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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> C.P.S.

HAS FINALLY REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION.

>> WE HAVE THE LATEST ON THE TENTATIVE DEAL BETWEEN C.P.S.

AND C.T.U.

ON BRINGING STUDENTS BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO BE HERE.

OK?

>> A GIANT IN THE CHICAGO EDUCATION COMMUNITY HAS FALLEN.

FORLER CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION PRESIDENT KAREN LEWIS DIES AT 67 YEARS OLD.

>> TRUTH AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE ESSENTIAL.

>> THE SENATE PREPARES FOR THE PARTICIPANT TRIAL OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP OVER INCITING AN INSURRECTION ATTEMPT AT THE U.S. CAPITOL.

>> A LOT OF TIMES HIGHER ED IS FOREGOT EN.

>> WHO IS DESERVING OF THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE AND IN WHAT ORDER?

SOME WORKERS SAY ILLINOIS' PRIORITY LIST IS NOT FAIR.

>> COULD PASSENGERS ON DOMESTIC FLIGHTS BE TESTED FOR COVID BEFORE TAKE OFF?

AND THAT MORE FROM CRAIN'S.

>> MEETING CONSENT DECREE REQUIREMENTS THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT RELEASES A STATUS REPORT AS CRITICS CALL IT A PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORT.

>> HOW THE PANDEMIC BROUGHT ON MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO COMBAT IT.

>> THE LAST POLAR VORTEX WE GOT CALLS AROUND THE WORLD ABOUT IT WHICH WAS SURPRISING TO US.

>> METRA'S FIERY SYSTEM TO KEEP TRACKS FROM FREEZING SPARKS ATTENTION.

>> AND REVISITING A SHOW OF PAINTINGS BY CLAUDE MONET.

AND THE CHICAGO GARDEN THEY INSPIRED.

>> BUT FIRST SOME OF TOP TODAY'S TOP STORIES OF THE HEAD OF FAMILY AND SUPPORT SERVICES IS STEPPING DOWN.

LISA MORRISON BUTLER LED THAT OFFICE TASKED WITH CARING FOR CHICAGO'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.

MORRISON BUTLER SAYS HER DECISION WAS INFLUENCED BY A HEALTH SCARE SHE HAD AND THE NEED TO HAVE MORE PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL FLEXIBILITY.

SHE WILL BE REPLACED ON ANKER TISH RIM BASIS BY BRANDY CANOZO.

ILLINOIS HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT 17 HUNDRED NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AND 35 DEADS THAT MAKES FOR A TOTAL OF 1.14 MILLION CASES.

ALONG WITH 19,668 DEATHS.

AND ARE YOU SICK OF THE EXTREME COLD?

TOUGH.

THE DEEP FREEZE IS HERE TO STAY THROUGH THE WEEK.

AND THE CITY COULD SEE ONE TO THREE INCHES OF NEW SNOW BEFORE THIS LATEST ROUND IS DONE.

FOLLOWED BY WIND-CHILLS WELL BELOW 0 OVERNIGHT.

THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RELENT UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY OPERATE WARMING CENTERS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9-5.

>> AFTER THREATS OF A STRIKE ON ONE SIDE, LOCKING TEACHERS OUT OF THEIR VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS ON THE OTHER AND MYRIAD COMPLAINTS FROM PARENTS ARE REOPENING DEAL BETWEEN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE TEACHERS' UNION IS FINALLY IN SIGHT.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN JOINS US NOW.

WHAT IS THE LATEST?

>> PARIS, FOR NOW TEACHERS AND THE UNION MAY HAVE AVERTED A TEACHERS' STRIKE BUT IT IS NOT A DONE DEAL JUST YET.

YESTERDAY, MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT ANNOUNCED C.P.S.

AND C.T.U.

HAD REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT TO PHASE IN A RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING STARTING WITH SOME STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AS SOON AS THIS WEEK.

>> AT LONG-LAST, C.P.S.

HAS FINDLY REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION THAT OPENS UP THE SCHOOL DOORS TO ARE SAFE AND LEARNING FOR PRE-K AND K-8 STUDENTS AND CLUTDER RMT.

>> SPREE K AND CLUSTER PRE-K AND CLUTTER WILL COME BACK THURSDAY.

AND K-8, MARCH FIRST.

AND THE AGREEMENT LAYS OUT A FRAMEWORK FOR COVID-19 TESTING FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND A THRESHOLD FOR CLOSING SCHOOLS AGAIN SHOULD CASES SPIKE.

RETURNING TO IN-PERSON LEARNING IS OF COURSE NOT MANDATORY FOR C.P.S.

FAMILIES.

MOST HAVE ELECTED TO STICK WITH REMOTE LEARNING.

WE SHOULD REITERATE NONE OF THIS IS FINALIZED.

THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES IS MEETING AS WE SPEAK THAT IS THE 500 OR SO MEMBERS ELECTED.

THEY WILL DECIDE IF THE DEAL SHOULD BE SENT ON TO THE UNION'S RANK-AND-FILE FOR A VOTE OF THE FULL MEMBERSHIP.

WE'RE TOLD THE UNION COULD POSSIBLY HOLD A VOTE TOMORROW WITH A FINAL ANSWER BY WEDNESDAY.

>> ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS OF CONTENTION HAS BEEN THE VACCINATION PLAN FOR TEACHERS.

HOW DOES THIS FIT INTO THE AGREEMENT?

>> C.P.S.

OFFICIALS SAY THE STAGGERED APPROACH TO RETURNING AS OPPOSED OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT IS MEANT TO GIVE TEACHERS MORE TIME TO GET VACCINATED AND PROVIDE DOSES EXCLUSIVELY TO TEACHERS EVERY WEEK THROUGH A CITY-RUN SITE.

>> WE WILL BEGIN VACCINATING 1500 C.P.S.

EMPLOYEES PER WEEK THROUGH OUR OWN SITES WHICH WILL OPEN LATER THIS MONTH AND BE FOR CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPLOYEES.

IN ADDITION TO THE CITY'S PROTECT CHICAGO PLUS PROGRAM WHICH WILL PRIORITIZE VACCINATIONS FOR STAFF WHO LIVE AND WORK IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HIT HARDEST BY COVID.

>> TEMPERS HAVE BEEN RUNNING HIGH BETWEEN C.P.S.

AND C.T.U.

SINCE THAT FIRST STRIKE A YEAR-AND-A-HALF AGO IS THIS TENSION HERE TO STAY?

>> I THINK PARENTS HOPE NOT AND THERE'S NO LOVE LOST SINCE THAT 2019 TEACHERS' STRIKE.

BUT MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT DID THANK JESSE SHARKEY FOR HIS WORK AT THE TABLE AND OFFERED AN OLIVE BRANCH OF SORTS TO THE UNION.

>> WE WILL NOT AGREE ON EVERY ISSUE.

BUT MY REQUEST, MY PLEA, IS THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DISAGREE IN WAYS THAT DOES NOT CAUSE PERMANENT DAMAGE TO ALL CONCERNED.

PARTICULARLY WHEN OUR CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED.

>> AND OF COURSE, IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER THE UNION WILL APPROVE THIS CONTRACT OFFER.

I SHOULD MENTION THE C.T.U.

LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN RESISTANT CALLING THIS A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT THEY WANT MEMBERSHIP TO WEIGH-IN FIRST.

IF MEMBERSHIP DOES NOT ACCEPT THE OFFER WE HAVE TO SEE IF THE TWO SIDES ARE WILLING TO RETURN TO THE BARGAINING TABLE.

>> AND TEACHERS WILL BE THINKING THIS OVER ON THIS DAY WHEN THE NEWS COMES THAT THEIR FORMER PRESIDENT KAREN LEWIS HAS DIED.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

KAREN LEWIS SHE WAS LEGENDARY WITHIN THE UNION.

SOME SAY OUTSIDE OF THE UNION.

THIS MORNING C.T.U.

