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

I'M BRAIN BRAIN.

PARIS SCHUTZ WILL JOIN US LATER IN THE PROGRAM.

>> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> REMOTE LEARNING IS FAILING TOO MANY OF OUR KIDS.

>> A TEACHERS' STRIKE AVERTED FOR NOW.

WE HAVE THE LATEST ON NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION.

>> THIS SHOULD NOT BE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

>> MEANWHILE PARENTS ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE AS NEGOTIATIONS DRAG ON.

>> ILLINOISANS 65 YEARS AND OLDER CAN NOW GET VACCINATED BUT HOW ACCESSIBLE IS THE VACCINE SIGN UP PROCESS?

>> IT'S DEVASTATING.

>> COVID-19 IS DEVASTATING THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.

A SECTOR THAT EMPLOYS MANY LATINO WOMEN.

TWO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>> HOW AMATEUR INVESTORS ON REDDIT BET BIG ON VIDEO GAME RETAILER GAMESTOP SHAKING UP WALL STREET HEDGE FUNDS.

>> A NEW GIG FROM THEO EPSTEIN AND MORE FROM CRAIN'S.

>> YOUR BLACK BROTHERS... >> REDISCOVERED INTERVIEWS FROM THE WTTW SHOW OUR PEOPLE REVEAL THEMES THAT ARE STILL RELEVANT MORE THAN 50 YEARS LATER.

>> BRING YOUR BLACK VOICE, BRING YOUR BLACK STORY TO THE TABLE AND LET'S TELL THAT.

>> AND CHECKING IN WITH THE BLACK THEATRE COMPANY TO SEE HOW IT'S BEEN MANAGING DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>> A MAJOR STORY WE'RE FOLLOWING IS WHETHER A DEAL HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE TEACHERS' UNION WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST DETAILS ON THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.

FIRST TOP STORIES... CHICAGO IS STILL DIGGING OUT FROM THE WEEKEND'S SNOWFALL.

THIS WAS CHICAGO'S SNOWIEST STORM IN FIVE YEARS ACCUMULATING AROUND 11 INCHES AT BOTH AIRPORTS WHERE HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED.

THE NEXT SNOW IS PREDICTED FOR THURSDAY AND THEN EXPECT AN ARCTIC BLAST OVER THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES PREDICTED IN THE SINGLE-DIGITS.

>> JANUARY WAS ALSO OFF TO A VIOLENT START.

THERE WERE 51 HOMICIDES IN CHICAGO.

THE HIGHEST JANUARY RECORD IN FOUR YEARS.

THAT IS A JUMP OF ABOUT 46% FROM THE SAME TIME IN 2020 WHEN 35 HOMICIDES WERE TALLIED BY CHICAGO POLICE.

>> MEANWHILE, ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE MORE THAN 2300 NEW CONFIRMED CASES AND PROBABLE CASES OF COVID-19 TODAY.

THERE WERE 16 ADDITIONAL DEATHS REPORTED.

THAT MAKES FOR A STATE-WIDE TOTAL OF MORE THAN 1,128,000 CASES AND 19,259 DEATHS.

STATE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEY ANTICIPATE MORE THAN A MILLION DOSES OF THE COVID VACCINE WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE END OF THE DAY.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS IN SESSION TOMORROW.

A LOCKOUT AND STRIKE HAVE BEEN AVERTED BUT FOR HOW LONG?

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

AMANDA?

>> BRANDIS WITHIN THE PAST HOUR WE GOT WORD FROM C.P.S.

AND THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION THAT REMOTE LEARNING ABOUT CONTINUE FOR TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY.

TODAY, WAS TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST DAY BACK IN THE CLASSROOM FOR KINDERGARTEN-8 GRADERS WHO WANTED TO RETURN TO PHYSICAL SCHOOL.

INSTEAD IT WAS ANOTHER DAY OF VIRTUAL LEARNING AS NEGOTIATIONS PROGRESSED.

THIS IS A SORT OF LAST-MINUTE MANEUVERING THAT IS FRUSTRATING FOR WHIPLASHED PARENTS LIKE RYAN GRIFFIN.

>> FIASCO FOR PARENTS WITH 24 HOURS NOTICE I CANNOT UNDERESTIMATE HOW DISRUPTIVE THAT IS TO YOUR FAMILY'S LIVES, ESPECIALLY CARING FOR FAMILY MEMBERS.

>> I SPOKE WITH GRIFFIN BEFORE THE LATEST NEWS WHICH IS THIS... C.P.S.

TODAY SAYS THAT TALKS LED TO AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE.

AND AS SUCH IT WILL NOT GO FORWARD WITH LOCKING OUT TEACHERS OF THEIR VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS FOR REFUSING TO SHOW UP IN-PERSON TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY.

AND IF THEY ARE NOT LOCKED OUT OF THE CLASSROOM THEN THE UNION SAYS TEACHERS ARE NOT GOING TO STRIKE.

MEANING THAT THEY WILL, AGAIN, SHOW UP TOMORROW TO TEACH VIRTUALLY AS MOST AT LEAST HAVE BEEN SINCE LAST MARCH.

BOTH SIDES ARE SIGNALING OPTIMISM THAT THIS MAY BE THE END OF THE BACK AND FORTH.

WE HAVE SECURED AGREEMENT ON ONE OTHER OPEN ISSUE AND MADE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS ON A FRAMEWORK THAT WE HOPE WILL ADDRESS THE REMAINING ISSUES.

WE ARE CALLING FOR A 48-HOUR COOLING OFF PERIOD THAT WILL HOPEFULLY LEAD TO A RELEVANT LOSE ON THE OPEN ISSUES AND AS A GESTURE OF GOOD FAITH FOR NOW TEACHERS WILL RETAIN ACCESS TO THEIR GOOGLE SUITE.

A STATEMENT FROM BOTH MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND C.P.S.

CHIEF JANICE JACKSON.

THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION CALLING IT HEARTENING THAT THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION WILL CONTINUE BARGAINING, SAYING ITS MEMBERS DO NOT WANT TO STRIKE.

AND BRANDIS, I KNOW YOU WILL BE SPEAKING WITH C.T.U.

LEADERSHIP.

IT IS NOT, BY THE WAY, JUST CHICAGO THAT HAS THEIR EYES ON THIS.

REPORTERS PRESSED THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY ABOUT CHICAGO'S POTENTIAL STRIKE THIS AFTERNOON AND SHE SAID THAT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN RESPECTS MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND TEACHERS.

NOTING THAT FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN IS ONE.

>> HE TRUSTS THE MAYOR AND THE UNIONS TO WORK THIS OUT THEY ARE BOTH PRIORITIZING THE RIGHT THINGS INSURING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE KIDS AND TEACHERS AND MAKING SURE THAT CHILDREN IN CHICAGO GET THE EDUCATION THEY DESERVE.

WE ARE HOPEFUL THEY CAN REACH COMMON GROUND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

>> MAYOR LIGHTFOOT ON NATIONAL CABLE NEWS SAYING SHE WAS PUSHING TO SEAL THE LAST FEW REMAINING BUT TOUGH ISSUES.

>> WE'RE PUSHING AS HARD AS WE CAN TO SEAL THE LAST FEW REMAINING BUT TOUGH ISSUES.

IT'S NOT ABOUT WE DON'T WANT TEACHERS TO BE SAFE.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT ABOUT WE DON'T RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF ORGANIZED LABOR.

CHICAGO IS A LABOR TOWN AND THIS IS ABOUT BALANCING A LOT OF ISSUES BUT MOSTLY ALSO ABOUT PUTTING OUR KIDS FIRST.

>> SHE SAYS IF BOTH SIDES DO THAT, THEY WILL REACH A DEAL IN NO TIME.

BUT, PARENTS ARE FEELING IGNORED.

MOM OF THREE, CORTNEY RITSEMA HAS GONE OUT OF HER WAY TO LEARN WHAT SCHOOLS ARE DOING TO MAKE CLASSROOMS SAFE WHILE COVID REMAINS A THREAT.

