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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... A VERDICT IS REACHED IN THE FEDERAL TAX FRAUD TRIAL OF 5789D PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON.

>> PREPARING TO APPEAL STATE-WIDE MASKING MANDATES IS AGGRESSIVE AND OPTIMISTIC.

>> WE CHECK WITH WITH Dr. EMILY LANDON ON THE UPCOMING END TO THE STATE'S MASK MANDATE AND MUCH MORE.

>> CHICAGO'S AUTO SHOW IS UNDERWAY.

WE DISCUSS THE LATEST ISSUES FACING THE CAR MARKET AND THE HOTTEST TRENDS.

>> WE MUST ADDRESS GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITH THE SAME SENSE OF URGENCY.

>> A NEW ILLINOIS BILL AIMS TO PROTECT RAPE SURVIVORS FROM MEDICAL COSTS.

>> IT IS A LITTLE FRUSTRATING THAT IT'S TAKING A LONGTIME.

WE STARTED THIS EFFORT LAST YEAR.

>> THE CITY'S GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME PROGRAM WAS SET INTO MOTION MONTHS AGO AND A LOOK WHERE IT STANDS NOW.

>> A BIG MAC IN THE METAVERSE AS MCDONALD'S EYES BUSINESS IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD THAT AND MORE FROM SCRANS.

>> LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID ON THE VALENTINE'S DAY WE LOOK AT INTIMACY AND RELATIONSHIPS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> AND A VISIT WITH THE HIGH FLYING SKIERS AT AN AREA CLUB THAT SENT THREE SKI JUMPERS TO THE WINTER OLYMPICS.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> ILLINOIS' RICHEST MAN PUTS $20 MILLION INTO THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR.

KEN GRIFFIN MADE HIS SUPPORT FOR G.O.P.

CANDIDATE RICHARD IRVIN OFFICIAL WITH THE DONATION TODAY.

GRIFFIN HAD BEEN RUMORED TO BACK IRVIN.

IN A STATEMENT GRIFFIN SAID QUOTE... >> AN ANTIMASK ATTORNEY ASKS A JUDGE TO HOLD CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN CONTEMPT OF COURT.

DESPITE A RULING C.P.S.

STUDENTS AND STAFF MUST REMAIN MASKED AMONG THE AGREEMENT WITH THE TEACHERS' UNION.

CENTER SQUARE REPORTS THE ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTED PLAINTIFFS IN THE ANTI-SCHOOL MASKING SUIT, ASKED THE JUDGE IN THAT CASE TO HOLD C.P.S.

IN CONTEMPT.

THE DISTRICT DID NOT RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT AND MORE ON MASKINGS IN SCHOOLS LATER IN THE PROGRAM.

>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT WON'T SAY WHETHER CHICAGO WILL LIFT ITS INDOOR MASK MANDATE WHEN ILLINOIS DOES AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THE END OF THE MANDATORY MASKING IN MOST INDOOR SPACES ON FEBRUARY 28.

AAT AN UNREPLACEED NEWS CONFERENCE THE MAYOR SAYS THE COVID CASES ARE DROPPING SHE IS NOT YET COMMITTING TO AN END DATE FOR INDOOR MASKS.

>> WE'RE STILL AT 500 CASES A DAY NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE.

WE'RE STILL SEEING TOO MANY PEOPLE DYING EVERYDAY FROM COVID.

I THINK WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS.

Dr. ARWADY AND I WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY MORE LATER THIS WEEK BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT AN ARTIFICIAL DATE ON WHEN WE SEE DANGER SIGNS IN THE DATA.

>> UP NEXT, A VERDICT IS REACHED IN THE FIRST TRIAL FOR A SITTING ALDERMAN IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES.

THAT IS THE BOMBSHELL SURED OF VERDICT TODAY IN THE TAX FRAUD CASE IN ALDERMAN PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON.

JURORS CONVICTED THOMPSON ON FILING FOR FALSE TAX RETURNS AND LYING TO BANK REGULATORS.

HEATHER CHERONE WAS AT THE COURTHOUSE AND JOINS US WITH THE LATEST.

REMIND US THE SPECIFIC CRIMES HERE THOMPSON IS CONVICTED OF?

>> HE WAS CONVICTED OF FILING TAX RETURN BOTH TAX RETURNS FOR FIVE YEARS ONE COUNT PER YEAR AND TWO COUNTS OF LYING TO FEDERAL BANK OFFICIALS.

HE LIED BOTH TO A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BANK THAT TOOK OVER HIS DEBT AFTER THE BRIDGEPORT BANK WASHINGTON FEDERAL SAVINGS CLOSED UNDER PRESSURE.

AND HE LIED TO TWO AGENTS WHO ARRIVED AT HIS DOORSTEP TO SERVE HIM WITH A SUBPOENA THE JURY DECIDED TODAY.

>> AND THIS CASE IN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF THAT WASHINGTON FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK THAT IS CAUGHT UP IN A MALL STORM OF CASES IN FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS.

HOW MUCH PRISON TIME FOR THOMPSON AND WHEN IS HIS SENTENCING?

>> HE IS DUE TO BE SENTENCED JULY 6TH.

AND HE COULD FACE 30 YEARS ON EACH DOWN OF LYING TO FEDERAL REGULATORS AND SO THAT IS A MAXIMUM OF 60 YEARS AND THEN THREE YEARS FOR EACH FALSE TAX RETURN.

HE IS LIKELY TO GET SIGNIFICANTLY LESS UNDER FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES BUT HE HAS PERHAPS ALREADY SUFFERED THE GREATEST PUNISHMENT BY BEING REMOVED FROM THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT NOW HAS 60 DAYS TO APPOINT HIS REPLACEMENT.

>> AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION HE IS NO LONGER THE ALDERMAN OF THE 11TH WARD.

WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THAT SEAT WHICH CARRIES THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF BRIDGEPORT?

>> IT'S LIKELY TO LOOK VERY DIFFERENT COME 2023.

IT'S SET TO BE REMAPPED THAT HAS A MAJORITY OF ASIAN-AMERICAN VOTERS AND STUNNING END TO THE DALEY ERA IN CHICAGO CITY POLITICS.

HE IS THE NEPHEW AND GRANDSON OF TWO CHICAGO MAYORS WHO RULED CHICAGO PERHAPS WITH AN IRON FIST FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS.

HE WAS ONCE THOUGHT TO BE THE HEIR OF BOTH TO COME TO AN END WAS TRULY A STUNNING MOMENT IN FEDERAL COURT.

>> OUTLINE WHAT THE PROCESS IS TO SELECT HIS REPLACEMENT?

>> WE GOT A BRIEF STATEMENT FROM MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT'S OFFICE TODAY AND SHE PROMISES TO CONDUCT AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS BUT SHE HAS WIDE LATITUDE TO PICK WHOEVER SHE WANTS TO SERVE UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTIONS IN 2023.

>> ALL EYES WILL BE ON THAT.

HEATHER THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S STORY ON WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> THE NATION'S LARGEST AND LONGEST AUTO SHOW IS UNDERWAY AT McCORMICK PLACE AFTER POSTPONED LAST YEAR DUE TO COVID.

THE CHICAGO AUTO SHOW FEATURES THE LATEST TRENDS AND HAS AN INFLUX OF VEHICLES WHEN NEW CARS ARE HARD TO FIND.

JOINING US ARE KEVIN KEEFE, CHAIRMAN OF THE CHICAGO AUTOMOBILE TRADE ASSOCIATION.