CONFIRMED KAREN LEWIS' DEATH SAYING SHE DID NOT JUST LEAD THE MOVEMENT SHE WAS THEIR MOVEMENT.

>> AS THE LEADER OF MORE THAN 25,000 PUBLIC SCHOOLTEACHERS, KAREN LEWIS BECAME THE ROCK STAR OF THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION.

>> TAKING THE STAGE TO THOUSANDS OF CHEERING TEACHERS AND SUPPORTERS DURING A MASSIVE 2015 DEMONSTRATION IN GRANT PARK.

>> THIS TIME LAST YEAR, I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO BE HERE.

OK?

>> WE LOVE YOU, KAREN!

>> BUT I'M HERE.

[CHEERING] >> POSING FOR SELFIES WITH STUDENTS AND PARENTS DURING A ONE-DAY WALKOUT IN 2016.

>> WE LOVE YOU!

>> LEWIS WAS ELECTED C.T.U.

PRESIDENT IN 2010 AFTER 22 YEARS TEACHING IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

HIGH SCHOOL ASSEMBLYMEMBER INDUSTRY AND LANE TECH HIGH N HER ROLE AS PRESIDENTS SHE WAS NEVER ONE TO BITE HER TONGUE CALLING OUT POLICY MERRICKERS SHE FELT WERE WRONG IN TREATMENT OF TEACHERS AND WHEN.

>> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS WILL STAND UP FOR WHAT IS JUST AND FAIR.

AND TOGETHER WE WILL FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR PROFESSIONS AND OUR CLASSROOMS.

>> ISN'T HOW SHE FELT YOU SHOULD TALK TO PEOPLE IN HER MIND ABUSING CHILDREN.

RIGHT?

NOT TREATING TEACHERS RESPECTFULLY.

AND SHE GENUINELY BELIEVED THAT IF YOU SPOKE THAT WAY, YOU WOULD BE SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER.

>> UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, 25,000 TEACHERS HISTORICALLY WALKED OFF THEIR JOBS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS.

THE STRIKE OF 2012 WOULD LAST SEVEN DAYS.

>> FEW WOULD DISAGREE THAT LEWIS AND HER LEADERSHIP CHANGED THE FUNCTION OF THE BARGAINING PROCESS MAKING IT MORE THAN JUST A FIGHT FOR TEACHER PAY AND BENEFITS.

DURING THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION, JIM FRANCZEK SAT ACROSS THE TABLE FROM LEWIS REPRESENTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

EVEN HE GIVES LEWIS CREDIT.

>> WE WENT THROUGH ENORMOUSLY DIFFICULT CHALLENGES DURING THE LAST TWO CONTRACTS WITH KAREN.

AND MADE SOME VERY FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES TO CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

>> AFTER THAT STRIKE, LEWIS BEGAN TO HEAR THE CALLS TO RUN, KAREN, RUN.

AND SHE ALMOST DID.

BUT HER PLANS TO CHALLENGE THEN MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL FOR HIS JOB GROUND TO A HALT IN THE FALL OF 2014.

>> KAREN LEWIS HAS A SERIOUS ILLNESS.

SHE UNDERWENT SURGERY YESTERDAY AND THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL.

>> A SERIOUS BRAIN CANCER DIAGNOSE ITION WOULD PROHIBIT HER FROM SEEKING HIGHER OFFICE BUT SHEWAS A FIGHTER FOR TEACHES AND STUDENTS AND HER LIFE.

>> WHAT DO WE DO?

I MEAN JUST AGAIN IT'S ALL ABOUT PROBLEM SOLVING FOR ME.

IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN.

SO I MEAN IT'S LIKE THAT'S IT.

OK, SO WHAT DO WE DO?

>> MONTHS LATER SHE DID RETURN AND KEPT UP THE FIGHT FOR C.T.U.

MEMBERS.

POST CANCER, A SLIMMER LEWIS TRADED HER HAIR FOR HATS AND UNDER ALL THE HATS THOSE WHO KNEW HER SAY A BRILLIANT MIND.

>> SHE SPEAKS TWO OR THREE LANGUAGES, FRENCH, ITALIAN.

SHE PICKED UP A GOOD AMOUNT OF YIDDISH AND HEBREW WHEN CONVERTED.

SHE CONVERTED TO JUDAISM.

SHE IS A GOURMET COOK.

SHE WAS A STAND-UP COMIC.

SHE IS A READER OF VIRTUALLY EVERY KIND OF BOOK ON THE SPECTRUM YOU CAN GET.

SHE IS AN OPERA AFICIONADO.

>> ANOTHER KAREN LEWIS SIGNATURE WAS HER QUICK WIT.

>> I'VE GOT SWAMP LAND IN BROOKLYN TO TELL THEM.

BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF IT.

I'VE GOT BEACH FRONT PROPERTY IN IOWA FOR HIM.

>> EVERYBODY'S LEAVING ILLINOIS.

AND IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, I GOT A BEACH TO SELL YOU.

>> AND HER RELATIONSHIP WITH CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL LEADERSHIP WAS OFTEN CONTENTIOUS, CURRENT C.E.O.

JANICE JACKSON SAYS THEIR RELATIONSHIP WAS SPECIAL.

>> SHE GAVE ME ADVICE AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADER OF YOUNG, A YOUNG WOMAN ABOUT WORK AND I CAN REMEMBER SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FEW YEARS WHERE IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT C.T.U.

WANTS THIS OR C.P.S.

NEEDS TO STOP DOING THAT.

I FEEL LIKE SHE REALLY CARED ABOUT ME AS A YOUNG LEADER AND WANTED TO SEE ME BE SUCCESSFUL.

>> AND IN ADDITION TO HER CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT IN 2014, LEWIS SUFFERED A STROKE IN 2017 AND THE CANCER RETURNED IN 2018 THE SAME YEAR SHE RETIRED.

SHE WAS 67 YEARS OLD.

BACK TO YOU PARIS FOR A PREVIEW OF THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.

>> FORMER'S SECOND PARTICIPANT TRIAL TOMORROW.

BUT DEMOCRATS ARGUE CONGRESS HAS A DUTY TO MAKE CLEAR OF THE TRUTH OF WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6.

HERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF TRUMP'S SPEECH THAT DAY WHICH DEMOCRATS AND SOME REPUBLICANS SAY TRIGGERED THE VIOLENT INSURRECTION AT THE CAPITOL.

>> WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP.

WE WILL NEVER CONCEDE.

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

YOU DON'T CONCEDE WHEN THERE'S THEFT INVOLVED.

OUR COUNTRY HAS HAD ENOUGH.

WE WILL NOT TAKE IT ANYMORE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

>> AND JOINING US ARE CONNIE MIXON POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT ELMHURST UNIVERSITY AND MICHAEL KANG CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW.

THE RULES HAVE BEEN AGREED TO BY SCHUMER AND McCONNELL.

OPENING STATEMENTS, 16 HOURS OF DEBATE BY BOTH SIDES AND FOUR HOURS OF QUESTIONING BY SENATORS.

CONNIE MIXON HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS TRIAL WILL GO THIS WEEK?

>> WELL THERE IS NO REAL SET GUIDELINE FOR THE TIME IT WILL TAKE.

I THINK IT WILL BE OVER RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

DONALD TRUMP'S FIRST IMPEACHMENT TRIAL LASTED ABOUT THREE WEEKS.

BILL CLINTON'S LASTED FOUR WEEKS.

I THINK BY ALL ACCOUNTS BOTH SIDES WOULD LIKE IT TO BE OVER SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

THEY HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON TO DOING, PARTICULARLY DEMOCRATS.

AND JUST AS WE'RE TAPING TODAY WE LEARNED THERE HAS BEEN AGREEMENT.

AND THEY HAVE COME TO AGREEMENT ABOUT THE TERMS OF THE SENATE TRIAL AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL PROBABLY WRAP UP EARLY NEXT WEEK.

>> AND THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER BUSINESS THAT CONGRESS HAS TO GET TO.

