND MANY OTHER SPORTS, BUT BASEBALL WAS THE THING THAT SHE LOVED THE MOST.

SO IT FOLLOWED HER JOURNEY PLAYING IN AN ALL-MALE SPORT.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE HAD TO DO TO FIT IN, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE HAD TO KIND OF COMPROMISE HERSELF TO BE IN THE SPORT.

>> ON STAGE AT THE GOODMAN THEATER.

PLAY WRIGHT SAID ONE OF THE THINGS SHE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, DESPITE HER CHALLENGES SHE ACHOOEED HER GOALS.

>> THE STORY I'M TELLING ABOUT IS TONY STONE AND THE THINGS SHE ENCOUNTERED WERE THESE HORRIBLE THINGS, IT MADE NOT WHAT WHITE PEOPLE HAVE DONE TO US A STORY, IT IS A THING I DON'T SEE AS MUCH AS I LIKE, I WANTED TO SEE A GROUP OF MEN HOLD UP A BLACK WOMAN AND HELP HER TELL HER STORY.

SO THE MEN PLAY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS.

THE MEN PLAY WOMEN.

THEY PLAY -- SOMEONE PLAYS HER MOTHER.

SOMEONE PLAYS A PRIEST.

THEY PLAY WHITE PEOPLE AND BLACK PEOPLE AND EXCITING.

>> I TOLD YOU GUYS I GOT TO GET OFF THAT PAGE.

>> I WANTED TO SEE TONY STONE ON THE STAGE BY HERSELF THE WAY SHE WOULD BE.

IT IS COMPELLING TO ME THE IDEA OF A WOMAN PUSHING HER WAY INTO THIS WORLD THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY EVEN WANT HER, BEING SO SUCCESSFUL AND THAT'S PART OF THE STORY OF HER STORY.

>> THAT IN THE 1950s THE STORY AIMS TO CELEBRATE STONE'S HOME RUNS DESPITE THE RACIST AND SEXIST BARRIERS.

TONY, WHO PLAYS STONE IS WHAT SHE IS, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT SHE DID.

>> YOU CAN DO ANYTHING IF YOU WORK REAL HARD, RIGHT?

AND IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND IF YOU FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN AND WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE AND WHO YOU WANT TO BE, I THINK THAT IS -- ALWAYS FIGHT FOR WHO YOU ARE AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE ENOUGH.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M ANGEL.

>> YOU CAN SEE STONE FEBRUARY 26TH.

>>> AND THAT'S IT FOR OUR SHOW.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.