AND ALSO A DEALER PRINCIPLE AT BRILLIANCE HONDA AND SUBARU AND MIKE COLIAS A REPORTER FOR THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL".

GENTLEMEN THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

MIKE, COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TRENDS PULLING IN EITHER DIRECTION WITH THE AUTO INDUSTRY.

ONE A SUPPLY SHORTAGE DUE TO A SHORTAGE OF COMPUTER CHIPS WHAT IS BEHIND THAT AND HOW IS IT AFFECTING PRODUCTION OF CARSES?

>> IT STARTED LAST YEAR WE WENT INTO LAST YEAR WITH THE CAR COMPANIES TRYING TO CATCH UP ALL OF THE NORTHERN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING PLANTS WERE CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE SHUTDOWN AND DEMAND ROARED BACK BY THE END OF 2020 THE CAR COMPANIES WERE DOING WELL.

LED BY SPRING OF LAST YEAR IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE GOING TO SEE RECORD SALES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAD ROLLING FACTORY CLOSURES BECAUSE THE CAR COMPANIES CANNOT GET ENOUGH CHIPS THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING A SHIP OUT HERE AND THERE TO GET THE CHIPS TO WHERE THEY NEED THEM.

AND THE RESULT HAS BEEN IF YOU DRIVE BY ANY DEALERSHIP YOU WILL SEE BARELY CARS ON THE NEW CAR LOT.

>> KEVIN KEEFE WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE AT THE DEALERSHIP LEVEL?

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN DEALING WITH IT?

>> THE THREW PUT IS GOOD.

BUT YOU WILL COME TO MY LOT AND AT MY HONDA LOT AND I CARRY 400 CARS AND TODAY I HAVE THREE.

SO WE'RE SELLING DEEP INTO THEIR PIPELINE AND THE CARS ARE AS SOON AS THEY COME IN, YOU KNOW THEY'RE DELIVERED.

AND YOU KNOW SOME OF THE FRUSTRATIONS ARE WHEN THOSE ARRIVAL TIMES ARE GOING TO BE BECAUSE OF THE DISRUPTIONS, CARRIERS OR COVID OR THE CHIPS DON'T MAKE IT AND THE CARS ARE GETTING PUT OUT ON PRODUCTION.

BUT IT'S VERY DIFFERENT BUT WE ARE GETTING THROUGH IT.

>> PERHAPS PEOPLE HAVE TO WAIT LONGER FOR THE CARS.

MIKE COLIAS HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT THIS COMPUTER CHIP SHORTAGE TO LAST AND IMPACT PRODUCTION?

>> SO IT'S GOTTEN BETTER IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THERE ARE SIGNS IT'S EASING.

THE ALL ALONG IT'S BEEN CHOPPY ONE MANUFACTURER MIGHT BE DOING FINE AND ANOTHER HAS A COUPLE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORIES DOWN.

I THINK WE WILL SEE THOSE DISRUPTIONS PLAY OUT THROUGH THE YEAR.

EXECUTIVES SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR THEY THINK THEY MAYBE OUT OF THE WOODS ON THE CHIP PROBLEM.

THERE IS SUCH A BACKLOG OF CARS DEMAND IS STRONG.

SO I WOULDN'T EXPECT I'M SURE KEVIN DOES NOT EXPECT A FULL LOT ANYTIME IN 2022 AND PROBABLY THE FIRST HALF OF 23.

>> AND KEVIN KEEFE DEMAND IS STRONG IN THE USED CAR MARKET.

TELL US FOR USED CARS RIGHT NOW?

>> IT IS.

AND BECAUSE OF THE SHORTAGE OF THE NEW WE ALL GRAVITATE TOWARDS THE PREOWNED AND THE USED CAR SIDE.

VALUES HAVE GONE UP 30-40% ON THE PREOWNED SIDE AND WE ARE ALL USED TO HAVING A DEAPPRECIATING ASSET AND OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE TRANSACTION PRICES ARE UP 30-40%.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT AS A CONSUMER YOUR VEHICLE IS NOT WORTH 30-40% MORE ON A TRADE IN.

IF YOU HAVE A TRADE IN, YOU ARE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.

>> MIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SUPER BOWL LAST NIGHT A LOT OF COMMERCIALS FOCUSED ON THE BIG MANUFACTURERS AND THEIR DEDICATION NOW TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS MADE IT A GOAL TO HAVE HALF OF ALL NEW CAR SALES BE EV BY 2030.

IS THE MARKET HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION?

>> WELL, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT IS THE WAY THE CAR COMPANIES ARE HEADED.

[INAUDIBLE] THERE'S HARDLY ANY BEYOND TESLA IN SHOWROOMS TODAY.

YOU MAY WALK INTO A DEALERSHIP GET READY 12-18 MONTHS FROM NOW YOU WILL HAVE MORE TO CHOOSE FROM.

WHETHER THERE IS A DEMAND THAT IS A QUESTION.

EARLY DAYS INDICATE THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST.

BUT THEY ARE RANGING PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT RUNNING OUT OF BATTERIES AND BEING STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PRICES ARE HIGHER FOR THE CARS.

WE'LL WAIT-AND-SEE IF THERE ARE BUYERS FOR ALL THE MODELS.

>> KEVIN KEEFE ARE ELECTRIC VEHICLES HOT AT THE AUTO SHOW.

AND IF NOT WHAT ARE THE BIG TRENDS THIS YEAR?

>> WELL, NO DOUBT EV IS THE EDUCATION OF EV.

EVEN MYSELF, PEOPLE JUST HAVEN'T DRIVEN A FULL OTHER THAN TESLA OWNERS AND FEW OTHERS.

FOR THE MAJORITY WE HAVE NOT DRIVEN ONE YET.

THERE IS A FULL TEST TRACK OF EV'S AT THE AUTO SHOW TWO OF THEM.

FORD HAS ONE AS WELL.

SO THE INTEREST AND THE EDUCATION OF EV IS DEFINITELY THE CURIOSITY IS VERY HIGH.

AND A GREAT PLACE TO DO IT IS AT THE AUTO SHOW BECAUSE THERE'S EIGHT OR NINE ELECTRIC VEHICLES THERE WITH PRODUCT SPECIALISTS, TRACKS THE TRACK IS SILENT.

IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN SEEING THE BRONCO TRACK OR THE JEEP TRACK RIGHT NOW.

>> IN ILLINOIS GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER AND OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS TRIED TO RAMP UP CHARGING STATIONS AND EV PRODUCTION.

MIKE COLIAS WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THE PRICE POINTS FOR EV TO BE COMPATIBLE WHAT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN CAN AFFORD?

>> THAT IS THE PROBLEM.

THE NEW MODELS ARE NORTH OF 40, 50,000.

MOST PEOPLE WILL QUALIFY FOR A 7500 CREDIT BUT IT IS STILL A LOT OF MONEY.

IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS GM TALKED ABOUT ONE FOR 30,000 AND THE SECOND MODEL IS GOING BELOW THAT.

THE CAR COMPANIES ARE TRYING TO GET THERE TODAY THE COST OF THE BATTERY IS SO MUCH THEY DON'T MAKE A LOT OF MONEY ON THE VEHICLES.

IT WILL BE A FEW YEARS BEFORE WE GET ENTRY LEVEL PRICING ON EV'S.

>> AND THE PRICE OF BATTERIES AS THEY PROGRESS, THOSE PRICE ALSO COME DOWN, TOO.