MICHAEL KANG BEFORE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE TRIAL THERE'S DISAGREEMENT OVER THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF TRYING AN EXPRESIDENT.

THE LAWYERS SAY IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

45 REPUBLICAN SENATORS AGREE.

WHAT SAY YOU?

>> WELL, IT'S NOT ADDRESSED BY THE CONSTITUTION.

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE SENATE CONSIDERED IN THE PAST.

A NUMBER OF TIMES.

AND ALWAYS HELD THAT IMPEACHMENT TRIAL AFTER A FEDERAL OFFICIAL LEAVES OFFICE IS CONSTITUTIONAL AND THEY'VE PROCEEDED.

AND THEY'VE HAD THESE TRIALS IN THE PAST FOR CABINET MEMBERS FOR JUDGES.

SO WHILE IT'S NOT ADDRESSED EXPLICITLY IN THE CONSTITUTION THE PRECEDENT IS CLEAR.

IT'S FAIR FOR THE REPUBLICANS TO RAISE THIS QUESTION.

DURING THE TRIAL.

AND THEY WILL VOTE ON IT.

BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN IMPEACHMENT IS DECIDED BY THE SENATE AND COURTS GENERALLY STAY OUT OF IT.

IT WILL BE UP TO THE SENATE TO DECIDE THIS QUESTION THIS WEEK.

>> THERE IS PRECEDENT FOR THIS.

LET'S LISTEN TO BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ON THEIR VIEWS OF THIS TRIAL GOING FORWARD.

>> IMPEACHMENT IS A POLITICAL PROCESS.

WE'VE NEVER IMPEACHED A PRESIDENT ONCE OUT OF OFFICE.

45 PLUS REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO VOTE EARLY ON IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF HOW THE TRIAL ENDS.

IT'S A QUESTION OF WHEN IT ENDS.

>> TRUTH AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE ESSENTIAL.

SOME PEOPLE SAY LET THIS GO AWAY.

OH, NO, WHEN SOMETHING AS HORRIBLE THAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6TH BECAUSE YOU CANNOT SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG.

YOU MUST HAVE ALL THE TRUTH COME OUT AND THEN THE ACCOUNTABILITY ONCE THE TRUTH COMES OUT.

>> CONNIE MIXON BARRING A MAJOR CHANGE OF HEART FROM AT LEAST A DOZEN G.O.P.

SENATORS THE VOTES ARE NOT THERE TO CONVICT.

WHAT IS THE POINT OF A TRIAL IF IT WILL LIKELY END UP IN AN ACQUITABLE?

>> RIGHT.

I THINK YOU ARE CORRECT.

EVERYTHING IS SEEN THROUGH A PARTISAN LENS THE OUTCOME IS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION N MY VIEW THE SENATE NEEDS TO PROCEED WITH THE TRIAL PARTICULARLY WHEN PRESENTED WITH AN ARTICLE OF IMPEACHMENT FROM THE HOUSE AND DOING LESS THAN THIS, WILL SEND A MESSAGE THAT FUTURE PRESIDENTS CAN EVADE RESPONSIBILITY.

ULTIMATELY, THERE HAS TO BE SOME RECKONING WITH WHAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 6TH AND ITH I THAT IS THE POINT OF IT AND THE HOUSE MANAGERS WILL BE MAKING THEIR CASE TO THE PUBLIC.

AND DOCUMENTING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AND HISTORIANS WHAT DID OCCUR DURING THIS TIME.

>> AND MICHAEL KANG THE CHARGE IS INCITEMENT OF INSURRECTION.

AND G.O.P.

CONGRESSWOMAN PUT THE ONUS ON DONALD TRUMP FOR WHAT HAPPENED.

TALK TO ME OF THE STRENGTH OF THE CASE YOU BELIEVE THE HOUSE MANAGERS ARE BRINGING HERE?

>> WELL, I THINK I AGREE WITH CONNIE THAT DONALD TRUMP'S CONDUCT IS OUTRAGEOUS IT IS AN ASSAULT ON A BRANCH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

I DO THINK THE DEMOCRATS IN PARTICULAR FEEL A NEED TO MAKE A STATEMENT HERE.

EVEN THOUGH TRUMP LEFT OFFICE, THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR AND THIS IS DISQUALIFYING BEHAVIOR.

THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW IS NOT WHETHER TO REMOVE DONALD TRUMP FROM OFFICE HE IS GONE SINCE JANUARY 20.

THE QUESTION IS WHETHER HE OUGHT TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR FEDERAL OFFICE AGAIN.

>> IS THERE ANYWAY TO HAVE THAT VOTE BASED ON THE 14TH AMENDMENT WITHOUT A CONVICTION IN AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL?

>> YES, LESS CLEAR UNDER THE 14TH AMENDMENT.

THERE IS NOT A LOT OF PRECEDENT ON THAT.

IT'S CLEAR THAT CONGRESS HAS TO DO SOMETHING IN TERMS OF EXECUTION OF THAT PROVISION OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT.

IT'S NOT SELF EXECUTING.

>> A LOT UNCHARTERED TERRITORY.

CONNIE, THE DEFENSE, SO FAR, BASED ON LEGAL BRIEFS FILED BY TRUMP'S LAWYERS IS THAT TRUMP CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTION OF WHAT THEY SAY ARE A SMALL GROUP OF CRIMINALS.

IS THAT A COMPELLING DEFENSE?

>> I DON'T THINK IT IS.

YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY WILL START OUT IN FACT, TOMORROW, MAKING THE ARGUMENT OVER AGAIN ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HOLDING THE TRIAL IS CONSTITUTIONAL.

AND THAT THE PRESIDENT'S WORDS EVEN IF THEY ARE LIES ARE PROTECTED UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THAT HE DIDN'T INCITE THE RIOTERS.

BUT YOU KNOW, OUR BILL OF RIGHTS ARE DESIGNED TO PROTECT CITIZENS FROM THE ACTIONS OF OUR GOVERNMENT.

AND DONALD TRUMP WHEN HE SAID THOSE WORDS HE WAS OUR GOVERNMENT.

HE WAS OUR PRESIDENT.

AND ULTIMATELY, I THINK A LOT OF IT IS TO SOW DOUBT ABOUT THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6TH.

AND I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS FOR HOUSE MANAGERS TO KEEP THEIR FOCUS ON THE ACTUAL ARTICLE OF IMPEACHMENT AND FOCUS ON HOW THE PRESIDENT INCITED THAT RIOT AND HOLD TO THEIR CASE.

AND TO ME, THE DEFENSE DOESN'T HOLD MUCH WATER.

>> AND MICHAEL KANG A FEW SECONDS LEFT, BEYOND IMPEACHMENT CONGRESSWOMAN CHENEY ANNOUNCED THERE COULD BE FUTURE PROSECUTION BASED ON THE PRESIDENT'S WORDS.

DO YOU ANTICIPATE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION?

>> IT'S CLEAR THAT DONALD TRUMP WOULD BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IF SOMEONE CHOSE TO GO THAT WAY BUT I DOUBT THAT WILL HAPPEN.

THAT IS POLITICALLY COMPLICATED AND I WOULD BE SURPRISED GOING FORWARD WITH THAT.

>> A LOT TO WATCH FOR.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US OUR THANKS TO CONNIE MIXON AND MICHAEL KANG.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT A LOOK AT WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID VACCINE AND WHO ISN'T.

SO STICK AROUND.

>> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW CHICAGO SMALL BUSINESSES ARE DOING?

THESE ARE MORE THAN JUST SHOPPING CENTERS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THEY ARE GATHERING PLACES WHERE THEY MAINTAIN THEIR CULTURE.

>> ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH DATA ABOUT 2.35% OF ILLINOIS' POPULATION IS FULLY VACCINATED.

WHICH MEANS MILLIONS MORE ARE STILL WAITING.

MANY WON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MONTHS.

AND AS OUR AMANDA VINICKY REPORTS, SOME GROUPS SAY THAT'S NOT FAIR.

