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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

>> PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT WHAT I SAID WAS TOTALLY APPROPRIATE.

>> MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DISCUSS ANOTHER PRENNAL IMPEACHMENT AND INAUGUST REAGAN SECURITY AFTER THE RIOT AND THE STORMING OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING.

>> THE BRUTALITY THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WATCHED WILL NOT BE TOLERATED BY THE F.B.I.

>> WHAT RIOTERS AT THE CAPITOL BUILDING BEING CHARGED WITH?

A FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR WEIGHS IN.

>> ONE-ON-ONE WITH COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX AND HER REACTION TO THE RIOTS AT THE K, POLICE REFORM AND MORE.

>> CHANGE IN THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE IS IN DESPERATE NEED.

>> LAST-MINUTE JOCKEYING AHEAD OF THE VOTE FOR HOUSE SPEAKER.

WE ARE LIVE FROM THE STATE'S CAPITOL.

>> IF YOU'VE MISSED YOUR CALL TO GET ON THE PLANE YOU HAVE NOT MISSED YOUR OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE PLANE TAKES OFF.

>> Dr. EMILY LANDON FROM U CHICAGO MEDICINE ON THE COVID-19 VACCINE ROLLOUT, CHICAGO'S POSITIVITY RATE AND MORE.

>> AND A CHAINSAW ARTIST FROM CHICAGO CARVES TREE TRUNKS INTO WILDLIFE.

TOP STORIES... A CHICAGO MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY THREATENING VIOLENCE AT THE PRESIDENTIAL INNING A R INAUGURATION.

LEWIS CAP ATTY LEFT A VOICE MAIL SAYING IN JOE BIDEN WAS INAUGURATED WE WILL SURROUND THE WHITE HOUSE AND KILL ANY DEMOCRAT THAT STEPS ON THE LAWN.

THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS HE HAS A HISTORY OF PROFANE VOICE MESSAGES FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

HE FACES ONE FEDERAL FELONY CHARGE OF THREATENING TO COMMIT VIOLENCE AND WE HAVE MORE ON OUR WEBSITE INCLUDING HIS COURT APPEARANCE TODAY.

>> AN ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN SHELTERING IN A CAPITOL ROOM WITH LAWMAKER SOME REFUSING TO WEAR A MASK ANNOUNCES HE HAS COVID-19.

BRAD SCHNEIDER GOT TESTED AT THE ADVICE OF THE HOUSE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN.

THIS AFTER BEING CONFINED AT A SECURE LOCATION WITH REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS HE SAYS REFUSED TO PUT ON A MASK DURING THE CAPITOL RIOTS LAST WEEK.

SCHNEIDER SAYS HE HAS YET TO DEMONSTRATE SYMPTOMS BUT IS WORRIED ABOUT EXPOSING HIS WIFE.

WE WILL HAVE MORE ABOUT THIS AND MUCH MORE IN JUST A MINUTE.

>> A CHICAGO ALDERMAN UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION GETS SLAPPED WITH A FINE FROM THE CHICAGO ETHICS BOARD.

THE CHICAGO BOARD FINED ALDERWOMAN CARRIE AUSTIN $145,000 FOR ACCEPTING $48,000 IN EXCESSIVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM A PERSON DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY IN VIOLATION OF CITY LAW.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE ETHICS BOARD LEVIED THE MAXIMUM FINE ALLOWED FOR VIOLATING CHICAGO'S CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW AND THAT STATES THAT ANY COMPANY OR INDIVIDUAL DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY IS LIMITED TO A CONTRIBUTION OF $1600 TO ANY ONE CANDIDATE PER YEAR.

AND ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT 6600 NEW COVID CASES AND 117 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

THE CASE COUNT IS OVER 1,040,168 WITH 17743 DEATHS AND THE STATE-WIDE TEST POSITIVITY RATE IS 8.6%.

>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPOKE PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE RIOTS ON THE CAPITOL.

LISTEN WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.

>> ON THE IMPEACHMENT IT'S REALLY A CONTINUATION OF THE GREATEST WITCH HUNT IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICS.

IT'S RIDICULOUS.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

THIS IMPEACHMENT IS CAUSING TREMENDOUS ANGER AS YOU ARE DOING IT AND IT'S REALLY A TERRIBLE THING THAT THEY'RE DOING.

FOR NANCY PELOSI AND CHUCK SCHUMER TO CONTINUE ON THIS PATH, I THINK IT'S CAUSING TREMENDOUS DANGER TO OUR COUNTRY AND IT'S CAUSING TREMENDOUS ANGER.

I WANT NO VIOLENCE.

>> HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS, THE SECOND IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT AND MUCH MORE ARE CONGRESSMAN MIKE QUIGLEY A DEMOCRAT REPRESENTING ILLINOIS' FIFTH DISTRICT INCLUDING PART OF CHICAGO'S NORTH SIDE AND STRETCHES TO PARTS OF ELMHURST.