A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS TO TALK ABOUT AND OUR THANKS TO KEVIN KEEFE AND MIKE COLIAS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> NOW, TO BRANDIS FOR A CHECK IN ON THE PANDEMIC ACROSS THE CITY AND STATE.

>> AND PARIS WE'RE JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM THE END OF THE STATE'S INDOOR MASK REQUIREMENT.

BUT WHEN MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT LAST WEEK, GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER NOTED THE MANDATE WOULD REMAIN IN EFFECT IN SCHOOLS DESPITE A COURT RULING THAT CAUSED CONFUSION IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS STATE-WIDE.

JOINING US NOW IS ONE OF THE DOCTORS WHO HAS APPEARED AT PRITZKER'S SIDE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, Dr. EMILY LANDON, EXECUTIVE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL AT U CHICAGO MEDICINE.

WELCOME BACK.

HOW LOW CAN WE EXPECT CASES TO FALL IN THIS CURRENT DECLINE WE ARE IN?

>> WELL, WE ARE HOPING WE SEE THEM FALL AS LOW WELL BELOW 50 CASES PER 100,000 PER WEEK IN A LOW TRANSMISSION CATEGORY.

WE HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING THAT HAPPEN AFTER THIS PARTICULAR OUTBREAK.

NOW, IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL YET.

WE STILL NEED PEOPLE TO BE SENSIBLE AND SMART ABOUT THINGS TO GET TESTED WHEN THEY ARE SICK TO STAY HOME WHEN THEY ARE SICK TO.

FOLLOW ALL OF THOSE GUIDELINES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO KEEP A LID ON TRANSMISSION.

BUT THE CUSHION OF IMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MANY CASES OF OMICRON, IT'S GOING TO PAYBACK IN DIVIDENDS UNTIL THERE IS A NEW VARIANT THAT SORT OF BREAKS UP OUR HAPPY SORT OF [INAUDIBLE] >> LAST SUMMER WHEN A LOT OF THE RESTRICTIONS WERE STARTING TO ROLLBACK AND DELTA HIT AND OMICRON AFTER THAT.

HOW AT RISK ARE WE OF ANOTHER SURGE BASED ON ANOTHER VARIANT?

>> SUPER AT RISK.

THE REALITY IS UNTIL WE HAVE A GLOBAL PROGRAM FOR MANAGING THIS PANDEMIC, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT RISK AT THE MERCY OF THE EVOLUTION OR THE RESURGENCE OR THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW VARIANT.

AND THAT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THE BREAKS WHEN THEY ARRIVE AND BE PREPARED AND READY TO GO WHEN WE NEED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS.

WE JUST PEOPLE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF DOING WORKING THEIR WORLDS AROUND COVID.

AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO TAKE A BREAK BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO NEED THEM TO WORK THEIR WORLD AROUND COVID AGAIN AND WE CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE SO SICK OF WEARING MASKS THAT NOT WEARING A MASK IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE LIFE OF SOMEONE'S GRANDMOTHER AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW I THINK AND WE NEED TO USE OF THIS TIME OF LOWER TRANSMISSION AS WE ARE APPROACHING IT TO GIVE PEOPLE THE BREAK THEY NEED.

>> THE STATE IS STILL FIGHTING THIS COURT RULING FROM DOWN STATE AGAINST THE MANDATE IN SCHOOLS.

WHAT IS THE MORE IMPORTANT METRIC?

LOCATION RATES OR HIGH VACCINATION RATES?

>> IT'S BOTH.

IT IS SORT OF A COMBINATION OF THOSE.

BUT REALLY IT'S ABOUT COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION.

KIDS CAN DRIVE COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IN SCHOOL.

AND IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY ARE UNMASKED IN SCHOOL THEY ARE THE DRIVERS OF THE COMMUNITY SPREAD AND THERE'S GOOD EVIDENCE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COUNTIES AREAS THAT DO NOT HAVE MASK MANDATES ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SICK KIDS WITH COVID AND MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SICK ADULTS WITH COVID.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THIS IS NOT A PUNISHMENT FOR KEEPING KIDS IN MASKS LONGER THE DIFFERENCE WE WANT TO PREDICT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN FOR ADULTS BECAUSE ADULT BUSINESSES NEED TO DECIDE IF THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP THE MASK MANDATE.

LITTLE CITIES NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL KEEP THE MASK MAP DATES WHAT METRICS THEY WILL USE.

BUT SCHOOLS WE NEED TO HAVE A HIGHER BAR FOR SAFETY IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A SCHOOL TO CHANGE THEIR MASK MANDATE RULES RIGHT NOW BECAUSE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DON'T FEEL THEY WANT THEIR KIDS TO WEAR MASKS THAT CAN ENDANGER THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE HEALTH OF THE KIDS.

>> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TRIP BACKWARD WITH YOU Dr. LANDON TWO YEARS AGO YOU JOINED THE GOVERNOR FOR ONE OF HIS EARLY DAYS DAILY COVID-19 BRIEFINGS IT WAS YOUR FIRST HERE IS WHAT YOU SAID THEN.

>> THIS ISN'T THE LIFE ANY OF US EXPECTED AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE OTHERS WHO WILL MAKE GREATER SACRIFICES.

AND THERE ARE MANY MORE DISAPPOINTMENTS TO COME.

BUT THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE FOREVER LIKE THE GOVERNOR SAID.

IT WILL LAST LONGER THAN ANY OF US WANT IT TO.

BUT IN THE END, WE WILL LOOK BACK AND SEE IT AS A PIECE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR WHOLE LIVES AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT.

>> Dr. LANDON AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT OLD CLIP FROM MID-MARCH 2020 NO ONE IS WEARING A MASK AT THE TIME SO OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW A LOT MORE NOW THAN WE KNEW THEN.

CAN WE EXPECT THE BACK AND FORTHWITH MANDATES FOR THE TIME TO COME?

>> THAT IS RIGHT THING TO DO.

MANDATES NEED TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY OR THE ABILITY TO HANDLE IT IF EVERYBODY GOT SICK AND THE SACRIFICE IS MADE IN A TRUE AT STAY AT HOME ORDER ARE TRULY DIFFERENT THAN PUTTING A PIECE OF CLOTH OVER YOUR FACE.

THEY ARE DOING MORE THAN IN MARCH AND APRIL OF 2020 AND THAT REFLECTS THE BALANCE WE'RE COMING TO ACKNOWLEDGING THIS IS A VIRUS THAT IS RULED BY NATURE AND SCIENCE AND NOT BY US.

WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL PEOPLE SHOULD EXPECT WE ARE GOING TO BE ON AGAIN OFF AGAIN WITH MASKS AND MITIGATION EFFORTS UNTIL WE GET GLOBAL CONTROL.

AND WE CAN ARGUE AND WE CAN SAY HOW MUCH WE WANT TO STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO COVID AND PRETEND LIKE IT DOESN'T EXIST BUT THE MORE OF US THAT PRETEND IT DOESN'T EXIST THE MORE OF US PRETEND IT'S NOT ACTUALLY KILLING PEOPLE WHICH IT IS.

>> AND WE HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT.

IF THE MASK MAN DATE COULD BE LIFTED WHAT ABOUT THE VACCINE MANDATE IS COULD THAT FOLLOW?

>> YES, THAT SPECIFIC TO CHICAGO AND I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THEY DECIDE THEY WANT TO CHANGE THAT.

THERE IS A DIFFERENT CALCULUS FOR VACCINE MANDATES THEY ARE DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY DO TO PREVENT THINGS AND IT MAY MAKE SENSE TO KEEP THAT A LITTLE LONGER.