AMANDA?

>> IT CAN BE HARD TO FIND COMMON GROUND ON ANYTHING THESE DAYS BUT I'M GUESSING THERE'S NEAR UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT ON THIS MUCH: IT STINKS WHEN SOMEBODY CUTS IN LINE.

WHEN IT COMES TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE, FOLKS ARE LEARNING THAT THE LINE TO GET IT IS LONG.

WE JUST HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF VACCINES RIGHT NOW.

AND THE DOSES ARE NOT ALL THERE FOR EVERYONE THAT WANTS THEM.

>> DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR JULIE MORRISON AND REPUBLICAN SENATOR SUE REZIN BOTH SAY THAT THEY ARE GETTING CALLS DAILY FROM FRUSTRATED CONSTITUENTS OFTEN ELDERLY FOLKS WHO WANT TO GET THE COVID-19 SHOT BUT CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHEN, HOW, WHERE?

IT IS GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER WHO HAS DECIDED WHO ESSENTIALLY GETS TO BE AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE FOR GETTING ONE WHICH POPULATIONS.

AND SUE REZIN SAID HE MADE SOME WRONG CHOICE.

>> IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO INOCULATE HEALTHY PRISONERS OVER PEOPLE MOST AT RISK OF DIEING FROM COVID-19.

THOSE ARE THE PHONE CALLS THAT I HEAR AND I AGREE WITH THEM AS WELL.

>> THERE IS REALLY BROAD AGREEMENT THAT ILLINOIS DID GET IT RIGHT IN THE FIRST PHASE 1A WHEN THE VACCINE WAS GOING TO HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEES, DOCTORS, NURSES, AND RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES LIKE NURSING HOMES.

IT IS THE CURRENT PHASE 1B THAT IS CAUSING CONSTERNATION WHEN PEOPLE OVER 65 ARE ELIGIBLE.

ALSO CERTAIN FRONTLINE WORKERS.

THE GOVERNOR WHO GETS TO MAKE THAT CALL PUT STATE LEGISLATORS AND PRISONERS IN THAT PHASE.

ALAN MILLS WITH THE UPTOWN PEOPLE'S LAW CENTER SAYS IT'S FOR GOOD REASON.

HE SAID COVID-19 SPREADS IN PRISONS AND JAILS WHERE PHYSICAL DISTANCING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

AND GUARDS GOING IN AND OUT CAN LEAD TO COMMUNITY SPREAD.

AND I ASKED HIM TO RESPOND, HOWEVER, TO CRITICS WHO SAY THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BROKEN THE LAW SHOULDN'T GET PREFERENCE.

>> SINCE I AM A LAWYER I WILL GIVE YOU THE LEGAL ANSWER WHICH IS THAT FOR PRISONERS IT IS NOT A PRIVILEGE IT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.

UNLIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN SOCIETY BECAUSE WE TAKE AWAY THE ABILITY OF PRISONERS TO SEEK THEIR OWN MEDICAL CARE, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HELD BACK IN THE 1970s, THAT THE STATE HAS AN OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE TO PRISONERS.

>> MILLS SAYS THERE IS A MORAL REASON FOR VACCINATING PRISONERS AND INMATES.

>> PRISONERS SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

THEY COMMITTED A CRIME BUT THEY DIDN'T LOSE THEIR HUMANITY.

>> THERE'S ALSO THE ISSUE OF WHO IS CONSIDERED AN ELIGIBLE FRONTLINE WORKER.

TEACHERS HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF ATTENTION AND THEY ARE ELIGIBLE IN PHASE 1B.

BUT PROFESSOR AND OTHERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN ILLINOIS THEY ARE NOT.

>> I FEEL THAT A LOT OF TIMES HIGHER ED IS FORGOTTEN IN K-12 IN EDUCATION, IT'S A LOT OF FOCUS ON K-12.

AND WE'RE JUST ALL AS IMPORTANT.

>> WHILE MANY FACULTY AND UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES ARE WORKING REMOTELY, OTHERS WELL, THEY ARE WORKING ON A&M CAMPUS.

>> BUT THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE OF THE STUDIOS, THE LABS, EVEN PHYSICAL THERAPY CLASSES HANDS ON THAT CANNOT BE TAUGHT IN A REMOTE FASHION AND WE REPRESENT FOOD SERVICE WORKERS PEOPLE THAT ARE CLEANING THE DORMS AND THE CLASSROOMS AND CLEANING WHERE THE TESTING IS OCCURRING.

>> THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONALS OF ILLINOIS, JOHN MILLER SAYS THE UNION AGREES THOSE WORKING VIRTUALLY CAN WAIT GIVEN THE SHORTAGE OF VACCINE AVAILABLE BUT HE SAYS THAT THOSE COLLEGE WORKERS WHO ARE IN WORKING ON CAMPUS THEY SHOULD GET 1B STATUS.

>> THINK ABOUT IT YOU HAVE STATE UNIVERSITIES WITH DORMS OPEN AND BUILDING SERVICE WORKERS IN THOSE DORMITORIES THAT ARE CLEANING AND KEEPING DEALING WITH THE MAINTENANCE COMING IN CONTACT WITH A LOT OF STUDENTS.

THEY SHOULD INCLUDED AS WELL.

>> I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO WORK AND REALIZE SOME OF THE PEOPLE I USED TO TALK TO ARE NOW DEAD.

HAVING ACCESS TO THE VACCINE IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

FOR THOSE THAT REALLY NEED IT, PLEASE INCLUDE THEM IN THAT 1B BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO INTO THE BUILDINGS.

THEY HAVE TO GO DAY-TO-DAY.

>> ALSO GOING INTO BUILDINGS, DAY-TO-DAY, CHICAGO LIBRARIANS.

AND THEY ALSO ARE NOT CONSIDERED TO BE ELIGIBLE IN 1B PER THE CITY'S RULES AND THEY SAY IF THAT IS THE CASE THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO WORKING REMOTELY.

THE ILLINOIS SENATE DOES HAVE A HEARING SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY FOCUSED ON VACCINES.

>> WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE BEING CATEGORIZED AS 1B AND OTHERS ARE NOT?

AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER 1B?

WIN C, 1D, 2A?

I THINK IT'S TIME TO SHARE ALL THIS INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC.

>> IT IS NOT JUST THE ORDER OF DISTRIBUTION ALLOCATION PHASES, SENATORS TELL ME THEY WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHY IT IS THAT ILLINOIS IS LAGGING BEHIND OTHER STATES IN ADMINISTERING THE DOSES THAT IT DOES HAVE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE.

BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> AMANDA, THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, A LOOK AT THE WAY METRA KEEPS TRAINING RUNNING DURING THE BRUTAL WINTER WEATHER.

>> AND THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD INCLUDING A LOOK AT WHETHER THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS MEETING CONSENT DECREE REQUIREMENTS.

BUT FIRST, THIS PAST WEEKEND SAW DANGEROUSLY COLD WEATHER WITH WIND-CHILLS AS LOW AS -30.

AND THE WEEK AHEAD DOES NOT OFFER MUCH RELIEF.

JUST BECAUSE CHICAGO IS IN THE GRIP OF A COLD-SNAP DOESN'T MEAN THE CITY COMES TO A STAND STILL.

NICK BLUMBERG REPORTS ON AN EYE-CATCHING METHOD THAT METRA USES TO KEEP ITS TRAINS RUNNING.

>> IT'S COLDER THAN ANTARCTICA IN CHICAGO.

>> WHEN POLAR VOR VEHICLES AIR THE CITY GOT WORLDWIDE ATTENTION AND IT WASN'T JUST THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES.

CHICAGO'S SO RIDICULOUS LI JIN COLD THAT IN ORDER TO KEEP TRAINS RUNNING THEY HAD TO SET THE TRAIN TRACKS ON FIRE.

THAT'S CALLED CHICAGO IMPROV.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE WE LIGHT THE TRACKS ON FIRE AND IT IS A QUESTION WE GET EVERY YEAR.