>> I WAS PARTICIPATING IN ALL OF THE C.P.S.

ASK THE EXPERT SERIES THAT THEY HAD.

I WAS ATTENDING THE SCHOOL TOWN HALLS.

AND EVERY TIME I WENT, IT WAS LIKE LEFT ME FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I WASN'T GETTING ANSWERS.

LIKE MOST PARENTS AT THESE EVENTS WE WERE NOT GETTING ANSWERS TO MOST OF OUR CONCERNS TO LIKE OUR MOST BASIC QUESTIONS.

>> THAT'S WHY SHE AND A GROUP OF GRASSROOTS PARENTS PLANNED A SICK-OUT.

HER KIDS WERE PURPOSELY ABSENT FROM THEIR VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS TODAY.

INSTEAD HER DAUGHTER WROTE LETTERS TO THE PRINCIPAL AND LEARNED ABOUT BOYCOTTING AND CIVIL ACTION.

>> WITH THE SICK-OUT WE ARE TRYING TO KIND OF DO AN ACTION THAT KICKS THE SCHOOL WHERE IT COUNTS.

IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT C.P.S.

YOU KNOW THAT ATTENDANCE IS SOMETHING THEY TRACK LIKE CRAZY.

AND SO THIS IS AN EASY WAY FOR US TO GET A CLEAR REPRESENTATION OF PARENTS WANT A VOICE IN THIS AND HERE IS HOW MANY.

>> C.P.S., HOWEVER, COULD NOT SHARE ATTENDANCE NUMBERS SO IT'S HARD TO SAY HOW BIG A SUCCESS THE SICK-OUT WAS.

THREE WEEKS AGO ANOTHER GROUP OF PARENTS FORMED ANOTHER GRASSROOTS GROUP THIS IS THE CHICAGO PARENTS COLLECTIVE.

FATHER OF THREE RYAN GRIFFIN SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS WHY C.P.S.

WASN'T READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL IN AUGUST.

BUT HE SAYS NOW THERE'S BEEN SIX MONTHS TO PLAN FOR IT.

>> BUT NOW THAT WE'VE PREPARED, WHY NOT NOW FOR AT LEAST THOSE THAT ARE FINDING REMOTE LEARNING IS NOT WORKING?

AND THAT IS A BIG POPULATION OF STUDENTS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NEXT SIZE OF THE NEXT LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ILLINOIS?

HOW DO WE IGNORE THOSE PARENTS' CHOICE FOR THAT OPTION?

>> GRIFFIN WANTS TEACHERS AND THE DISTRICT TO AT LEAST SOME BABY STEPS.

>> TO GET US ON A PATH SO THE STUDENTS CAN EVENTUALLY BE IN SCHOOL FIVE DAYS A WEEK SAFELY.

IS THAT POST VACCINATIONS?

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

WE NEED OPTIMISM AND WE NEED OUR LEADERS TO AGREE ON SOMETHING.

INSTEAD OF TUNING INTO PRESS CONFERENCES AND TWITTER THE DAY BEFORE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

>> HE SAYS LEADERS FROM BOTH SIDES SHOULD BE SETTING AN EXAMPLE FOR CHILDREN.

HE SAYS PARENTS, STUDENTS, EVERYONE WENT THROUGH STRIFE IN THE 2019 STRIKE AND THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN DURING A PANDEMIC.

CHICAGO IS IN THE CLEAR AT LEAST FOR TWO DAYS.

BUT THERE IS STILL NO COMPLETE DEAL AND IN A STATEMENT ISSUED TO PARENTS C.P.S.

SAYS WHILE TODAY WAS A BIG AGREEMENT ON SEVERAL OUTSTANDING ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING THEY MUST CONTINUE TO MAKE WHAT THEY CALLED MEANINGFUL PROGRESS BECAUSE TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

NOW, BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> AMANDA, THANK YOU.

>> AND OF COURSE AS WE HEARD, THE IMPASSE OVER REOPENING SCHOOLS HAS YET TO BE BROKEN BUT THE TWO SIDES SAY THEY HAVE MADE PROGRESS.

JOINING US WITH THE LATEST FROM THE NEGOTIATIONS IS STACY DAVIS-GATES, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION.

WELCOME BACK STACY.

I KNOW SHE IS ARE LONG DAYS SO THANK YOU FORFEITING US IN AGAIN.

WE ARE HEARING FROM YOU THE UNION AND THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT THAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE TODAY.

WHAT SHOULD PARENTS TAKE FROM THE FACT THAT BOTH SIDES AGREED TO THE TWO-DAY COOLING OFF PERIOD DURING WHICH REMOTE LEARNING WILL CONTINUE?

>> BRANDIS, I'VE LEARNED TO NOT HANDICAP THESE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED OVER TIME REPEATEDLY IS THEIR INABILITY TO TREAT US LIKE EQUAL PARTNERS AT THE TABLE.

I THINK THAT THE MAYOR SAYS A LOT THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF MEETINGS.

HOWEVER, IN THOSE MEETINGS DECISION MAKERS WERE NOT THERE AND THEY DID NOT COME PREPARED TO ASK US FOR OUR INPUT.

MANY OF THE MEETINGS WERE ABOUT PASSING THE THINGS THAT HAD GONE OUT.

>> DO YOU FEEL LIKE AS OF LATE, THAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION HAS CHANGED?

DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE UNION IS BEING TREATED AS AN EQUAL PARTNER?

>> WELL, I THINK THERE IS A MUSCLE THAT THE MAYOR AND HER TEAM AT C.P.S.

HAVE TO BUILD IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

I THINK TODAY SAYS ABOUT BOTH SIDES ABOUT THE PROGRESS IS ACCURATE.

>> OVER THE WEEKEND WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS A LOT OF PROGRESS MADE ON ISSUES IN PARTICULAR, MITIGATIONS AND HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

VENTILATION, CONTACT TRACING AND HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEES.

TONIGHT WE ARE HEARING THAT MORE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON OTHER ISSUES.

WHERE DID YOU ALL SEE THE PROGRESS HAPPENING TODAY?

>> WELL, TODAY WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT TESTING STAFF AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ENTER THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

WE ARE TRYING TO CONCLUDE THAT AND AGREE TO SOMETHING.

I THINK WHAT IS ALSO VERY CLEAR FOR MANY OF US IS THAT OUR MEMBERS ARE ALSO PARENTS.

THAT HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE DISCUSSION.

THEY ARE ALSO PARENTS OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS MYSELF I HAVE THREE, JESSE HAS TWO.

THIS IS NOT A DISCUSSION LOST ON US.

MANY OF OUR MEMBERS ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND CHILDCARE AND TO KEEP STABILITY.

WE ARE ALL EXPERIENCING THE PANDEMIC TOGETHER AND THE THING WE ARE ABLE TO DO AT THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION UNLIKE MANY OF OUR PARENTS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD IS PUSH THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS INTO A PLACE OF MORE INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS THAT LOOK LIKE STACY.

THE PLAN ON THE TABLE CURRENTLY WITH THOSE AGREEMENTS YOU NAMED ARE FAR BETTER THAN THE ONES THAT WERE IN PLACE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.

>> I KNOW VACCINES FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF WAS ALSO A STICKING POINT.

HAVE YOU MADE PROGRESS THERE?

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO HANDICAP THIS NOR DO I WANT TO HARM THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF OUR TALKS CURRENTLY.

BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS DIFFICULT.

PEOPLE OFTEN THE TALKS AND THE WAY THEY DO WHEN IT IS A CONTRACT NEGOTIATION.

THIS IS NOT A CONTRACT NEGOTIATION WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC.

SO THE BEST WE CAN DO IS MAXIMIZE SAFETY IN A SPACE WHERE WE WILL HAVE ABOUT HALF A MILLION AMERICANS DEAD BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

NO ONE IS TAKING THIS LIGHTLY AND WE DO NEED STANDARDS.