>> Dr. EMILY LANDON THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, NEW LEGISLATION AIMED AT PROTECTING RAPE SURVIVORS FROM MEDICAL COSTS.

STAY WITH US.

>> REVEALING THEY HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF A RAPE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT IS A FRIGHTENING TASK FOR ANY SURVIVOR.

AND IF A PRIVATE INSURER IS BILLED FOR THE COST OF TREATMENT FAMILY MEMBERS MAY LEARN ABOUT THE ATTACK THROUGH INSURANCE DOCUMENTS.

A PROPOSAL IN SPRINGFIELD WOULD CHANGE THAT PROTECTING SURVIVORS WHO DON'T WANT THEIR CASES REVEALED.

JOINING US WITH MORE IS CARRIE WARD, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT THE ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE KNOW THIS BILL WAS INTRODUCED BY DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR JULIE MORRISON.

WHAT WOULD IT DO?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

AND WHAT THIS BILL WOULD DO IT WOULD GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR TO OPT-OUT OF HAVING PRIVATE INSURANCE BILLED IF THERE WAS A SITUATION WHERE THAT SURVIVOR HAD CONCERN FOR THEIR SAFETY OR IF THERE WAS CONCERN FOR CONFIDENTIALITY.

>> AS IT STANDS HOW ARE HOSPITALS PAID FOR THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ADMINISTERING A RAPE KIT?

>> ILLINOIS IS ONE OF THE FEW STATES THAT REQUIRES THAT IF A PERSON HAS PRIVATE INSURANCE THAT PRIVATE INSURANCE IS BILLED BEFORE THE STATE WOULD PICK UP THE COST FOR A SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT.

EVIDENCE COLLECTION KIT.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THIS BILL IT WOULD ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INSTEAD OF THE PRIVATE INSURANCE TO BE BILLED THAT PART COULD BE OPTED OUT.

>> SO AS YOU MENTIONED I WILL SILL ONE OF FEW STATES REQUIRING THAT PRIVATE INSURANCE IS BILLED.

HOW DO OTHER STATES HANDLE THIS?

>> WHERE OTHER STATES THEY GO STRAIGHT TO THE NEXT STEP OF HAVING THE STATE PICK UP THE EXPENSES FOR THE KIT.

AND I THINK THAT FOR ILLINOIS PERHAPS IN THE LONG-TERM THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER MORE CLOSELY.

BECAUSE THE WAY INSURANCE BILLING WORKS IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR A PERSON TO BE ON SOMEONE ELSE'S INSURANCE WHETHER THAT IS A PARTNER, WHETHER THAT IS A PARENT, A SPOUSE, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR SOMEBODY NOT TO HAVE THEIR OWN PRIVATE INSURANCE AND THEY MAY NOT WANT THAT OTHER PERSON WHO IS THE PRIMARY ON THAT INSURANCE TO BE INFORMED OF THE SEXUAL ASSAULT THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED.

>> TO THAT POINT WHY MIGHT A SURVIVOR WANT TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION REACH FAMILY MEMBERS?

>> THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS.

SEXUAL ASSAULT IS SUCH AN INVASIVE EXPERIENCE AND THEY WANT TO KEEP THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO KNOW ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE.

AND SO THE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE THEIR MEDICAL CARE, PERHAPS THE RAPE CRISIS CENTER OR A CLOSE FRIEND BUT IF THEY ARE A STUDENT AWAY AT COLLEGE OR THEY MAY WANT THEIR PARENT TO KNOW.

OR IT WOULD BE THEY ARE IN A RELATIONSHIP WHERE THE PERSON WHO ASSAULTED THEM IS THE PERSON WHO IS THE HODDER OF THAT INSURANCE.

OR THEIR SPOUSE SOMEONE THEY ARE AFRAID OF FOR SOME OTHER REASON.

THERE ARE LOTS OF VERY GOOD REASONS WHY A SURVIVOR MIGHT FEAR FOR SAFETY OR MIGHT WANT TO PRESERVE THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE HAD.

>> WHAT ARE THE OTHER CHALLENGES OR MEDICAL COSTS THE SURVIVOR MIGHT FACE AFTER AN ATTACK IF.

>> THERE'S ONGOING CARE COSTS.

THERE ARE THOSE INITIAL ACUTE CARE PHASE WHERE SOMEONE EXPERIENCES THE ASSAULT AND MIGHT NEED THE IMMEDIATE SUPPORT THEY GET.

BUT THERE MIGHT BE ONGOING EXPERIENCES THAT THEY HAVE AS WELL.

THEY MIGHT NEED INFORMATION FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS OR DISEASE.

THEY MIGHT NEED FOLLOW-UP CARE FOR INJURIES THEY EXPERIENCED.

THEY MIGHT NEED TO CHECK BACK ON THE STATUS OF THEIR HEALTH THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, NINE MONTHS LATER.

THEY MIGHT BE HEALING FROM INJURIES THAT ARE RELATED TO THE ASSAULT.

>> AT A PRESS BRIEFING MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT ANNOUNCED THE CITY'S $25 MILLION PLAN TO ADDRESS GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

HERE IS A BIT OF WHAT SHE SAID.

>> WE MUST COMPREHENSIVELY ADDRESS GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITH THE SAME SENSE OF URGENCY AND FERVOR THAT WE ADDRESS OTHER FORMS OF COMMUNITY VIOLENCE.

WE CAN NO LONGER HIDE BEHIND FRAGMENTED SYSTEMS OR SILOS OR LIMITATIONS IN FUNDING.

>> THE MAYOR REPORTED AN INCREASE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED CASES LAST YEAR AS HAS BEEN WIDELY REPORTED.

HOW WOULD AN INCREASE IN FUNDING SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE?

THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS WHICH INCREASED FUNDING CAN SUPPORT SURVIVORS.

FOR ILLINOIS RAPE CRISIS CENTERS WE HAVE 30 THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THEY HAVE 70 OFFSITE SATELLITE OFFICES AND RIGHT NOW THE FUNDING THAT THEY RECEIVE FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOIS IS ONLY ABOUT A THIRD OF WHAT IT TAKES AS A STATE COALITION TO SUPPORT THESE ORGANIZATIONS.

TWO-THIRDS OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM FEDERAL SOURCES.

WE NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT OUR TRAUMA RESPONSE SERVICES AND PREVENTION EFFORTS.

SO MUCH OF OUR WORK IS INTERVENTION BASED AND IT'S SOMETHING WE WILL BE THERE FOR SURVIVORS AND WE WANT TO HELP PREVENT FUTURE SURVIVORS AND WE NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

>> WHAT MORE COULD STATE LAWMAKERS DO TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE THINK IS KEY WITH THE ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE LAWS THAT EXIST WE WANT TO SEE THEM APPLIED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT.

PROSECUTIONS FOR CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE.

WE WANT TO SEE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WARRANT HIGHER CHARGES TO BE CHARGED AT THAT HIGHER RATE AND FEWER PLEA AGREEMENTS SO SURVIVORS CAN ACCESS THE JUSTICE THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT WANT TO SEE AND WE ALSO WANT TO SEE ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR SURVIVORS WHETHER THAT IS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE OR OTHER WAYS WHICH WE CAN SUPPORT SURVIVORS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS TAKE MONEY AND EFFORT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HAPPEN.

WE LOVE TO SEE SURVIVORS HAVE MORE ACCESS TO LEGAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE CASE THAT THEY ARE PURSUING.