THE TRACKS ARE NOT ON FIRE.

THERE IS A GAS BURNER NEXT TO THEM LIKE A GAS STOVE TOP.

>> CALLED SWITCH HEATERS KEEP THE SWITCHES THAT ALLOW TRAINS TO MOVE FROM ONE TRACK TO ANOTHER FROM FREEZING UP.

>> THEY KEEP THE SNOW AND ICE FROM MUCKING UP THE MECHANISM AND IT KEEPS 0 OUR ON TIME PERFORMANCE UP.

>> THERE IS A BUSY SECTION OF TRACK BUILD A CENTURY AGO WHEN GAS SWITCH HEATERS WERE COMMON.

>> A MORE MODERN SWITCH HEATER IS LIKE A HAIR DRYER.

BUT WE CAN'T RETROFIT THIS PLANT WITH THAT TECHNOLOGY.

>> THAT IS BECAUSE THE TRACKS ARE TOO DENSELY LAID TO ACCOMMODATE THE EQUIPMENT.

METRA STICKS WITH THE GAS BURNERS AND HUMAN INTERVENTION LIKE WHEN ICE AND SNOW BUILDS UP UNDER TRAINS LIKE UNDER CARS.

>> THEY RUMBLE THROUGH THE SWITCH AND IT MIGHT KNOCK-OFF THE MUCK AND IF IT FALLS INTO THE SWITCH THERE IS NO SWITCH THAT WILL CLEAR THAT OUT.

>> MEANING CREWS HAVE TO CLEAR THE TRACKS WITH A BROOM OR ICE PIC.

THE SWITCH HEATERS GET ATTENTION BUT NOT ALL MENTAL HEALTH TRA DOES.

AFTER THE POLAR VORTEX IN 2019.

>> WE BOUGHT THESE BIG COLD AIR BLOWERS TO CLEAR SNOW AND ICE FROM THE YARD.

THEY HAVE A BLAST OF LIKE 525-MILES-PER-HOUR.

>> WHETHER YOU SEE METRA WHIPPING UP A WINDSTORM OR A TRAIN OVER FIERY TRACKS REMEMBER IT IS NOT CHICAGO IMPROV JUST OLD-FASHIONED INGENUITY.

FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M NICK BLUMBERG.

>> METRA USES THE MODERN SWITCH HEATERS WHERE THERE IS ROOM FOR THEM BUT THOSE DO NOT GARNER THE SAME ATTENTION AS THE GAS BURNERS.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", A MICROCHIP SHORTAGE IS PLAGUING THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY THAT AND MORE FROM CRAIN'S.

>> IS THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT MEETING CONSENT DECREE REQUIREMENTS?

LEADERS SAY IT'S ACCELERATED COMPLIANCE EFFORTS.

HOW YOUNG PEOPLE ARE COPING WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES LIKE DEPRESSION AND ISOLATION BROUGHT ON BY THE PANDEMIC.

AND EXPLORING MONDAY AND HIS CONNECTION TO CHICAGO AT THE ART INSTITUTE AND THE GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY.

FIRST, TO PARIS FOR MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

>> COULD CHICAGO SEE AN INCREASE IN INDOOR DINING?

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT HINTED THE CITY WAS PLANNING AN ANNOUNCE THE THAT WOULD INVOLVE GUIDANCE FOR RESTAURANTS IN ANTICIPATION OF A VERY LUCRATIVE VALENTINE'S DAY HOLIDAY.

RESTAURANTS ARE ALLOWED TO OPERATE AT 25% CAPACITY INDOORS BUT IT COULD BE EXPANDED TO 50% GIVEN THE STEADILY FALLING COVID-19 POSITIVITY RATE.

>> OUR RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN HARD HIT.

RESTAURANTS, BARS OUR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN GENERAL.

VALENTINE'S WEEKEND IS ONE OF THE BRIGHT SPOTS FOR THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY OVER THE COURSE OF THE FIRST QUARTER A TOUGH TIME FOR THEM, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, ARE DOWN.

THERE'S GROUND TO BE MADE UP I AM AWARE OF THAT WE ARE IN DAILY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LEADING TRADES FOR THE RESTAURANTS.

>> AND STATE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT 1700 NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS AND 35 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

THAT MAKES FOR A STATE-WIDE TOTAL OF 1.41 MILLION CASES WITH 19,668 DEATHS.

AND NOW BACK TO BRANDIS FOR TOP BUSINESS HEADLINES.

>> PARIS, THANK YOU.

THE DIRECTOR OF THE CDC SUGGESTS PASSENGERS ON DOMESTIC FLIGHTS BE TESTED FOR COVID-19 BEFORE BOARDING.

THE JEEP CHEROKEE PLANT IN BELVIDERE IS SHUTTING DOWN FOR A WEEK UNRELATED TO THE PANDEMIC.

AND MONDLESE INTERNATIONAL CLOSES ONE OF THE NABISCO FACTORIES.

HERE IS ANN DWYER.

SO, WE KNOW THE HEAD OF THE CDC IS RECOMMENDING THAT PASSENGERS BE TESTED FOR COVID BEFORE BOARDING ANY WORD WHETHER THIS PLAN WILL BE PUT IN PLACE SOON?

>> IS SOUNDS LIKE RIGHT NOW IT IS A TENTATIVE NOTION IT WOULD BE A HUGE STEP IN THE FEDERAL REGULATORS WERE TO TAKE UP THE SUGGESTION ON THIS.

BASICALLY SHE OBSERVED THAT TESTING BEFORE FLIGHTS WOULD CERTAINLY CURB THE SPREAD OF COVID AND ANALYSTS SAY SHE IS NOT WRONG ABOUT THAT.

THE QUESTION IS HOW TO IMPLEMENT IT?

PETE BUTTIGIEG THE NEW TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY SAID THIS IDEA IS UNDER CONSIDERATION AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS WITHIN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

WE WILL BE WATCHING THE SITUATION CLOSELY SINCE O'HARE AND UNITED ARE HUGE PILLARS OF THE CHICAGO ECONOMY.

>> AND WE SHOULD SPECIFY THEY ARE DISCUSSING THIS FOR DOMESTIC FLIGHTS RIGHT NOW.

THE JEEP CHEROKEE ASSEMBLY PLANT IN BELVIDERE IS SHUTTING DOWN FOR A WEEK.

WHAT DO WE KNOW WHY?

>> WELL, IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM THAT IDLED FORD'S FACTORY EARLIER THIS MONTH.

AND ALSO FACTORIES NATIONWIDE.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY THESE MICROCHIPS THAT RUN EVERYTHING IN YOUR CAR FROM STEREO SYSTEMS TO MAPPING DEVICES, TO YOUR BRAKES, ARE SIMPLY IN VERY SHORT DEMAND GLOBALLY.

MOST OF THE CHIPS ARE MADE IN CHINA.

AND ANALYSTS HAVE BEEN SAYING IN REPORTS TODAY THAT THE SITUATION WITH THE MICROCHIPS SHIPMENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD UNDER COVID CONDITIONS.

BUT THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION IN WASHINGTON MAY HAVE EXACERBATED THE PROBLEM BY BEING AN TO GO THIS PARTICULAR TOWARD CHINA IT COULD BE A LAGGING INDICATOR OF THE TRADE WOES THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION GOT INTO AND SOME OF THE FIGHTS WITH BEIJING.

LONG STORY SHORT THIS IS A ONE-WEEK SHUTDOWN AT THE JEEP PLANT.

WE'LL SEE IF THEY CAN GET BACK AND RUNNING NEXT WEEK.

>> AND THIS MIGHT BE SCARY NEWS FOR COOKIE LOVERS.

NAY NABISCO PLANT SHUTTING DOWN.

WHAT HAS THE COMPANY SAID ABOUT THAT?

>> WELL IT IS A LONGTIME PRODUCTION PLANT THEY MAKE EVERYTHING IN OREOS TO LORNENA DOWNTOWNS.