WE DO NEED A HELMET TRICKS.

WE NEED ACCESS TO VACCINES AND A PLACE TO ENFORCE AND HOLD CITIZENS ACCOUNTABLE.

IT IS JUST THAT SERIOUS.

>> ARE TWO DAYS ENOUGH TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

WE'LL SEE.

WE ARE GOING TO WORK VERY HARD TO COME TO AGREEMENTS THAT MAKE SENSE FOR OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.

AS YOU KNOW OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES ARE A PART OF A LARGER COMMUNITY.

AND IT MATTERS.

THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS COME FROM BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE DISPROPORTIONATELY SUFFERED NEGATIVE IMPACTS ECONOMIC, HOUSING, HEALTH FROM COVID-19.

SO WE OWE IT TO OUR STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO GET THIS RIGHT.

>> SO WE HEARD IN MY COLLEAGUE AMANDA VINICKY'S STORY FROM SOME DISGRUNTLED PARENTS DISAPPOINTED HOW THIS ROLL OUT HAS BEEN OVER WHAT THEY FEEL IS SPARRING BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE DISTRICT AND WHAT COULD ANYONE HAVE DONE TO MAKE IT BETTER?

>> WELL, BRANDIS, THESE ARE NOT NEW ISSUES.

IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD A NURSE IN EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL PERHAPS THIS WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST ISSUE.

WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH INEQUITIES IN THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

THE ANGST, THE FRUSTRATION THAT MANY OF THE PARENTS SPEAKING OUT NOW FEEL IS WHAT PARENTS ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO FEEL WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE BUT FOUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND ALSO IN ALL OF THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO.

WHEN IN 2013, 50 SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED ON BLACK AND BROWN PARENTS IN THE CITY.

SO THE INEQUITIES HAVE BEEN BAKED INTO THE SYSTEM OR A LONGTIME.

THE FRUSTRATION WITH IT.

AS WELL, CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION HAS BEEN A PROPONENT STRONG PROPONENT OF PARENT AND COMMUNITY AGENCY IN THIS PROCESS.

WE'VE OFFERED TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS UP.

WE ALSO SUPPORT AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

THE PUSHBACK HAS NOT COME FROM US.

THE PUSHBACK HAS COME FROM OTHER PLACES.

THE HUMANITY OF OUR MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN THE CITY WHO PAY TAXES IN THE CITY WE HAVE FAMILIES IN THE CITY AND WE SEND OUR CHILDREN TO THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

ALL OF THE THINGS IMPACT US IN THE SAME WAYS AS THEY IMPACT OTHER PEOPLE.

>> NEXT MONTH MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE STUDENTS WILL HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.

AND WE'VE GOT 30 SECONDS LEFT.

BUT WHAT CONCERNS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND THE LEARNING LOSS FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN ON REMOTE LEARNING THIS LONG?

>> BRANDIS, I BELIEVE IN LEARNING LOSS IS A TERM USED BY TESTING COMPANIES TO MAKE US BUY MORE TESTS.

I BELIEVE OUR STUDENTS HAVE LEARNED A LOT.

AND FAR TOO MANY OF STUDENTS LOOK LIKE ME LEARNED THEIR LIVES AND HUMANITY IS DEVALUED IN THE SOCIETY.

WHEN WE SAY WE WANT THEM TO COME BACK INTO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES I WANT TO SEE MORE COUNSELORS MORE SOCIAL WORKERS, MORE PROGRAMS, LESS POLICING TO ROUND OUT THE EXPERIENCES OF THE MA'AMTY OF THE STUDENTS THAT GO TO THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO LIFT THEM UP AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE GROUNDED AND GET WHAT THEY NEED.

IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT A TEST BUT THEIR HUMANITY.

>> C.T.U.

VICE-PRESIDENT STACY DAVIS-GATES.

I KNOW YOU HAVE LOTS OF WORK TO DO.

AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO WTTW NEWS DIRECTOR AND HOST OF SATURDAY'S "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" HUGO BALTA FOR A LOOK AT COVID-19'S IMPACT ON THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.

>> THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC HAS DEVASTATED THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY INCLUDING HOTELS AND THOSE WHO WORK IN THEM.

MANY ARE WOMEN FROM BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

ACCORDING TO THE ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC MORE THAN 14% OF LATINAS WORKED IN THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR AND MANY IN HOUSEKEEPING ARE OLDER WOMEN WHO ARE SPANISH LANGUAGE DOMINANT.

EARLIER TODAY WE SPOKE TO MARIA WHO WORKED AS A HOUSEKEEPER IN CHICAGO FOR 16 YEARS UNTIL SHE WAS LET GO IN OCTOBER.

SHE SHARED WHAT HER JOB MEANT TO HER.

>> AGAIN SHE WORKED AS A HOUP HOUSEKEEPER UNTIL SHE WAS LET GO THIS PAST OCTOBER.

AND JOIN US TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES ARE MELISSA, SHE WAS A HOUSE KEEP ARE AT A HYATT CENTRIC THE LOOP CHICAGO FOR FOUR YEARS MANY AND THERESA HERNANDEZ A BANK WET SERVER WHERE SHE WORKED FOR 20 YEARS.

WE SHOULD NOTE WE REACHED OUT TO BOTH HOTELS AND NEITHER RESPONDED TO US IN TIME FOR THIS CONVERSATION.

THERESA, WE HEARD FROM ME RHEA WHAT HER JOB HASN'T TO HER.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

YOU'VE WORKED IN THE INDUSTRY FOR 20 YEARS?

>> YES.

I WORKED IN THE HOTEL FOR 20 YEARS AND I DEPEND ON MY JOB FOR EVERYTHING TO PAY MY HOUSE, MY BILLS, MY UTILITIES, EVERYTHING.

>> VERY -- >> I'M BEHIND ON MY MORTGAGE PAYMENTS ALREADY BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY ALMOST A YEAR SINCE WE ARE NOT WORKING.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS MARIA MENTIONED IS THAT WHILE SHE IS COLLECTING UNEMPLOYMENT SHE HAS A DIFFICULT TIME MAKING ENDS MEET.

MELISSA ARE YOU FACING SIMILAR CHALLENGES?

>> YES, I WAS LET GO IN MARCH WHEN THE PANDEMIC JUST STARTED.

AND EVER SINCE THEN IT'S BEEN STRESSFUL.

I'M A SINGLE MOTHER OF FIVE.

I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING.

I'VE BEEN BACKED UP IN RENT, BILLS, I'M REALLY BACKED UP ON MY BILLS RIGHT NOW.

I HAVE A SON IN COLLEGE AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DIFFICULT SINCE MARCH.

>> ANOTHER THING MARIA SHARED HER AGE AS A BARRIER TO FINDING ANOTHER JOB.

KAREN KENT THE PRESIDENT OF UNITE LOCAL 1 WHICH REPRESENTS HALF OF HOTEL WORKERS IN CHICAGO SAID AGE IS A CHALLENGE FOR MANY WOMEN.

LET'S LISTEN.

>> THE ODDS ARE AGAINST WOMEN TO GET ANOTHER JOB LATER IN LIFE OR GET HIRED AS MUCH AS THE MEN OR HIRED AS MUCH AS SOMEBODY WHO IS YOUNGER.

THEY WILL EARN LESS WAGES.

THEY WILL SALARIES WILL DECREASE.

THEY WILL JUST HAVE A MUCH TOUGHER TIME AND SLIP INTO POVERTY MUCH FASTER.

>> THERESA IS THAT A CHALLENGE FOR YOU, TOO?

WHAT OTHER DIFFICULTIES ARE YOU FACING?

>> YES, MY AGE.

I'M 60 YEARS OLD.

AND IT IS NOT EASY FOR ME TO GO AND APPLY ON ANOTHER PLACE AND DECIDE THAT THE TRYING TO APPLY IN A FACTORY AND THEY DON'T WANT TO HIRE ME.

BECAUSE MY AGE.