OFTEN THE OFFENDER HAS AN ATTORNEY THAT IS WORKING WITH THEM.

AND OFTEN SURVIVORS DO NOT HAVE PRIVATE ATTORNEYS TO HELP THEM AS WELL.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD HELP.

>> A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.

CARRIE WARD THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> AND NOW PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL GROWS ITS CAMPUS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A DOWNTOWN HOTEL THAT AND MORE FROM CRAIN'S.

>> A GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME PROGRAM WAS APPROVED MONTHS AGO BUT MONEY HAS YET TO BE DISTRIBUTED.

>> REFLECTIONS ON THE STATE OF LOVE DURING A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC.

A NORTHWESTERN PROFESSOR OFFERS A DIAGNOSIS IN A NEW BOOK.

>> AND A VISIT WITH THE HIGH FLYING SKIERS AT AN AREA CLUB THAT IS SENDING THREE SKI JUMPERS TO THE WINTER OLYMPICS.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT WON'T SAY WHEN CHICAGO MIGHT LIFT ITS VACCINE MANDATE BUT REMOVING THAT REQUIREMENT FOR MANY INDOOR SETTINGS IS ON THE TABLE DESPITE DATA SHOWING THE VACCINATION RATE FOR ADULTS IN THE CITY INCREASED AFTER THE RULE WENT INTO EFFECT.

THE CITY'S TOPP TOP PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIAL SAYS THE MANDATE COULD BE REMOVED SOON.

LIFTING THE MANDATE IS ABOUT STRIKING A BALANCE.

>> WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM THE FOLKS WHO ARE MOST AFFECTED THE BUSINESSES, ABOUT WHAT THEIR CHALLENGES ARE IN ENFORCING THE VACCINE MANDATE BUT ALSO THE IMPACT ON THEIR BUSINESSES.

BUT AGAIN WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE GUIDED BY THE SCIENCE AND THE DATA.

AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT AN ARTIFICIAL DATE ON T WE'RE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WE HAVE EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO IF WE KEEP MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT WE ARE NOT THERE YET.

>> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS CELEBRATES NEW SIGNAGE 0 ON A SCHOOL RENAMED FOR HARRIET TUBMAN IT WAS NAMED FOR A PROPONENT OF SCIENTIFIC RACISM.

AFTER A YEAR'S LONG EFFORT THE SCHOOL IS RENAMED FOR ESCAPED SLAVE HARRIET TUBMAN WHO RESCUED DOZENS OF PEOPLE THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.

>> WHAT I LOVE WAS THE PROCESS.

IT WASN'T JUST ADULTS DECIDING A NAME IT WAS OUR STUDENTS WHO DID RESEARCH AND LOOKED AT HISTORICAL FIGURES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR SOCIETY AND THAT IS HOW WE CAME TO OUR SCHOOL.

TO NAMING OUR SCHOOL THE HARRIET TUBMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

>> AFTER FRIGID TEMPERATURES THE CHICAGO AREA IS SET TO SEE A HIGH AROUND 50 WEDNESDAY.

BUT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNS OF POTENTIAL FLOODING.

THE FORECAST CALLS FOR A WARM DAY ON WEDNESDAY WITH RAIN TURNING TO WINTRY MIX WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

AND THE WEATHER SERVICE SAYS RAIN ON FROZEN GROUND WOULD MEAN FLOODING ON FLOOD-PRONE AREAS AND RISING RIVERS COULD DISLODGE CHUNKS OF ICE AND PATRICK CREADON 8 A JAM.

>> THANK YOU.

NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL EXPANDS ITS DOWNTOWN FOOTPRINT A RENTAL HOME PROJECT SUNDER WAY AND COULD MCDONALD'S BE EYEING THE METAVERSE?

HERE IS CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS REPORTER DANNY ECKER.

WELCOME BACK.

NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE PURCHASED ONE OF THE BIGGEST HOTELS IN STREETERVILLE WHICH HOTEL IS THIS AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM?

>> THE HYATT CENTRIC AT ST. CLAIRE AND ERIE OFF THE NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CAMPUS.

IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST HOTELS IN STREETERVILLE IT'S INTERESTING YOU DO NOT SEE A HOSPITAL SYSTEM BUY HOTEL REAL ESTATE BUT MORE THAN THAT, IT'S A REALLY GOOD TIME TO BUY A HOTEL AND LOOKS LIKE A REAL ESTATE PLAY BY NORTHWESTERN WHICH HAS SEEN ITS CAMPUS DOWNTOWN GROW QUITE A BIT.

THEY PLAN TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AT A HOTEL BUT THIS COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY AS THEY CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND GROW THAT PERHAPS NOW THEY CONTROL THIS PROMINENT PIECE OF REAL ESTATE THAT COULD BE TURNED INTO DIFFERENT USES, OFFICE, HOSPITAL, WHAT HAVE YOU.

IT IS INTERESTING STRATEGIC LONG-TERM PLAY BY NORTHWESTERN.

>> IN OTHER REAL ESTATE NEWS A TEXAS DEVELOPER IS PLANNING A HOME PROJECT IN SUBURBAN OSWEGO AN HOUR DRIVE SOUTHWEST FROM THE CITY.

WHAT IS UNIQUE IS THAT IT'S BUILDING ALL THE HOUSES FOR RENT NOT FOR SALE.

WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT?

AND IS THERE A BIG MARKET FOR THIS KIND OF THING >> YES, THE PLAN IS FOR 178 TOWNHOMES AND LARGE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OUT THERE IN OSWEGO.

AND YEAH, THIS IS ONE OF THE HOTTER TRENDS RIGHT NOW IN REAL ESTATE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE ESPECIALLY MILA KOUMPILOVA WILL YEAHS WITH YOUNG GROWING FAMILIES THAT WANT TO OWN A HOME BUT THEY MAYBE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR A DOWN PAYMENT AND DON'T WANT THE HASSLE OF HOMEOWNERSHIP AND PREFER TO RENT A HOUSE THEY WANT THE HOUSE TO BE ABLE TO RENT ONE.

THE THESIS FROM THIS DEVELOPER IS PARTLY THEY THINK MIGHT AVOID A LENDING CRISIS.

INSTEAD OF HAVING YOUNG BUYERS OVERSTRETCHING TO BUY HOMES AND IT'S TAKEN OFF IN OTHER MARKETS.

HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN IN THE CHICAGO AREA.

>> LASTLY, MCDONALD'S FILING TRADEMARK PATENTS FOR VIRTUAL RESTAURANT FOOD AND BEVERAGES.

DOES THIS MEAN THE FAST FOOD GIANT IS EYEING THE METAVERSE?

>> YEAH, IT WOULD APPEAR SO.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VIRTUAL REALITY WORLD THAT IS IN THE INFANCY STILL.

VIRTUAL REALITY PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WOULD ACT WITH DIGITAL PEOPLE.

AND THAT INCLUDES BUYING THINGS LIKE FOOD AND CLOTHES AND MCDONALD'S IS GETTING IN ON THAT SAYING WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR MARKS IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD LIKE THEY ARE PROTECTED IN THIS ONE AND IT IS NOT JUST MCDONALD'S, NIKE DID SOMETHING SIMILAR AND BIG NAME-BRANDS THAT SEE ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD MOVING FORWARD.

>> THAT WILL BE FUN TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR.

DANNY ECKER AT CRAIN'S THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS FOR A LOOK AT RELATIONSHIPS DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>> DATING AND RELATIONSHIPS CAN BE COMPLICATED IN NORMAL TIMES IMAGINE HOW COMPLICATING THE LAST TWO YEARS OF A PANDEMIC AND LOCKDOWNS HAVE BEEN.