600 PEOPLE WORK THERE.

AND THE PLANT IS OUTMODED THEY WILL MOVE PRODUCTION ELSEWHERE.

WHAT IS NOTEWORTHY THIS IS DIFFERENT THEY ARE GOING TO MOVE PRODUCTION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.

NOW, A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY GENERATED NEGATIVE HEADLINES WHEN THEY MOVED PRODUCTION TO MEXICO.

AND THEY WERE EXPLICIT IN SAYING THEY ARE NOT DOING THAT THIS TIME.

SO THAT'S NOTEWORTHY.

>> CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS EDITOR ANN DWYER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> A LOOK AT WHETHER C.P.D.

HAS BEEN MEETING ITS CONSENT DECREE REQUIREMENTS.

>> CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT LEADERS SAY THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON THE CONSENT DECREE.

THAT'S THE COURT ORDERED MANDATE FOR POLICE REFORM.

IN A REPORT RELEASED BY THE C.P.D., THE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT'S DOUBLED DOWN ON EFFORTS TO ACCELERATE COMPLIANCE SINCE MARCH AS C.P.D.

HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR DRAGGING ITS HEELS A BIT ON KEEPING UP WITH THE REFORM MANDATES AND BEFORE ANOTHER PROGRESS REPORT IS SET TO BE RELEASED BY THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR AND JOINING US ARE, SHEILA BEDI A CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S PRITZKER'S SCHOOL OF LAW.

AND ROBERT BOIK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE C.P.D.

'S OFFICE OF CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING AND REFORM.

AND NUSRAT CHOUDHURY, LEGAL DROK TORE AT THE A -- DIRECTOR OF THE A.C.L.U.

OF ILLINOIS.

>> SHEILA BEDI REMIND US WHERE C.P.D.

IS RIGHT NOW IN THE CONSENT DECREE PROCESS AND WHAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL HERE IS?

>> WELL, THE CONSENT DECREE PROCESS CAME ABOUT AFTER THE OBAMA JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CAME TO CHICAGO CONDUCTED A WIDE REACHING INVESTIGATION AND CONFIRMED WHAT PEOPLE HAVE LONG KNOWN ABOUT THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT IT IS VIOLENT, THAT IT IS RACIST AND LAWLESS.

AND THIS CONSENT DECREE WAS SUPPOSED TO TRANSFORM THE DEPARTMENT, SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS MANY OF THE POLICY AND PRACTICE POSITIONS THAT HAVE LED TO THE CONCLUSIONS AND THAT INFORMED THAT INVESTIGATION.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR, THE CONSENT DECREE HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE MARCH OF 2019 THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT TAKEN THE CONSENT DECREE SERIOUSLY AND THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DA CREE FAIL -- DECREE FAILED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY POLICING HAPPENS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>> ROBERT BOIK C.P.D.

PUT OUT THE REPORT SAYING IT IS ACCELERATING COMPLIANCE.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT THAT C.P.D.

HAS NOT TAKEN THIS DECONSENT DECREE SERIOUSLY?

>> NO, I DON'T.

AND ONE OF THE MAIN FACTORS IN THE REPORT THAT IS NOTEWORTHY IS THE FACT THAT WE SUBMITTED MORE MATERIALS TO THE MONITOR THIS TIME AROUND THAN IN THE FIRST TWO REPORTING PERIODS COMBINED.

WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IF YOU WANT A GRADE ON YOUR HOMEWORK YOU HAVE TO TURN IT IN.

IT ISN'T JUST A QUANTITY CONVERSATION, IT IS A QUALITY CONVERSATION AS WELL.

AND THAT REALLY IS UP TO THE MONITOR TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WHAT WE'VE SUBMITTED MEETS OF MARK OF COMPLIANCE.

>> NUSRAT CHOUDHURY THE LAST REPORT FROM THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR SAID IT WAS MISSING SO MANY DEADLINES.

YOU HEAR C.P.D.

SAYING IT'S SUBMITTING FAR MORE DOCUMENTS NOW.

IS THAT YOUR VIEW IT IS IMPROVING COMPLIANCE?

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO CONFUSE ACTIVITY WITH ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

AND DOING YOUR HOMEWORK IT IS IMPORTANT BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOMEWORK IS DONE WELL.

I THINK WE ARE SEEING A LACK OF REAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT REPRESENT THE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEEP IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

PEOPLE FROM BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE LIVED POLICE VIOLENCE FOR YEARS AND DECADES.

BUT WHAT WE NEED IS THE CITY ENGAGING WITH THOSE FOLKS.

LISTENING TO THEM.

INCORPORATING THEIR INPUT INTO POLICY, TRAINING AND PRACTICE ON THE GROUND.

THAT IS THE TRUE REPORT CARD AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

>> SHEILA BEDI PICKING UP ON THAT, SOME OF THE NORTH STARS IN THE CONSENT DECREE ARE BETTER TRAININGER, MORE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING, MORE TRANSPARENCY AND ELIMINATION OF THE CODE OF SCIENCE.

HOW MUCH FURTHER -- CODE OF SILENCE.

HOW MUCH FURTHER DOES C.P.D.

NEED TO GO?

>> BEFORE I ADDRESS THAT I WANT TO RESPOND TO BOB.

THE REPORT THAT TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS SUBMITTED 8,000 DOCUMENTS TO THE MONITOR.

KUDOS FOR SUBMITTING THE DOCUMENTS.

IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT HALF OF THOSE DOCUMENTS WERE DOCUMENTS THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD TO PRODUCE AS A RESULT OF THE C.P.D.

VIOLENT RESPONSE TO PROTESTORS THIS SUMMER.

PEOPLE OUT IN THE STREETS PROTESTING IN SUPPORT OF THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES.

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED WITH INCREDIBLY UNLAWFUL RETALIATORY VIOLENCE.

OVER HALF OF THE ACTIVITY THAT THE DEPARTMENT TALKS ABOUT HERE IS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO C.P.D.

'S ACTIONS OVER THE SUMMER.

>> ROBERT BOIK, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND.

IS THAT CORRECT?

THAT YOU ARE TALKING SUBMITTING MORE DOCUMENTS BUT THEY ARE IN RELATION TO THE C.P.D.

'S RESPONSE TO PROTESTS OVER THE SUMMER?

>> BOTH ARE TRUE, YES IT IS TRUE WE SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS TO THE MONITORING TEAM AS PART OF THEIR AFTER ACTION REVIEW OF THE EVENTS THAT TRANSPIRED THIS SUMMER.

AND IT IS ALSO TRUE WE SUBMITTED MORE DOCUMENTS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE CONSENT DECREE THAN IN THE FIRST TWO PERIODS COMBINED.

BUT I WANT TO RESPOND TO THE POINT ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

IT'S A POINT THAT I REALLY AGREE WITH.

I DON'T THINK C.P.D.

WILL GET OUT OF THE CONSENT DECREE UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT MEANINGFUL WAYS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT REALLY MEANS NOT JUST HAVING A STAND ALONE CAPS PROGRAM.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

THAT HAVE TO IMPROVE AND HOW DO WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND TURN IT INTO ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES THAT ARE COMMUNITY INFORMED?

WE RECOGNIZE WE HAVE WORK TO DO ON THAT FRONT.

AND I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER IN THAT REGARD AND WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT FRONT.

>> NUSRAT CHOUDHURY AS WE MENTIONED, THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR IS EXPECTED TO SUBMIT A REPORT SOON.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THAT REPORT WILL FIND IN TERMS OF C.P.D.

'S COMPLIANCE?

>> WELL, I THINK THE REPORT WILL FIND THAT UNFORTUNATELY THE CITY IS NOT DOING WELL ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

IT MEANS REALLY LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHOWN FOR YEARS THAT THEY ARE COMMITTED TO TRYING TO REFORM POLICING IN CHICAGO TO BE MORE FAIR AND MORE SAFE FOR ALL COMMUNITIES MANY AND WHAT WE SAW IN THE LAST FALL WAS THE POLICE MEETING WITH PEOPLE IN A WORKING GROUP AND REJECTING RECOMMENDATIONS IN A PRESS RELEASE AFTER A MEETING.