>> VERY TOUGH SITUATION.

MELISSA, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM YOUR COLLEAGUES?

ARE THEY IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS?

>> YES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING THAT IS WHY WE'RE FIGHTING FOR THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE I'M NOT ONLY SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY OUT THERE.

I'VE WAS WORKING AT THE HOTEL FOR FOUR YEARS BUT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THERE 15, 20 YEARS AND THEY USED US WHEN THEY NEEDED US AND NOW THEY LET US GO.

>> THERE IS A PENDING ORDINANCE IN CITY COUNCIL THAT WOULD REQUIRE HOTELS TO OFFER FORMER EMPLOYEES THE RIGHT TO RETURN TO THE OLD JOBS BEFORE THEY COULD HIRE OUTSIDE REPLACEMENTS.

ILLINOIS' HOTELS AND LODGING SAYS THE ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE HOTELS TO JUMP THROUGH MORE REGULATORY AND PAPERWORK HOOPS.

THERESA ARE YOU AFRAID WHEN YOUR HOTEL DOES BEGIN HIRING THERE WON'T BE A SPOT FOR YOU?

>> YES.

I'M VERY AFRAID.

I'M NERVOUS.

SOMETIMES I DON'T SLEEP I'M THINKING THAT PROBABLY THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CALL ME BECAUSE MY AGE AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

VERY DIFFICULT.

BECAUSE TOO MANY YEARS I WAS THERE AND THEY JUST THROW ME OUT.

IT'S HARD.

>> SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

MELISSA, WOULD THE ORDINANCE EASE SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS, SOME OF YOUR FEARS?

>> OH, YES, DEFINITELY.

I'M NOT YOUNG ANYMORE EITHER.

IT'S DIFFICULT.

>> I HAVE APPLIED TO JOBS AND IT IS NOT EASY OUT THERE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR THAT WE HAVE TO STRUGGLE BE STRESSED OUT LOOKING FOR A JOB WHEN WE HAVE ONE.

WE LOST IT BECAUSE OF A PANDEMIC NOT BECAUSE OF OURSELVES.

>> MELISSA, THERESA, WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AND SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING US.

THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT HOW CHICAGO THEATRE COMPANY TOOK THEIR STAGE ON-LINE.

STICK AROUND.

>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES".

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE PREVENTS STRONG COALITION OF BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES FORMING ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES?

>> I WANT US TO AS A NATION TO FIND A WAY TO COME TOGETHER.

>> GO DOWN THE BLOCK, GET IT FROM SOMEONE LOCAL AND KEEP THE MONEY IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> BLACK JOY IN THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IS MAGICAL.

>> AND WE'VE GOT MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE PROGRAM INCLUDING THE INS AND OUTS OF GAMESTOP'S TRADING FRENZY.

FIRST WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT THEATERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE FACED WITH THE HARSH REALITY OF BEING THE FIRST TO CLOSE AND THE LAST TO OPEN.

ANGEL IDOWU SHARES HOW A CHICAGO THEATRE COMPANY HAS TAKEN THEIR STAGE ON-LINE.

[♪♪♪] >> I TOLD YOU YOU AIN'T CUTTING THE PIANO.

>> AS THE CONGO SQUARE THEATRE COMPANY CELEBRATES NEARLY 20 YEARS THEY ARE WORKING TO INSURE THAT BLACK STORIES ARE STILL TOLD ON STAGE EVEN VIRTUALLY.

>> THE EXPANSE OF THE BLACK STORY IS NEVER LIMITED THAT IS WHY WE HAVE SO MUCH RANGE OF WHAT WE DO.

WE GO FROM CLASSIC WORK, AUGUST WOLF INTO SKETCH COMEDY TO MUSICAL TO THIS WIDE VARIETY OF WORK THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR BLACKNESS.

AND WE CELEBRATE IT EVERY MOMENT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO.

WHICH IS ALL THE TIME.

>> BLACK SIDE... >> THE CELEBRATION WAS MOST RECENTLY SEEN IN HIT 'EM ON THE BLACK SIDE A COMEDY SKETCH SERIES STREAMED VIRTUALLY.

>> EACH PIECE WAS ITS OWN GENRE.

AND IT ALSO COMMENTED ON DIFFERENT THEMES GOING ON IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

SO WE WOULD TOUCH ON POLICE BRUTALITY, NO KNOCK RAIDS, WE WOULD TOUCH ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD OF COVID AND REMOTE LEARNING IN SCHOOLS.

COMING ON THE WORLD IN A FUN WAY.

IT IS SKETCH COMEDY.

THE PIECES ARE FUNNY.

BUT IT'S CONGO SQUARE SO WE'RE HITTING THEM IN WAYS THAT CAN CHALLENGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE AT PEOPLE OF COLOR VIEW, INTERPRET AND RESPOND TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AROUND US.

>> YOU KNOW I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD I'M DRAMATIC.

>> ENSEMBLE MEMBERS AND HUSBAND AND WIFE, ALEXIS ROSTON AND KEVIN ROSTON SAY THE VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN EMPOWERING TO SAY THE LEAST.

>> FOR US, YES.

I MEAN OUR VOICES HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD ENOUGH ACROSS MOST MEDIUMS OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.

SO WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE HONOR TO TELL OUR STORIES FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.

>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKING IN OTHER TEETER COMPANIES WE CREATE A FAMILY FOR A MOMENT.

BUT WEEK R WORKING WITH CONGO I'M ALREADY WITH THE FAMILY.

>> YOU ARE A LIFER.

>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE'RE SEEING MAJOR GRIDLOCK HEADING INTO JUSTICE.

>> WITH MORE VIRTUAL SHOWS AND FESTIVALS IN THE WORKS FOR THE NEW YEAR, THE BLACK THEATRE COMPANY SAYS THE GOAL REMAINS THE SAME.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE THINK ABOUT IS THE LEGACY THAT WE'RE BUILDING AS AN ORGANIZATION BUT THE LEGACY WE ARE BUILDING IN THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE IMPACTING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

NOT JUST CONGO'S LEGACY BUT THE BLACKS ART LEGACY AND HOW WE ARE ABLE TO POUR INTO THE NEXT GENERATION OF BLACK VOICES.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> ONE OF THOSE UP COMING VIRTUAL FESTIVALS IS HAPPENING LATER THIS WEEK IN THEIR FESTIVAL ON THE SQUARE.

FEATURING ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS AND WORKSHOPS WITH ACTORS OF COLOR.

HIT 'EM ON THE BLACK SIDE RETURNS NEXT MONTH.

YOU CAN CATCH UP ON THE SEASON NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"...

THE NEW C.E.O.

OF WALGREENS AND HOW THE RETAIL GIANT PLANS TO HELP WITH THE COVID-19 VACCINE ROLLOUT.

>> ILLINOISANS 65 YEARS AND OLDER CAN RECEIVE THE VACCINE BUT HOW ACCESSIBLE IS THE SIGN UP?

WE HEAR FROM A GERONTOLOGIST.

INVESTORS AND REDDIT TURNED AROUND THE STOCK VALUE OF A VIDEO GAME RETAILER TO SHAKE UP WALL STREET HEDGE FUNDS.

HOW DID THEY DO IT?

AND WTTW SHOW OUR PEOPLE WAS FOR BLACK PEOPLE BY BLACK PEOPLE.

WE TAKE A PEEK AT A LONG LOST INTERVIEW WITH BLACK LUMINARIES.

>> THE HEAD OF CHICAGO'S POLICE UNION IS UNDER FIRE AGAIN.

NOW, 78 COMMUNITY AND NATIONAL GROUPS, 36 ALDERMEN AND THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT ARE CALLING FOR THE FIRING OF JOHN CATANZARA.

HE IS ACCUSED OF DISPARAGES MUSLIMS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND FILING A FALSE POLICE REPORT AGAINST THE CITY'S FORMER TOP COP EDDIE JOHNSON.

CATANZARA OUTRAGED PEOPLE WHEN HE DEFENDED THE ATTACK ON THE U.S. CAPITOL THAT HE DETRACTED.

POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN HAS RECOMMENDED HIS FIRING.

CATANZARA SAYS HE WILL CONTINUE TO REPRESENT THE FOP.

>> ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER IS TAKING A STAND AND RAISING MONEY TO SAVE THE G.O.P.

HE STARTED A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE CALLED COUNTRY FIRST WITH THE GOAL OF TAKING BACK THE PARTY FROM REPUBLICANS WHO CONTINUE TO EMBRACE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

>> THIS IS NO TIME FOR SILENCE.

NOT AFTER THE LAST MONTH.

NOT AFTER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL THE TRUTH.

SOMEONE NEEDS TO SAY WHAT HISTORY NEEDS TO HEAR.

SO HERE I AM.

A REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS LOST ITS WAY.

>> ADAM KINZINGER IS BEING BLASTED BY MANY IN HIS PARTY FOR HIS VOTE TO IMPEACH TRUMP LAST MONTH.

>> AND TO PARIS SCHUTZ WHO IS REPORTING FROM HIS HOME WITH SOME OF TODAY'S TOP BUSINESS HEADLINES.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

I'M IN MY WESTLAKE VIEW LIVING ROOM WHERE I WILL BE HOSTING THIS WEEK BEFORE RETURNING TO THE STUDIO ON FRIDAY.

AND WE GO TO BUSINESS HEADLINES.

FORMER PRESIDENT OF BASEBALL OPERATION FOR THE CUBS, THEO EPSTEIN HAS A GIG AT A SPORTS INVESTMENT FIRM.

WALGREENS NEW C.E.O.

IS STARTING NEXT MONTH AND HOW THE COMPANY IS SHIFTING PRIORITIES FOR THE COVID-19 VACCINE AND GOOD NEWS FOR DOWNTOWN OFFICE LANDLORDS AS ONE OF THE AREA'S BIGGEST FIRMS COMES CLOSE TO OPENING THE FIRST DOWNTOWN OFFICE SPACE.

HERE IS CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS EDITOR ANN DWYER.

THEO EPSTEIN HAS A NEW JOB WITH A SPORTS INVESTMENT FIRM.

TELL US WHAT HE IS GOING TO BE DOING?

IT.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE HE WILL BE ADVISINGS THE FIRM.

THEY ARE BASED IN DALLAS.

AND THEIR GOAL IS TO TAKE MINORITY STAKES IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS ENTERPRISES.

THEIR NEAR TERM MISSION IS TO BUY INTO NBA TEAMS.

BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEO WILL BE CONSULTING WITH THEM AND ADVISING THEM AND I IMAGINE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF MLB FRANCHISES WILL BE MOST HANDY.

>> THE OTHER STORY THE NEW C.E.O.

OF WALGREENS IS STARTING NEXT MONTH.

TELL US WHO SHE IS AND WHAT KIND OF SITUATION SHE IS WALKING INTO?

>> SHE IS ROZ BREWER.

AND SHE CAME FROM STARBUCKS WHERE SHE WAS THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.

PRIOR TO THAT SHE WAS WITH WALMART'S SAM'S CLUB OPERATIONS THE TOP EXECUTIVE THERE.

SHE HAS RETAIL JOBS AND THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY HANDY AS WALGREENS CONTINUES TO RETHINK AND REIMAGINE THE FRONT OF STORE OPERATIONS.

BUT THE ASPECT OF THE BUSINESS THAT IS GOING TO BE THE HEAVIEST LIFT GOING FORWARD PERTAINS TO HEALTHCARE AND THAT IS WHERE SHE WAS A LITTLE BIT LESS PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE.

OF COURSE, WALGREENS IS ON THE FRONTLINES OF THE VACCINE ROLLOUT.

BUT THEY ARE ALSO EMBARK ON A PLAN UNDER THE FORMER C.E.O.

WHO IS NOW THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, TO TURN THEMSELVES INTO A NETWORK OF NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTHCARE HUBS.

AND DOING THAT IS GOING TO BE A HEAVY LIFT AND THAT'S NUMBER ONE ON HER AGENDA.

>> SO WALGREENS OBVIOUSLY AT THE CENTER OF DISTRIBUTING THAT COVID-19 VACCINE ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES THAT IT'S CONFRONTING.

FINALLY, ANN, ONE OF THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT FIRMS IS NEARING A DEAL TO OPEN THE FIRST DOWNTOWN OFFICE.

WHERE WOULD THAT BE?

AND IS THIS A BIG DEAL GIVEN ALL THE CONCERNS WITH THE SKYROCKETING VACANCIES AND DEPRESSED RATES?

>> IT IS A BIG DEAL FOR A LOT OF REASONS, PARIS.

IF YOU BACK THE PANDEMIC OUT OF THE FORMULA, CAL MONTHS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT EXPRESSING INTEREST IN A MAJOR DOWNTOWN OFFICE HUB WOULD BE BIG NEWS BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT FIRMS IN THE CHICAGO AREA BUT ALWAYS BEEN A SUBURBAN PLAYER.

THE FACT THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR CHIPS DOWN ON A SPACE ON PEORIA STREET IN FULTON MARKET DOES SEEM TO BE A BET THAT THE DOWNTOWN OFFICE MARKET IS GOING TO REBOUND ONCE COVID-19 IS BEHIND US.

AND WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS THAT DESPITE THE PANDEMIC, AND DESPITE THE SLOWDOWN, INVESTORS ARE STILL PUTTING THEIR MONEY ON FULTON MARKET AND FIGURING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE AND WORK IN THAT AREA.

COVID OR NO.

>> MAYBE HOPEFUL SIGN OF THINGS TO COME.

ANN THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, PARIS.

>> AND NOW, BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.

>> PARIS, THANK YOU.

AS OF LATE LAST MONTH, ILLINOIS ENTERED PHASE 1B OF THE VACCINE ROLLOUT WHICH INCLUDES PEOPLE 65 AND OVER.

BUT SIGNING UP TO GET A VACCINE CAN BE COMPLICATED.

NOT ALL OLDER ADULTS KNOW HOW TO ACCESS ON-LINE PORTALS TO SIGN UP.

OTHERS DON'T HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER TO HELP THEM WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND SOME DON'T HAVE A PHONE OR LAPTOP TO ACCESS THE SIGN UP AT ALL.

JOINING US TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS DIGITAL DIVIDE IS Dr. LEE LINDQUIST, THE CHIEF OF GERIATRICS AT NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

HOW WELL WOULD YOU SAY THE VACCINE ROLLOUT IS GOING TO REACH THOSE WHO ARE 65 AND OLDER?

>> I THINK IT'S BEEN TERRIBLY HARD FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE 85 AND ODDER.

ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT USED TO USING A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY AND THOSE THAT ARE ARE NOT AS ADEPT AT RESPONDING TO TEXT MESSAGES OR SIGNING UP.

SO MANY OF MY PATIENTS ARE IN THEIR 90s AND 100'S AND THEY CAN USE THE COMPUTER AND TECHNOLOGY BUT AS FAR AS SIGNING UP FOR INVITATIONS TO BE ENROLLED IN VACCINATION PROGRAMS AND HAVING TO RESPOND TO TEXT MESSAGES OR RESPOND, THESE SCHEDULES ARE GETTING PACKED SO QUICKLY THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO RESPOND.

OFTENTIMES IT'S FALLING ON THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE 90-YEAR-OLD PATIENTS IT'S THE 70-YEAR-OLDS THAT ARE TRYING TO SIGN THEM UP AND THE 50-YEAR-OLDS TRYING TO SIGN THEM UP.

IT IS A HUGE EFFORT TO TRY TO GET APPOINTMENTS SCHEDULED FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION AMONGST THE SENIORS.

>> WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THAT FOR THE FOLKS TRYING TO GET APPOINTMENTS FOR PARENTS.

HOW DO YOU SUGGEST FOLKS ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE HOW DO YOU SUGGEST THEY FIND A WAY TO SIGN UP.