SOME RELATIONSHIPS MIGHT HAVE GROWN STRONGER AND OTHERS MIGHT HAVE LEFT EACH PARTNER LOOKING AT THE OTHER WONDERING WHO IS THIS PERSON?

OUR NEXT GUEST DECISIONS HOW A -- DIAGNOSES SWOOPED IN AND AFFECTED OUR LOVE LIVES.

HER NEW BOOK, "LOVE IN THE TIME OF CONTAGION".

JOINING US IS AUTHOR AND NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY EMERITUS LAURA KIPNIS.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> THE BIG BROAD QUESTION AT THE TOP HOW HAVE RELATIONSHIPS CHANGED AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC?

>> WELL, I STARTED OUT TALKING ABOUT MY OWN RELATIONSHIP.

I HAD WRITTEN A BOOK RANTING ABOUT DOMESTIC AGAINST LOVE AND I FOUND MYSELF I HAD BEEN IN ONE OF THOSE LONG-TERM LIVING APART BUT TOGETHER KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS.

AND I TELL MYSELF SQUASHED TOGETHER WITH MY BOYFRIEND IN A ONE BEDROOM NEW YORK APARTMENT ONCE THE LOCKDOWN STARTED I STARTED OUT FROM THAT POINT AND REALIZING AS YOU WERE SAYING YOU CAN KNOW SOMEONE WELL AND KNOW THEM NOT AT ALL.

THERE ARE A LOT OF REALIZATIONS THAT PEOPLE CAME TO LIKE THAT.

AND THE PANDEMIC WAS THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR SO MUCH NEUROSIS TO PLAY OUT.

I THINK WE WERE ALL PROJECTING OUR ANXIETIES ON TO EACH OTHER AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT OF SIGH CROW DRAMA AND REALIZATIONS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS.

BECAUSE I THINK IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE PANDEMIC HELD A MICROSCOPE UP TO THE COUNTRY AND EXPOSED ALL OF THIS STUFF THE INEQUITIES I THINK IT HELD MICROSCOPE UP 0 OUR RELATIONSHIPS, TOO.

THAT WAS NUMBER ONE.

>> AND YOU BOTH REFERRED TO EACH OTHER AS CELLMATES AT ONE POINT.

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR RELATIONSHIP?

>> YEAH, ONE OF US SAID TO THE OTHER I LOVE YOU BUT I CAN BARELY STAND YOU.

WE HAD I THINK WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A SUSTAINABLE NEUROTIC PACT AND THAT IS IN MY VIEW LIKE MAYBE THE BEST YOU CAN HOPE FOR YOUR NEUROSIS MESH THAT IS INTERESTING AND KEEPS THINGS ALIVE.

SO I THINK THAT WAS MY SITUATION.

BUT I THINK IT CAN ALSO PUT YOU SORT OF ON THE BRINK OR THE EDGE OF COLLAPSE.

AND I DO THINK THAT HAPPENED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ALSO.

YOU JUST STARTED NOT TO BE ABLE TO STAND THE OTHER PERSON.

>> DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING BY WRITING THIS BOOK HOW THE PANDEMIC AFFECTED PEOPLE GOING INTO IT SINGLE VERSUS GOING INTO IT AS A COUPLE?

>> WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING LOCKDOWN WAS ZOOM.

AND I ENDED UP HAVING VERY SUSTAINED CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLE THAT I DIDN'T MAYBE KNOW THAT WELL.

ONE OF THEM WAS A FORMER STUDENT OF MINE WHO IS BLACK, QUEER MILLENNIAL AND DOING ALL SORTS OF DATING ON-LINE DURING LOCKDOWN AND HOOKING UP AND HAVING THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND MOVING ON TO OTHER RELATIONSHIPS.

SO THERE WAS THE MILLENNIAL STYLE WHICH I CAME TO REALIZE WAS CHAOTIC.

PARTICULARLY BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS PLAYING OUT ON-LINE AT THE SAME TIME IN YOUR PRIVATE LIFE.

SO THERE WAS THAT STYLE OF PANDEMIC COUPLEDOM AND I DID A SURVEY AT THE BEGINNING AND GOT A LOT OF RESPONSES FROM OTHER PEOPLE AND SOME PEOPLE WERE REALLY LONG-TERM COUPLES STARTED TO REALIZE HOW MUCH THEY DID APPRECIATE EACH OTHER.

AND OTHER PEOPLE REALIZED THAT THEY WERE PARTNERS WITH A VERSION OF OCD OR OTHER KIND OF NARCISSISM OR DIAGNOSEABLE PERSONALITY DISORDER.

SO THERE WAS A RANGE OF STUFF.

AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES I WILL HAD.

>> SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND A STUDY CAME OUT THAT SINGLE HOOD IS HIGHER THAN EVER AND SEX IS DOWN.

ODDLY ENOUGH DIVORCE IS ALSO DOWN.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE TRENDS ARE THEY INFLUENCED BY COVID OR WAS THIS HAPPENING?

>> SEX WAS DOWN AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE THE WEIRD THING.

AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF THE POST #METOO ERA AND HOW THAT HAS AFFECTED SEXUALITY.

AND PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE.

I MEAN WEIRDLY OLDER PEOPLE ARE HAVING MORE SEX AND COUPLE PEOPLE ARE HAVING MORE SEX THAN YOUNGER SINGLE PEOPLE.

I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH CONTRADICTION AND TENSION IN THE HEALTH TRO SEXUAL SPHERE AND FREE OF DOING THE WRONG THING AND POLITICIZING OF SEXUAL CONTACT AND WORRIED.

IT IS THERE'S THAT GOING ON.

I THINK IT'S DIVORCE I THINK WE WOBT'S KNOW FOR A WHILE THE COURTS WERE SHUTDOWN AND THE DUST IS SETTLING.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HIT ECONOMICALLY BY THIS AND ARE STUCK TOGETHER FOR ECONOMIC REASONS.

I THINK WE'RE THE DUST IS STILL SETTLING ON THIS.

>> THERE MIGHT BE A RUSH ON DIVORCES.

BACK TO THE INTIMACY THING.

HOW #METOO MIGHT AFFECT YOUNGER HETEROSEXUAL COUPLES WITH REGARDS TO INTIMACY ARE THERE PRECAUTIONS THAT ARE IRRATIONAL VERSUS RATIONAL?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS INTERESTED IN THE BOOK IS "LOVE IN THE TIME OF CONTAGION", AS OPPOSED TO JUST COVID IT'S INTERESTING IN A WAY THAT I THINK LOVE AND THE SENSE OF CONTAGION AND OTHER PEOPLE BEING HARMFUL TO US HAS BEEN BUILDING FOR A WHILE EVEN BEFORE THIS VIRUS HIT.

AND I DO THINK IT WAS ALSO A KIND OF POST TURN AROUND AFTER THE FREE-FOR-ALL OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION AND THE 70s AND EARLY 80s, MUCH MORE LIKE THE RISE OF SUSPICION AND FEAR AND MORALISM WHICH I SEE IN MY OWN STUDENTS AND SEX WITH KILL YOU.

ALL OF THAT, I WONDER IT MAKES ME WONDER WHAT THE AFTER EFFECTS OF COVID IS GOING TO BE AT THE DEEPER LEVELS THAT WE DON'T ENTIRELY KNOW YET HOW IT WILL AFFECT US IN OUR PSYCHE.