WE SAW COMMUNITY MEMBERS BROUGHT IN TO TALK ABOUT POLICE IN SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAID LET'S BRING IN YOUNG PEOPLE IMPACTED BY POLICE IN SCHOOLS AND THE CITY NOT RESPONDING TO THAT REQUEST AND THE REPORT THAT THE CITY HAS ISSUED DOESN'T SHOW THAT ANY INPUT FROM YOUNG PEOPLE WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

I ANTICIPATE THE MONITOR WILL GIVE A POOR GRADE TO THE CITY ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IT IS NOT ABOUT THE NUMBER OF HOURS OR DOCUMENTS.

IT'S ABOUT WHAT DOES POLICING LOOK LIKE ON THE GROUND AND THE PAST YEAR HAS SHOWN AS SHEILA MENTIONED IN THE RESPONSE TO PROTESTS AND OF THE HORRIFIC VIDEOS WE ARE ALL SEEING OF THE RAIDS IMPACTING CHILDREN, THE RAIDS THAT IMPACTED ANJANETTE YOUNG, THE RAIDS THAT BRUTALIZED PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT THE PRACTICE IS NOT CHANGING FAST ENOUGH.

>> SHEILA BEDI WHAT ABOUT THAT?

DESPITE WHAT C.P.D.

IS SAYING DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR WILL COME FORWARD AND SAY HOLD ON A SECOND, THE COMPLIANCE STILL IS NOT THERE?

>> WELL, THROUGHOUT THIS REPORTING PERIOD, THE CLIENTS MYSELF AND NUSRAT CHOUDHURY REPRESENT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH THE INDEPENDENT MONITORING TEAM AND CLEAR WITH HER ABOUT THE VIOLATIONS THAT WE'VE DOCUMENTED WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ABUSE THAT PROTESTORS ENDURED THIS SUMMER, WHEN IT COMES TO THE RAIDS ISSUES THAT NUSRAT CHOUDHURY DESCRIBED WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THE REPORT WOULD ENGAGE WITH THOSE COMPLAINTS AND OTHERS.

WE ALSO SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS TO THE MONITORING TEAM ABOUT THE UNEQUAL POLICING WE SAW DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN OFFICERS FOCUSED THEIR EFFORTS ON DISPERSION SAL ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MOST LIKELY TO ENDURE POLICE VIOLENCE ARE HOPING THE DOCUMENTS REFLECT THOSE.

IT IS NOT ABOUT SHIFTING PAPER.

IT IS ABOUT ELIMINATING THE RACIALIZED VIOLENCE THAT THE C.P.D.

HAS BEEN KNOWN FORMENTO'S GENERATIONS.

>> WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT HERE.

THANK YOU TO SHEILA BEDI, ROBERT BOIK AND NUSRAT CHOUDHURY THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW BRANDIS WE GO BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A LOT ON THEIR PLATE.

REMOTE LEARNING AMID THE BACK AND FORTH OVER A RETURN TO I IN-PERSON LEARNING APPLYING TO COLLEGE IN A PANDEMIC AND WORKING THROUGHOUT COVID.

WHAT SOMETIMES GETS SWEPT ASIDE ARE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND SOME ARE SEEING THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE OF YOUNG PEOPLE SUFFERING STRESS, DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY.

JOINING US WITH MORE ARE Dr. JUDITH ALLEN, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO AND ANTHONY WRIGHT A SOCIAL WORKER WITH CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

JUDITH, LET'S START WITH YOU, WORKING THROUGHOUT THE CITY HAVE YOU NOTICED AN INCREASE IN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE?

>> WE HAVE.

ONE OF THOSE WE'VE SEEN IN THE CAMPUSES WE PROVIDE SUPPORT WHICH IS 170 IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM MORE KIDS ARE RESPONDING TO ANXIETY BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT AND THERE IS NO PLAN IN PLACE AND A LACK OF STRUCTURE IS CREATING THAT STRESS AND ANXIETY IN KIDS AS REPORTED BY TEACHES AND PARENTS.

>> ANTHONY WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM STUDENTS WHAT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART LIVING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC?

>> I THINK YOU'RE MUTED.

I'M SORRY THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON.

ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS I'VE SEEN IS STUDENTS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THEIR EMOTIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO COMPLEX AND DEAL MORE THAN JUST WITH COVID THEY ARE DEALING WITH VIOLENCE AND ISSUES THAT HOME.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS HELPING KIDS TO IDENTIFY THEIR FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS AND GIVING THEM THE TOOLS TO BETTER MANAGE THOSE EMOTIONS.

BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS THAT DEALING WITH COMPLEX EMOTIONS AND IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO ARTICULATE ANY ONE THING THAT IS GOING ON.

>> AS A SOCIAL WORKER YOU HAVE HAD TO SWITCH YOUR COUNSELING FROM IN-PERSON TO VIRTUAL HOW HAS THAT GONE FOR STUDENTS?

AND WHAT CHALLENGES DOES THAT PRESENT?

>> C.P.S.

HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN GETTING MOST STUDENTS COMPUTERS BUT THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH CONNECTIVITY SOMETIMES THE SERVICE IS NOT AS GREAT AND WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING THE SOME OF KIDS TO LOG ON FOR SERVICES.

AND SO THAT'S BEEN A BIG CHALLENGE GETTING THE KIDS TO LOG ON AS WELL AS HAVING STRONG CONNECTIVITY TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES.

>> AND ALSO WHAT IS MISSING WHEN YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO MEET WITH THEM OR SEE THEM IN PERSON?

>> WHAT IS MISSING?

>> HOW DOES THE MEETING ITSELF HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO HELP THEM WHEN ARE YOU NOT ABLE TO SEE THEM IN PERSON?

>> WELL, WHEN I DON'T SEE THEM IN PERSON I DO PHONE CALLS TO THE PARENT.

TO DO CONSULT WITH PARENTS OVER THE PHONE AND TRY TO TALK TO THE STUDENT OVER THE PHONE TO CHECK IN.

BUT IT'S HARD TO GAUGE HOW A KID IS DOING OVER THE PHONE AND EVEN REMOTELY WHEN THE CAMERA IS NOT ON.

MOSTLY JUST PHONE CALLS, E-MAILS, JUST TRYING TO GAUGE HOW THE STUDENTS ARE DOING IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT TASK AT THIS POINT.

>> JUDITH WHAT ARE SIGNS THAT THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR IF THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT A YOUNG PERSON IN THEIR CARE?

>> RIGHT.

THERE IS A DISTINCTION HERE AND ANTHONY HIT ON THAT IT'S BEING ABLE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS.

THE NUISANCES THAT YOU MAY NOT SEE LOOKING REMOTELY WITH A STUDENT.

FOR PARENTS IT'S PAYING ATTENTION TO THE THINGS WHERE THERE IS A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE.

WHAT DEVIATED FROM NORMAL, YOUR NORMAL IS DIFFERENT FOR EVERY CHILD.

WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT IS NORMAL AND WHEN ARE THINGS OFF THEY ARE PULLING AWAY.

BECAUSE THEY LIKE PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND THEY ARE WITHDRAWING FROM THE THINGS THEY USED TO LOVE TO DO.

AND WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WE DON'T TRY 0 MINIMIZE HOW THE KIDS ARE FEELING.

IT'S LIKE HELP THEM GIVE A VOICE TO IT IF YOU SEE A CHILD STRUGGLING ASK THEM TO TALK TO US.

HELP THEM PUT WORDS TO WHAT THEY ARE FEELING.

>> WE SPOKE WITH KAYLIE DAHMS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL WHAT IT'S LIKE NOT HAVING AN OUTLET FOR STRESS LIKE SPORTS FOR EXAMPLE.