>> TRY EVERY VENUE.

I'VE HEARD SO MANY SENIORS TELL ME I ONLY WANT THIS VACCINE AND I CAN ONLY DO IT ON THIS DAY.

I'M LIKE NO, GO TO THE WEBSITE THAT HAS YOUR COOK COUNTY WEBSITES GO TO CHICAGO WEBSITES GO TO WALGREENS, ALL THE PHARMACIES THE NATIONAL CHAINS THAT ARE ADVERTISING OR HAVING IT OUT THERE.

AS FAR AS SIGNING UP FOR VACCINES.

BECAUSE THINKING YOU WILL GET IT AT ONE PLACE AND YOU WILL WAIT FOR IT IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST.

FROM MY EXPERIENCE AT NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE HERE IN CHICAGO WE HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT WERE CRANKING THROUGH BUT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WE NEED TO REACH.

WE ARE STARTING WITH PEOPLE 85 PLUS AND WORKING DOWN.

BUT THERE'S SO MANY VACCINES TO GO AROUND AND SO MANY MORE PATIENTS THAT NEED IT.

>> AND I IMAGINE FOR THOSE OF US YOUR AGE MY AGE TO GO TO THAT MANY WEBSITES, TO TRY AND SIGN UP IT COULD BE A PAIN IN THE NECK I IMAGINE THAT IS A CHALLENGE FOR SOMEONE 65, 75 YEARS AND OLDER.

>> I'VE HELPED SOME OF MY PATIENTS WHEN THEY SEE ME.

LET'S CHICK THE BUTTONS.

AND I LOVE IT BECAUSE THEY ARE AMAZED HOW FAST WE GO BUT WE HAVE TO DO THIS BECAUSE OUR NORMAL WORKLOAD INCLUDES COMPUTERS AND WHEN YOU SEE THEM CLICKING ON OR TYPING IN A WEBSITE YOU'RE LIKE LET ME DO IT IT.

AND THAT IS WHERE I THINK IT IS A TECHNOLOGY GAP.

THERE ARE SOME SENIORS THAT ARE GOOD AT USING TECHNOLOGY AND SOME SENIORS OK. AND THEN THERE'S SOME SENIORS THAT DON'T USE IT AT ALL AND PEOPLE HAVE TO LEAN ON THEIR LOVED ONES TO HELP THEM OUT.

>> WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT AGEISM IN TECHNOLOGY?

>> IT'S CLEARLY TECHNOLOGY IS NOT MADE FOR SENIORS.

WE'RE SEEING TECHNOLOGY ESPECIALLY PATIENT PORTALS AND MEDICAL SIGN UPS FOR WALGREENS AND WEBSITES, WE'RE SEEING THIS TECHNOLOGY IS BEING BUILT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THEIR 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s AND NOT THINKING ABOUT DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY FOR PEOPLE IN THEIR 70s, 80s, 90s.

I MEAN WHAT ABOUT BIGGER BUTTONS?

WHAT ABOUT ABLE TO NAVIGATE THINGS EASIER?

INSTEAD OF ROLLING DOWN IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

WHAT WE'RE SEE SOMETHING THERE IS TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE, BUT IT'S BASED ON THE YOUNGER ADULTS AND THE 40-YEAR-OLDS AND THE 50-YEAR-OLDS AND NOT NECESSARILY THE 80-YEAR-OLDS.

I WOULD LOVE IT IF WE WOULD HAVE TECHNOLOGY THAT ESPECIALLY HEALTHCARE RELATED THAT WOULD BE USED OR MADE DIRECTLY TOWARDS SENIORS.

>> IN ADDITION TO THE SIGN UP WHAT TROUBLES HAVE YOU HEARD FROM PATIENTS ABOUT GETTING ACCESS TO COVID-19 RELATED CARE LIKE TELEHEALTH?

>> IT'S BEEN INTERESTING.

SO ALL OF MY PATIENTS ARE 85 PLUS.

SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO TELEHEALTH.

WE STILL ARE DOING HOME VISITS FOR PATIENTS THAT DON'T HAVE A TELEPHONE OR CANNOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE THE WI-FI AND THEY NEED TO BE SEEN.

THERE ARE PATIENTS THAT NEED TO BE SEEN IN THEIR HOME.

AND GETTING THEM THE COVID VACCINE IS IMPOSSIBLE RIGHT NOW IT'S HARD TO GET THE COVID VACCINE TO HOME BOUND OLDER ADULTS ON TOP OF THAT TO DO A TELEHEALTH VISIT, WE'RE MANAGING.

BUT I LOVE IT AT SOME LEVEL BECAUSE IT'S PUSHING US TO USE TECHNOLOGY AND INCLUDE AND BE INCLUSIVE OF SENIORS IN TECHNOLOGY.

WHERE IN THE PAST SENIORS WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT.

IT'S GOOD WE ARE OFFER TO GO TO SENIORS AND HAVING THEM BE INVOLVED IN TELEHEALTH.

>> WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM PATIENTS IN TERMS HOW THE COVID AND PANDEMIC AFFECTED THEIR MENTAL HEALTH?

>> COVID PANDEMIC I'VE HAD SO MANY PATIENTS I'VE LOST TO COVID.

IN THE EARLY MONTHS WE HAD A LOT OF MORTALITY.

ESPECIALLY IN THE NURSING HOMES WHICH IS WHERE ONE OF THE PLACES I WORK AT.

AND AS WE'VE PROGRESSED WE ARE ALMOST A YEAR OUT, ISOLATION IS JUST WRECKING SO MANY OF MY SENIORS.

WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE LOSE WEIGHT AND COGNITION GETTING WORSE AND PEOPLE GETTING MORE CONFUSED AND A LOT IS RELATED TO PEOPLE BEING SO ISOLATED.

SOME OF THE SENIORS THEY ARE LIVING IN THEIR OWN HOME, AND THAT IS ALMOST AS THE SAME AS BEING IN A NURSING HOME.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT YOURSELF, IF YOU ARE 30, 40, 50 PULLING OUT YOUR HAIR THINK ABOUT BEING 80, 90 OR 100 AND IMAGINE WITHOUT OUTPUT INTO THE WORLD AND THAT IS WHERE IT GETS TO OLDER ADULTS.

GIVE THEM A PHONE CALL, MAKE THEM FEEL HAPPY THEY WOULD LOVE OUTREACH.

>> THAT IS TROUBLING TO HEAR.

THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW BACK TO PARIS FOR A BREAKDOWN OF THE GAMESTOP MADNESS.

>> BRANDIS, THE TERMS SHORT SQUEEZE, ROBINHOOD, GAMESTOP AND REDDIT ENTERED THE POPULAR LEXICON AS THE STOCK MARKET WAS DRIVEN INTO VOLATILITY.

MEMBERS OF THE REDDIT GROUP WALL STREET BETS DROVE THE STOCK OF VIDEO GAME RETAILER GAMESTOP FROM $65 A SHARE TO AN HIGH OF $483 ON THURSDAY.

NOW, HEDGE FUNDS BET ON GAMESTOP'S STOCK TO PLUMMET AND THEY LOST BILLIONS WHEN IT SURGED WAS THIS A UPRISING AGAINST BIG CORPORATIONS WALL STREET FIRMS?

OR A DANGEROUS MANIPULATION OF THE MARKET?

JOINING US TO JOIN EXPLAIN IT ALL IS MATTHEW LYLE AT NORTHWESTERN'S SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> IT IS A PLEASURE.

>> DEFINE SHORT SELLING AND SHORT SQUEEZE?

>> OK. SHORT SELLING WHICH IS THE MECHANISM OR THE TRADING STRATEGY THAT WAS REQUIRED TO GET ALL THIS STUFF GOING IS WORKS LIKE THIS...

SUPPOSE USE GAME STOP AS AN EXAMPLE.

SUPPOSE THERE WAS 100 SHARES OUT THERE AVAILABLE FOR YOU PARIS OR ME TO BUY.