>> ALL SUBJECTS FOR A POSSIBLE FOLLOW-UP BOOK.

LAURA KIPNIS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS.

>> AND AGAIN THE BOOK IS CALLED "LOVE IN THE TIME OF CONTAGION".

YOU CAN READ AN EXCERPT ON OUR WEBSITE.

UP NEXT CHECKING IN ON THE CITY'S GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME PROGRAM ON A CONVERSATION THAT AIRED ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES".

FIRST WE TAKE AA LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SAYS RESIDENTS SHOULD BE LEARNING WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR CHICAGO'S GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME PROGRAM BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

THE CITY APPROVED THE PLAN IN THE 2022 BUDGET THREE MONTHS AGO PROMISING $500 A MONTH TO 5,000 LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS FOR ONE YEAR.

IT WOULD BE THE NATION'S LARGEST TEST OF A INCOME PROGRAM.

JOINING US WITH MORE ARE 36-YEAR-OLD WARD ALDERMAN GILBERT VILLEGAS, AND DORION WARREN CO-CHAIR OF THE ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT AND RICHARD WALLACE FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US H ALDERMAN LET'S START WITH YOU.

THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SAYS WE SHOULD BE GETTING SPECIFICS ON THE GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM SOON.

CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL IS ON IMPLEMENTING IT?

>> YES THANK YOU.

SO RIGHT NOW THE THERE IS A WORKING GROUP THAT IS PUTTING TOGETHER SOME OF THE CRITERIA AND THERE IS RFP THAT IS ALREADY ON THE STREET AND DUE BY NEXT FRIDAY AT NOON.

SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW.

IT IS FRUSTRATING IT'S TAKEN A LONGTIME WE STARTED THE EFFORT LAST YEAR IN FEBRUARY AND HAVING HEARING AND INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE IN APRIL.

IT IS FRUSTRATING GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS ACTED SO QUICKLY TO PASS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND THIS PANDEMIC HAS DEVASTATED BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

>> IF YOU HAD TO BALLPARK IT WHEN COULD THE APPLICANTS SEE THE CHECKS?

>> I'VE BEEN IN GOVERNMENT FOR SOMETIME, I CAN TELL YOU RFP'S DO NOT MOVE QUICKLY AND TO SAY THIS WOULD BE MONEY CASH IN THE HANDS BY SUMMER WOULD BE OPTIMISTIC I'M THINKING FALL OF THIS YEAR.

>> RICHARD YOUR ORGANIZATION EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION YOU LAUNCHED OUR OWN INCOME PROGRAM TO PROVIDE $500 TO POST INCARCERATED RESIDENTS OF GARFIELD PARK.

TELL US ABOUT THAT PROJECT AND HOW IT'S GOING.

>> WE DESIGNED THE CHICAGO FUTURE FUNDS AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO ALLEVIATE THE BURDENS OF POST INCARCERATION.

A NUMBER OF OUR RESIDENTS SOME OF OUR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES HAVE A NUMBER OF BARRIERS.

A LOT ARE PERMANENT PUNISHMENTS.

AND SO WE WANTED TO SEE IF THE DIRECT CASH PAYMENTS WOULD IMPACT THAT AND ALLOW THEM TO ACHIEVE SOME OF THE GOALS THEY HAD.

AND SO THE PROJECT IS GOING GREAT.

THEY ARE ON THE THIRD PAYMENT TODAY THE 13TH, THE 11TH ON THE 13TH THEY WILL HAVE THEIR FOURTH PAYMENT AND THERE'S BEEN NO HANGUPS AND NO CHALLENGES.

>> THE CITY HAS TAKEN CRITICISM AND I HEAR ALDERMAN VILLEGAS IS FRUSTRATED IT IS NOT MOVING QUICKLY BUT THERE'S CRITICISM THAT THE CITY IS TAKING TOO LONG TO ESTABLISH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND GET THE CHECKS OUT TO PEOPLE.

AS SOMEONE WHO OPERATED THE PROGRAMS WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT?

>> OUR PROJECT TOOK A YEAR TO GET OFF THE GROUND AND THAT IS FROM FUNDRAISING, IMPLEMENTATION TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CASH.

SO WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT FOR ME IS THAT WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND INSURE THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THE RESOURCES MOST GET IT.

AND SOMETIMES IT IS NOT AN EASY PROCESS OR SPEEDY PROCESS BUT IT IS POSSIBLE.

WE WERE ABLE TO DO IN TARGETING FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE IN AND IT TOOK TIME BUT BEEF THE PROGRAM NOW AND THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE MONEY.

>> AND YOU HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN PLACE AND ROLLING.

DORION, THE ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT ADVOCATES FOR GUARANTEED INCOME SAYING CASH IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL STABILITY TO THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST.

WHY CASH DIRECT?

>> WELL IT IS NOT EITHER OR IN OUR VIEW.

WE THINK WE NEED EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE.

WORKERS NEED HIGHER WAGES IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY.

DIRECT CASH AS WE'VE LEARNED FROM EXPERIMENT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, IS THE BEST WAY TO GET MONEY INTO THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

WE HAVE THE DATA.

WE HAVE THE STORIES FROM THOSE THAT RECEIVED THIS CASH AND OTHER DEMONSTRATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

IN CALIFORNIA IN 2019 AND AS A COUNTRY.

WE WENT THROUGH AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIMENT.

THINK ABOUT THE STIMULUS CHECKS.

THINK ABOUT THE EXPANDED TAX CREDIT THAT WHERE FOUR SIX MONTHS MANY PARENTS ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY, RECEIVED DIRECT CASH FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND IT WAS MONTHLY.

WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET CASH INTO THE HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT NEED IT THE MOST.

PEOPLE PAY UTILITIES THEY PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE THEY GET SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN IT'S EFFECTIVE THE DATA IS OVERWHELMING ON THIS QUESTION.

AND IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PILOT PROGRAM.

>> AND DORION YOU NAMED THOSE EXAMPLES FROM OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE CHILD TAX CREDIT AND OTHERS DIRECT CASH PAYMENTS SENT TO FAMILIES TO HELP RECOVER DURING THE PANDEMIC DO YOU THINK THAT HELPED TO SHIFT PEOPLE'S MINDS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR CONCEPT AS A SOLUTION TO ECONOMIC STABILITY WHEN PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SO WILLING TO CONSIDER IT IN THE PAST?

>> YOU ARE RIGHT IN TERMS OF THE QUESTION.

THERE WAS SKEPTICISM BEFORE BOTH THE FIRST DEMONSTRATION IN STOCKTON WHERE WE COLLECTED A LOT OF DATA AND WE COULD SHOW THE IMPACT NOT JUST PEOPLE'S FINANCIAL SECURITY BUT WELL-BEING AS WELL.

LOWER ANXIETY, LOWER DEPRESSION LEVELS AND THE PEOPLE THAT DID RECEIVE THE MONEY IN THE STOCKTON CASE WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE EMPLOYED AND HAVE A JOB AT THE END OF THE JOB RELATIVE TO THE CONTROL GROUP.

WE HAVE THE DATA.

SOMETHING LIKE 90 DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE COUNTRY.

AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THE CRISIS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS.

BUT LET'S REMEMBER THERE IS AN ECONOMIC CRISIS PARTICULARLY IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

AND THAT IS STILL THE CASE RIGHT NOW.