>> IT'S TOUGH FOR ANYBODY AND I THINK ANY AGE.

I THINK A LOT OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE MEDIA IS SHOWING THE EFFECTS IT DOES TO HIGH SCHOOLERS.

I LOST MY DAD WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND I REMEMBER BEING 10 AND HAVING SOCCER BEING MY OUTLET AND KNOWING THERE ARE LITTLE GIRLS OUT THERE AND KIDS IN GENERAL NOT HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET THROUGH WHATEVER THEY ARE GOING THROUGH IS TOUGH.

>> JUDITH WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND AS COPING MECHANISMS FOR KIDS?

>> FINDING A CONNECTIVITY.

BECAUSE ONE OF THE ASPECTS WE KNOW ABOUT SPORES OR CLUBS IT WAS ABOUT THE SOCIALIZATION.

ANY CHANCE WE CAN GET KIDS TO CONNECT TO OTHER KIDS.

WE ARE SOCIAL CREATURES ANY CHANCE WHETHER IT BE ZOOM, OR GOING FOR A WALK WITH FAMILY ANYTHING TO CONNECT WITH ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THAT WILL BE KEY.

EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT OFFSET WHAT THEY BENEFIT FROM BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT CONNECTIVITY TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.

>> KIDS SOME ARE IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY'VE SEEN PARENTS SUFFER FROM COVID-19.

IN SOME CASES FAMILY MEMBERS DYING FROM IT.

THE MAJORITY IN CHICAGO BLACK AND LATINO.

ANTHONY, HOW HAVE YOU SEEN DEALING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AFFECTED BY THE VIRUS AFFECT YOUNG PEOPLE?

>> WELL, IT'S REALLY AFFECTED YOUNG PEOPLE IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

IN TERMS OF EVEN HAVING CLOSURE IN TERMS OF FUNERALS.

THEY'VE MINIMIZED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO COULD GO TO THE FUNERAL HOME, BURIAL SITES SO A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING CLOSURE.

AND NOT BEING ABLE TO ARTICULATE WHAT THEY ARE FEELING.

I THINK AS A TOOL, YOU KNOW TO HELP NORMALIZE ASK THEM TO JOURNAL, DEBRIEFING, MEDITATION, EXERCISE, REALLY TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO HELP THEM COPE WITH THE GRIEF THAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH FROM THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR A YOUNG PERSON BECAUSE OF THEIR INABILITY TO EXPRESS WHAT IS GOING ON BECAUSE THEY ARE DEALING WITH COMPLEX EMOTIONS NOT JUST ONCE AGAIN THE COVID OR THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE BUT OTHER PREEXISTING ISSUES THAT WERE EXISTING PRIOR TO.

>> HEAVY LOAD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

THANKS TO JUDITH ALLEN AND ANTHONY WRIGHT FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> UP NEXT, EXPLORING MONET AND HIS CONNECTION TO CHICAGO AT THE ART INSTITUTE.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> CHICAGO'S HOME TO MORE CLAUDE MONET PAINTINGS THAN ANY OTHER CITY OUTSIDE OF PARIS BECAUSE THE WORKS MADE A STRONG IMPRESSION ON LOCAL COLLECTORS BEGINNING IN THE 1880s.

PAINTINGS FROM THE ART INSTITUTE COLLECTION AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS HAVE COME TOGETHER IN A SHOW CALLED MONET AND CHICAGO.

MARC VITALI HAS THE STORY.

[♪♪♪] >> STEPPING INTO THE WORLD OF CLAUDE MONET YOU SEE THE PLAY OF LIGHT IN THE FAMOUS SERIES OF STACKS OF WHEAT... LANDSCAPES... AND GARDENS.

THE PAINTINGS HE MADE IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES WERE DIFFERENT AND MODERN THEY APPEALED TO THE WELL HEALED CITIZENS OF A YOUNG CITY THAT SAW ITSELF AS MODERN.

>> MONET NEVER CAME TO CHICAGO BUT HIS INFLUENCE IS EVERYWHERE IN THE MUSEUM AND EVEN CHICAGO ASSOCIATES ITSELF WITH THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST AND WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE THAT BECAUSE WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT WE HAVE 33 MONETS IN OUR COLLECTION.

>> CHICAGOLAND COLLECTORS WERE GENEROUS.

WE HAVE WORKS FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.

THOSE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITING WHEN YOU PUT THEM IN DIALOGUE WITH PAINTINGS THAT WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT SINCE THE 1890s.

>> SCORES OF MONETS WERE COLLECTED BY THE PALMER AND RYERSON FAMILIES.

IN 1888 REVIEW IN THE TRIBUNE ASKED WHY GO TO PARIS SINCE PARIS HAS COME TO CHICAGO?

>> WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT A MONET YOU ARE THINKING OF AN ARTIST THAT DOESN'T USE THE INTERMEDIARY OF DRAWING TO GET WHERE HE IS GOING.

THAT IS ONE OF THE INNOVATIONS THAT THEY DIDN'T SPEND THE TIME MAKING CAREFUL DRAWINGS THAT THEY WOULD ENLARGE INTO A PAINTING.

EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE IT WAS DONE IN ONE GO.

AND WE KNOW THAT HE WAS ALL ABOUT OBSERVATION THAT HE PAINTED ON PLAIN AIR OUTDOORS.

BUT AFTER WE'VE LOOKED AT THEM WITH INFRARED AND X-RAYS AND THE WONDERFUL TOOLS WE HAVE NOW, WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT OH, MY GOSH.

THIS WAS AN ARTIST WHO STRUGGLED WHO CHANGED HIS MIND AN ARTIST WHO CAME BACK IN THE STUDIO AND THAT IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENED.

THE FIRST IMPRESSION BECOMES SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

>> MONET SPENT YEARS PAINTING HIS GARDENS NEAR PARIS.

THIS EXHIBIT HAS A COMPANION SHOW IN A GARDEN AT GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY WHERE A TEAM FOUND INSPIRATION IN THE FRENCH PAINTER.

>> I TOOK ELEMENTS FROM PAINTING THE COLORS THE TEXTURES, SPECIFIC FLOWERS THAT WERE IN HIS PAINTING AND IN THE GARDEN.

>> HE LOVEED AND HE ALWAYS LET THEM SPRAWL OUT INTO THE PATHWAYS.

JUST TO BREAK UP THE LINES A LITTLE BIT.

>> SOME THINGS I FOUND IN HIS PAINTINGS SOME THINGS I FOUND IN HIS GARDEN SUCH AS THE MEXICAN SUNFLOWER.

HE LOVED HIS DAHL YEAHS, I HAD TO INCLUDE THE DAILY YEAHS.

>> IT IS OUTDOORS AND WILL LAST UNTIL THE WEATHER CHANGES.

THE SHOW HAD TO A DAP IT TO THE NEW REALITY.

>> WE HAD TO RECONRECEIVED.

I LIKE DRAMATIC LIGHTING AND DARKROOMS AND OF COURSE YOU DON'T WANT THAT YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE BUMPING INTO EACH OTHER.

>> AND ADDED EXTRA SPACE TO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL DISTANCE.

>> I THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO KNOW OUR COLLECTION ARE GOING TO BE ASTOUNDED AND SEE THE COLLECTION IN A MUCH DIFFERENT LIGHT AND ALSO FOR CHICAGOANS THIS IS THE EXHIBITION ABOUT THEIR CITY AND ABOUT THEIR MUSEUM.

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

>> AND THE SHOW AT THE GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY HAS SINCE CLOSED.

THE EXHIBITION AT THE ART INSTITUTE IS CALLED MONET AND CHICAGO AND RUNS THROUGH JUNE 14TH.

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>> AND THAT OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

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AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. WE TALK IMPEACHMENT AND STIMULUS NEGOTIATIONS WITH ILLINOIS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

>> AND A JEWISH CONGREGATION THAT CATERS TO THE DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED STRUGGLES TO STAY AFLOAT.

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

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.