AND THOSE ARE ALL PURCHASED BY SOMEBODY.

WHAT HAPPENS IS THE BROKER WHO YOU DEAL WITH.

SAY TD AMERITRADE, ROBINHOOD, IF I FOR INSTANCE THOUGHT GAMESTOP, I DON'T THINK THEY WILL DO THAT WELL IN THE FUTURE I THINK THE STOCK PRICE IS GOING TO GO DOWN HOW DO I TAKE ADVANTAGE?

I WANT TO PUT ON A SHORT TRADE.

I WANT TO SELL THE SHARE SHORT.

AND HOW I DO THAT I GO TO THE BROKER AND SAY I WANT TO EXECUTE A SHORT.

AND THEY WILL GO IN AND SAY PARIS SUPPOSE YOU HOLD A SHARE THEY WILL TAKE YOUR SHARE AND LEND IT OUT TO ME.

AT THAT TIME I WILL SELL FOR THE MARKET PRICE, COLLECT THE MONEY HOLD IT IN MY ACCOUNT AND IN THE FUTURE IF IT GOES DOWN I USE THAT MONEY TO REPURCHASE IT SO IF IT STARTS OFF IF I TELL AT 10 AND GOES TO 6, I KEEP THE 4 AND I GIVE THE SHARE BACK TO THE BROKERAGE HOUSE AND EVERYTHING IS ALL WELL AND GOOD.

>> WE KNOW THAT A SHORT SQUEEZE IS WHEN FOLKS DECIDE TO BUY THAT STOCK PERHAPS HURTING THE POSITION OF THE SHORT SELLER.

DESCRIBE HOW THIS REDDIT GROUP CAME ABOUT AND HOW THEY CHOSE GAMESTOP TO DO THE SHORT SQUEEZE?

>> IT IS FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE IN MY VIEW.

EVERYBODY I'VE TALKED TO AT KELLOGG AND PROFESSIONAL TRADERS PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH INVESTING AND TRADING, IT'S REMARKABLE WHAT THEY PULLED OFF.

SO A FEW USERS IT LOOK LIKE ON REDDIT WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT GAMESTOP HAD A LOT OF SHORT POSITIONS.

SO THERE WAS A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF CALL THEM HEDGE FUNDS THAT THOUGHT THAT GAMESTOP WAS NOT GOING TO DO WELL IN THE FUTURE.

SO THEY PILED ON IN THE SHORT POSITIONS.

WHAT A SAVVY INVESTOR WOULD IDENTIFY IF YOU CAN GET ENOUGH MONEY ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT IS TO SUBMIT BUY ORDERS AND GET THE PRICE UP WHAT THIS WILL DO, IS IT WILL CERTAINLY HAVE THE HEDGE FUNDS START TO LOSE MONEY BECAUSE THE POSITION WILL MOVE AGAINST THEM AND THE PRICE WILL RISE AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS PARTICULARLY WITH USUALLY THE TYPE OF FIRM THAT WILL GO SHORT, WILL USE MARGIN AND THEY HAVE LEVERAGE.

SO WHAT YOU DO AS THE PRICE IS GOING UP, YOU CAUSE THEM ON PAPER TO HAVE LOSSES AND THEN THEY GET MARGIN CALLS WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE TO RAISE MORE CASH.

SO ONCE OF THE WAYS THEY RAISE CASH IS BY HAVING TO LIQUIDATE OR GET OUT OF THE SHORT POSITIONS WHICH MEANS SUBMITTING MORE BUY ORDERS.

WHAT DOES THAT DO?

THAT CONTINUES AND PERPETUATES THE DEMAND FOR THE STOCK WHICH INCREASES PRICE AND IT HAS THIS KIND OF LIKE FEEDBACK MECHANISM THE HIGHER IT GOES THE MORE YOU HAVE TO EXIT YOUR SHORT POSITION AND SO ON UNTIL YOU SQUEEZE ALL THOSE SHORTS OUT.

AND YOU BASICALLY HAVE THE DEATH SPIRAL UP.

>> THE DEATH SPIRAL UP AND ROBINHOOD THIS APP THAT YOU CAN DAY TRADE ON WITHOUT FEES, IT STOPPED ANY ACTIVITY WITH GAMESTOP.

IS THAT LIKE A MARKET MANIPULATION?

IS THERE A PENALTY FOR THAT?

>> SO CERTAINLY ON THE REDDIT BOARDS IT SEEMS THEY ARE NOT OVERLY ENTHUSIASTIC WITH ROBINHOOD ANYMORE.

MY VIEW IS THAT BEFORE WE SHOULD PROBABLY GIVE THEM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AND ALLOW THEM TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING ON.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IS THERE WAS SO MUCH ACTIVITY AND THE PRICE FOR THIS STOCK AND AMC WAS MOVING SO QUICKLY THAT I THINK THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT RUNNING OUT OF CASH TO FULFILL THEIR OBLIGATIONS AS PEOPLE TRADED.

EVEN THOUGH YOU EXPECT YOUR MONEY TO GET BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU SELL AND THESE THINGS MOVE INSTANTANEOUSLY, ROBINHOOD HAS TO MANAGE THESE THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES AS THE MONEY GETS BIGGER THEIR OBLIGATIONS GROW.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED THEY HAD TO CAP CASH PRESUMABLY BECAUSE THEY WERE WORRIED THAT IF THIS TYPE OF TRADING KEPT ON HAPPENING THEY WOULD RUN OUT OF MONEY BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO MANAGE THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.

>> LOOKS LIKE A TRIP WIRE WAS SET OFF.

WHAT ARE THE BROADER IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MARKET?

YOU'VE HEARD FOLKS SAY HEDGE FUNDS ARE SPOOKED AND DAY TRADERS CAN HAVE A MOB MENTALITY AND TAKE THIS ACTION.

IS THIS ACTIVITY LIKELY TO CONTINUE?

>> THAT IS A VERY INTERESTING QUESTION AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THE ANSWER UNTIL GOING FORWARD.

WHAT I THINK IS CERTAIN IS THAT THE VARIOUS FUNDS THAT PARTAKE IN SIGNIFICANT SHORT SELLING AND TAKING SIGNIFICANT SHORT POSITIONS, ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE WORRIED.

WHAT PEOPLE WILL CALL PRETTY SMART INVESTORS LOST A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONEY THIS WEEK.

CITADEL AND HIGH PROFILE HEDGE FUNDS HAD TO INJECT IN CASH TO HELP KEEP THEM AFLOAT.

AND I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY MESSED PROBABLY WITH THE PROJECTIONS OF POTENTIAL RISKS FROM SHORT SELLING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO SEE MY GUESS IS THAT THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT TAKEN ABACK BY ONE THIS VIGILANTE ATTACK AND TWO HOW MUCH DAMAGE THEY COULD DO.

IN THE END, IF YOU ARE TAKING A SHORT POSITION YOU KNOW THAT SHORT SQUEEZES ARE POSSIBLE.

BUT I THINK NONE OF US OR THE PEOPLE THAT HAD MONEY AT STAKE, THOUGHT THAT IT COULD BE IGNITED BY WHAT APPEARS TO BE SOME VERY ANGRY, MOTIVATED WHATEVER PEOPLE ON REDDIT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU, GUYS.

>> AND UP NEXT, REDISCOVERED INTERVIEWS FROM THE WTTW SHOW OUR PEOPLE.

BUT FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

FROM 1968 TO 1972, WTTW AIRED A WEEKLY SHOW CALLED "OUR PEOPLE" HOSTED BY THE LATE JIM TILLMAN IT FOCUSED ON NEWS AND CULTURE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

WE THOUGHT ALL BUT A COUPLE EPISODES HAD BEEN LOST UNTIL OUR LIBRARY STAFF DISCOVERED FIVE INTERVIEWSES.

OVER 50 YEARS LATER THE THEMES OF THESE CONVERSATIONS STILL RESONATE.