BUT, YES, THE PANDEMIC DID HELP SHIFT PEOPLE'S I THINK UNDERSTANDINGS OF WHAT IS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF DIRECTION ASSISTANCE AND I HOPEFULLY WE'VE TURNED THE TABLE ON 40 PLUS YEARS OF ATTACKS PARTICULARLY RACIAL AND GENDER ATTACKS ESPECIALLY ON BLACK WOMEN AND DEMONIZATION OF BLACK WOMEN AROUND CASH ASSISTANCE I HOPE WE'VE TURNED THE TABLE SINCE WELFARE REFORM IN 1996.

>> THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SENT US A STATEMENT SAYING QUOTE... >> WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LEFT.

RICHARD BACK TO YOU, HAS THE CITY REACHED OUT TO YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION FOR GUIDANCE ON IMPLEMENTING THIS CONSIDERING YOU HAVE DONE IT?

>> YES, MY ROLE WE SIT ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR CHICAGO'S RESILIENT COMMUNITIES PILOT.

I GET TO SIT THERE AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE AT EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION THAT IS ENGLEWOOD WEST GARFIELD PARK, FORMERLY INCARCERATED IMPACTED PEOPLE.

>> ALDERMAN VILLEGAS WHY IS THIS SUCH A TOP PRIORITY FOR YOU?

>> IT IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR ME BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY A RECIPIENT OF A PROGRAM THAT WAS SIMILAR SURVIVAL DEATH BENEFITS AND SOCIAL SECURITY WHEN MY DAD DIED MY MOM GOT A STIPEND UNTIL WE WERE 18 AND THAT WAS A GAME-CHANGER IT ALLOWED MY MOM THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH DIGNITY AND HOME AFTER WORK AND WE DID OUR HOMEWORK.

RAISING TWO BOYS IN THE CITY CAN BE CHALLENGING AND SHE MADE SURE THAT SHE WAS THERE TO TAKE CARE OF US.

AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF THAT STIPEND WHICH ALLOWED HER THE FLEXIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF US AND WORK WITH DIGNITY.

>> A LABOR OF LOVE FOR YOU ALDERMAN VILLEGAS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE THREE OF YOU AGAIN AS THE PROGRAM GETS UNDERWAY.

THANKS TO GILBERT VILLEGAS, RICHARD WALLACE AND DORION WARREN FOR JOINING US.

BACK WITH MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> THERE ARE ONLY FOUR MEMBERS OF THE 2022 OF THE MEN'S SKI JUMPING COMPETING IN BEIJING AND THREE TRAINED AT A CLUB 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHICAGO.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT" VISITED THE NORGE SKI CLUB.

PRODUCER MARC VITALI RECENTLY BROUGHT US THE STORY AND HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK.

>> AT THE NORGE SKI CLUB IT IS A LONG WAY TO THE TOP OF THE BIGGEST OF THE FIVE HILLS.

A 70 METER SKI JUMPING TOWER.

>> NO FEAR OF HEIGHT FOR ME.

>> IT IS AN 8-SECOND THRILL RIDE TO REACH THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL.

>> I'M HERE FOR THE TOURNAMENT, YEP, TRAVELING FROM SALT LAKE CITY TO HERE.

I'M KEEPING IT SIMPLE AND WORRIED ABOUT ONE THING AND A GOOD END RUN POSITION AND RELAXING MY UPPER BODY SO I CAN JUST TAKE OFF.

>> YOU ARE FLOATING LIKE A BIRD.

YOU ARE NOT JUST DROPPING OUT OF THE SKY YOU ARE FLOWING OUT AND FOLLOWING THE CONTOUR OF THAT HILL.

>> TRYING TO PULL DOWN THE HILL.

>> MIKE GLASDER TRAINED AT NORGE.

HE WAS A WINTER OLYMPIAN IN 2018 AND TOOK HIM THREE ATTEMPTS TO EARN HIS BIB.

>> LONG JOURNEY I JUST MISSED OUT ON 2010 AND 2014.

SO I DECIDED TO GIVE IT ONE MORE SHOT AND WON THE TRIALS IN 2018.

AND GOT MY FIRST AND LAST BIB.

>> NORGE SKI CLUB IS OPEN YEAR-ROUND.

THEY JUMP ON TO WATERED DOWN PLASTIC WHEN THE WEATHER GETS WARM AND THEY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT INTRODUCES JUNIOR JUMPERS TO SPORT CURRENTLY TRAINING 50 PEOPLE.

IN THE CLUBHOUSE THEY CELEBRATE THE PAST.

HERE IS A PAINTING OF EXPLORER HANGING NEXT TO A PAIR OF HIS SKIS.

>> WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1905.

AND THREE NORWEGIANS THAT STARTED OUR CLUB.

THEY FOUND THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AND IT'S BEEN GOING EVER SINCE AND WE KEEP MAKING IMPROVEMENTS.

OUR CLUB ORIGINATED IN CHICAGO.

THE FIRST TWO TOURNAMENTS WERE HELD IN REESE PARK AND HUMBOLDT PARK.

IN 1908 THEY WERE ABLE TO LEASE THIS PROPERTY AND AFTER A FEW YEARS WE WERE ABLE TO PAY OFF THE NOTE AND OWN THE PROPERTY FOR THE REST OF THE TOURNAMENTS WERE HERE.

>> NORGE CONTINUED TO PROMOTE ITSELF IN CHICAGO INCLUDING A DEMONSTRATION AT SOLDIER FIELD.

>> IN 1934, AND 1954, THE CLUB BUILT A JUMP MUCH LIKE THE ONE YOU SEE HERE BUT ON THE ROOF OF SOLDIER FIELD.

AND THEY JUMPED OFF OF THAT.

>> TO PROMOTE THE WAR EFFORT DURING WORLD WAR II NORGE JUMPERS TOOK THE LEAP AT WRIGLEY FIELD.

THIS YEAR MARKS NORGE'S 117TH ANNUAL SKI JUMP TOURNAMENT AND THE GROUNDS ARE GROOMED FOR THE OCCASION.

THE EVENT FEATURES JUNIOR SKIERS AND ADULT COMPETITORS FROM THE U.S. AND CANADA.

>> SKI JUMPING IS A SMALL COMMUNITY EVEN WORLDWIDE.

OUR TOP JUMPERS ON THE TEAM THEY HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS IN EUROPE AND IT IS A SMALL COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY CHEERS ON EACH OTHER.

>> AND AT THE BEIJING OLYMPICS THEY WILL BE CHEERING.

THE SECOND WINTER OLYMPICS WITH THE THREE JUMPERS FROM THE NORGE SKI CLUB.

>> PROUD TO HAVE ALL THREE FROM MY HOME CLUB AND TWO REPEATS FROM 2018.

JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

>> GREAT JUMPERS AND GREAT KIDS, TOO.

WE'RE PROUD OF THEM AND PROUD OF THE WHOLE PROGRAM.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS MARC VITALI.

>> THE 117TH ANNUAL NORGE SKI CLUB TOURNAMENT TOOK PLACE AT THE END OF JANUARY MANY AND THIS PAST WEEKEND SKI JUMPERS WON GOLD SILVER AND BRONZE.

THE OLYMPIANS FROM ILLINOIS... >> CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM FOR REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES IN BEIJING.

>> AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

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WE CHECK IN WITH SENATOR DICK DURBIN ON THAT AND NEWS OUT OF WASHINGTON D.C. [♪♪♪] >> AND SINGING ALONG WITH THE CHICAGO CHILDREN'S CHOIR AS IT PREPARES FOR THE ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH CONCERT.

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

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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