WE ASKED CHICAGO AUTHOR, PHOTOGRAPHER CRITIC LEE BEY TO HELP BLOW THE DUST OFF OF THE INTERVIEWS.

WELCOME BACK.

JIM TILLMAN TOLD JOHN CALLAWAY THAT THE SHOW WAS ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED AS A LIGHT ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT SHOWCASE BUT A WEEK BEFORE IT WAS SET TO PREMIER MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WAS ASSASSINATED AND THEY CHANGED COURSE.

GIVE US A SNAPSHOT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN CHICAGO AROUND THAT TIME?

>> CHICAGO OF '68 WOULD SHORTLY AFTER THE WEEK IT PREMIERED WOULD ERUPT WITH THE UPRISINGS OUT OF THE HURT OF WHAT MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S DEATH.

BUT HIS MURDER.

BUT YEARS LEADING UP TO THAT, THERE IS INCREASING RACIAL TENSION IN THE CITY.

CONCENTRATED IN BLACK COMMUNITIES AND THAT IS AGAINST AN OVERLAY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING NATIONALLY.

AT THE SAME TIME YOU'VE GOT TELEVISION WHICH IS IGNORING MUCH OF THIS OR AS MUCH AS IT CAN OR PRESENTING BIASED VIEWS LIKE THE DOCUMENTARY THE HATE THAT HATE PRODUCED, ONE-SIDED AGAINST THE NATION IN THE BALANCED VIEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

HIS SHOW COMES ALONG AND TIMELY MOMENT.

AND HE WAS ABLE TO SEIZE UPON.

>> ARE PEOPLE FEATURED REPORTING ON EVENTS ARTS AND CULTURE, INTERVIEWS WITH NEWSMAKERS SOUNDS FAMILIAR.

WHAT MADE A SHOW SO REVOLUTIONARY?

>> THESE WERE -- THIS WAS A BLACK SHOW.

IT WAS WITH THE BLACK HOST.

BLACK PEOPLE PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND BLACK SUBJECTS WHICH WAS VERY RARE THEN.

TALKING 1968 THROUGH THE EARLY 70s.

AND JUST A FEW YEARS BEFORE THE PREDOMINANT IMAGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS ON TELEVISION IT WAS SOME SUBSERVIENT ROLE OR WE WERE DEPICTED AS ANGRIER THAN WE WERE.

AND NOT OUR VOICES TELLING OUR STORY.

TILLMAN'S WORK WAS PATH BREAKING.

>> LET'S GET TO THE INTERVIEWS.

IN A CONVERSATION WITH ACTOR DIAHANN CAROLL, TILLMAN ASKED WHETHER SHE THOUGHT BLACK WOMEN WERE CONSIDERED MORE ACCEPTABLE ON STAGE AND SCREEN THAN BLACK MEN.

HERE IS HER RESPONSE.

>> THE BLACK WOMAN CAN WALK INTO A ROOM AND ALL EYES ARE COMFORTABLE AND MAYBE FILLED WITH ADMIRATION.

A BLACK MAN IS SOMETHING THAT THE STEREOTYPES THE SEXUAL STEREOTYPES WE HAVE TO GROW UP TO AND GROW OUT OF BECAUSE THEY ARE RIDICULOUS BUT THEY ARE DEEPLY ENGRAINED IN OUR HERITAGE.

THE STEREOTYPES.

AND WE ARE ONLY THROUGH INTEGRATION ARE WE GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT A LIE IT IS.

THE SEXUALITY IS IN THE HEAD.

>> LEE WAS THAT A CONVERSATION THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF A SHOW LIKE OUR PEOPLE?

>> YOU KNOW, PROBABLY NOT TELEVISED.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT BLACK FOLKS TALKED ABOUT AMONG EACH OTHER.

MAYBE YOU CAN FIND AN ENLIGHTENED INTERVIEWER.

BUT I THINK JIM'S ABILITY AS AN INTERVIEWER WHICH IS UNDERRATED.

WHEN HE SEE THESE THINGS HE PUTS THE QUESTION OUT THERE AND GIVE IT IS TIME TO BREATHE AND ELISTISTS THE RESPONSE AND SHE IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL IN THIS SHOT.

>> DIAHANN CAROLL WAS -- SHE IS A STUNNER.

AND ANOTHER CLIP IS THIS FROM HIS INTERVIEW WITH SAMMY DAVIS, JR. WHO IS TALKING ABOUT SEARCHING FOR HIS VALUES AS A BLACK MAN IN SHOW BUSINESS.

>> I BECAME AWARE OF IT WHEN I BECAME A FATHER.

SUDDENLY YOU GOT CHILDREN AND SUDDENLY I FOUND MY KIDS OF I A MIXED MARRIAGE, THEY GOT TO HAVE ROOTS.

THEY GOT TO KNOW THEY LOOK AT THEIR MOTHER SHE IS WHITE, SHE BELONGS TO A COUNTRY.

A NATION OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN A PARTICULAR WAY OF LIFE WHO GO BACK ALL THE WAY.

WHAT ABOUT DADDY?

AND THEN ALL OF SUDDEN I SAW A REVOLUTION STARTING IN OUR COUNTRY NOT A PHYSICAL REVOLUTION BUT A CULTURAL REVOLUTION THE BEGINNING OF ONE.

AND WOE THE BRACK MAN THAT WILL NOT LOOK AT HIS KID AND SAY I WAS A PART OF IT.

>> SAMMY DAVIS JR.

JOINED THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT LATER THAN SOME CONTEMPORARIES WHAT DO YOU THINK WHAT HE SAID ABOUT JIM TILLMAN'S SKILLS THAT HE WAS ABLE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION?

>> BY ASKING DIRECT QUESTIONS TO GET THOSE ANSWERS AND ARE YOU RIGHT.

SAMMY COMES AT THIS LATE.

AND WAS ALMOST SEEN AS A SELLOUT IN CORNERS AT THIS POINT IN HIS LIFE.

HE SUPPORTED NIXON'S REELECTION IN 72 BUT YOU CAN SEE HIM AT THE MOMENT HE IS TRYING TO GRAPPLE WITH THE ISSUES WHO AM I, WHAT IS MY ROLE AS ENTERTAINER AND A BLACK MAN?

AND JIM WAS ABLE TO PULL THAT OUT OF HIM EASILY.

BUT THAT IS A SKILL.

>> IN THESE INTERVIEWS THE SURVIVING EPISODES OF OUR PEOPLE TOPICS LIKE POLICE BRUTALITY, CONSUMER PROTECTION, RACE IN EDUCATION, REPRESENTATION IN THE MEDIA WERE ADDRESSED.

SO MANY THINGS THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT TODAY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS SAYS ABOUT THE ERA DURING WHICH OUR PEOPLE WAS PRODUCED AND TODAY.

>> THE ERA IS ONE OF THE UNDER TALKED THINGS WHICH IS NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION.

THE PREDECESSOR TO PBS BROADCAST SOME OF THE MOST WOKE THINGS OF THE ERA.

DOCUMENTARIES FOR AND BY BLACK PEOPLE.

A SENSE GET THE BLACK VOICE OUT THERE.

TILLMAN'S WORK BELONGS TO SOME OF THIS BUT YOU ARE RIGHT MANY OF THE QUESTIONS HE POSES TO OTHERS I SAW IN THE CLIPS HE COULD HAVE POSED THOSE QUESTIONS 10 MINUTES AGO AND THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST AS RELEVANT.

WHILE THERE'S ADVANCEMENT HAPPENING BETWEEN 1970 AND 2021 BUT NOT ENOUGH.

AND I THINK THAT THE QUESTIONS REVEAL THAT AND THE ANSWERS.

THE FAMILIARITY OF THE ANSWERS ARE REVEAL THAT AS WELL.

>> LEE BEY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> GOOD TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU.

>> AND FOR THE REST OF FEBRUARY WE WILL BE FEATURING CLIPS FROM THOSE INTERVIEWS ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES".

BE SURE TO TUNE IN AND YOU CAN SEE THEM.

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