JANICE JACKSON A DEMOCRAT REPRESENTING ILLINOIS' -- JAN SCHAKOWSKY, CHICAGO'S NORTH SIDE AND SERVES IN LEADERSHIP AS THE SENIOR CHIEF DEPUTY WHIP.

AND CONGRESSWOMAN ROBIN KELLY A DEMOCRAT REPRESENTING THE SECOND DISTRICT THE FAR SOUTHEAST SIDE AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS.

WE INVITED EVERY MEMBER AND NONE ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION BUT WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US.

CONGRESSWOMAN JAN SCHAKOWSKY, THE MESSAGING STRATEGY FROM THE TRUMP FRIENDLY REPUBLICANS IS THAT AN IMPEACHMENT WOULD BE DIVISIVE WHEN THE NATION NEEDS TO HEAL.

YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT IS THERE RISK OF FURTHER VIOLENCE AND TERROR IF IMPEACHMENT GOES FORWARD?

>> WELL, ACTUALLY WE HAD A BRIEFING ON THE PLANS SEVERAL VIOLENT GROUPS ARE MAKING TO COME HERE NEXT WEEK TO THE CAPITOL.

NOTHING IS GOING TO STOP THEM.

AND THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT SAID TO THEM I LOVE YOU.

YOU ARE SO SPECIAL.

HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS DEALING WITH.

AND THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THE VIOLENCE.

WE NEED TO IMPEACH THIS PRESIDENT WHO IS ENCOURAGING AND SIGHTING AN -- INCITING AN INSURGENCY IN THIS COUNTRY.

IT WOULD BE SO WRONG FOR HISTORY IF WE WOULD NOT CONDUCT THIS WHAT I BELIEVE WILL BE A BIPARTISAN IMPEACHMENT OF THIS PRESIDENT.

>> IT CERTAINLY DOES APPEAR IT WILL BE BIPARTISAN.

THE PRESIDENT SAID TODAY THAT PEOPLE WHOEVER THEY ARE LOOKED AT HIS SPEECH AND SAID QUOTE IT WAS TOTALLY APPROPRIATE.

AND REPORTING DURING THE RIOTS THE PRESIDENT DID NOT ACT AND "THE NEW YORK TIMES" TOOK DELIGHT IN WHAT WAS HAPPENING IT WAS HARD TO GET HIM TO ACT AT ALL.

IS THERE ANYWAY TO READ THAT HIS WORDS DIDN'T INCITE THIS AND HE PLAYS A LARGE ROLE IN THIS?

>> SURE AND I THINK YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE IT IN A BIPARTISAN MANNER.

IT'S CLEAR THE PRESIDENT STARTED A RIOT.

LIZ CHENEY'S STATEMENT THIS EVENING SAYING THAT SHE IS IN FAVOR OF IMPEACHMENT AND WHY.

SHE SPELLED OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

AND EVEN TED CRUZ, CULPABLE IN ALL THIS SAID THAT THE PRESIDENT ACTED RECKLESS.

LEADER McCARTHY SAID THAT THE PRESIDENT IN A PRIVATE CONVERSATION ADMITTED SOME RESPONSIBILITY.

IT IS SO BLATANTLY OBVIOUS.

AND HE IS ACTING LIKE HE HAS FOR FOUR YEARS.

HE HAS NEVER BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND WE'RE TRYING TO FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>> AND IT APPEARS MORE REPUBLICANS ARE HOLDING HIM ACCOUNTABLE YOU MENTIONED G.O.P.

REPRESENTATIVE LIZ CHENEY.

CONGRESSWOMAN KELLY, ADAM KINZINGER HAS COME OUT IN FAVOR OF IMPEACHMENT.

HOW MANY REPUBLICANS DO YOU THINK WILL BE ON THIS?

>> WELL, OF COURSE, HOPING FOR AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE SAY THINGS IN PRIVATE LIKE THEY HAVE ALL ALONG DURING DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WALKING THE TALK IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

THERE ARE REPUBLICANS THAT SAID THINGS TO ME BUT HAVE NOT SAID THEY ARE GOING TO SIGN ON TO THIS BUT WITH LIZ CHENEY AND MITCH McCONNELL LOOKING AT THIS MAYBE THAT WILL RELEASE SOME OF THE REPUBLICANS TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

>> AND IN FACT, REPUBLICANS REPORTEDLY SAID THEY FEAR FOR THEIR PHYSICAL SAFETY IF THEY DRAW THE IRE OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS AND THE ISSUE OF 14TH AMENDMENT SECTION 3 STATES QUOTE NO PERSON SHALL BE A SENATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS OR ELECT TORE OF PRESIDENT OR VICE-PRESIDENT OR HOLD ANY OFFICE UNDER THE UNITED STATES WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN INSURRECTION OR GIVEN AID OR COMFORT TO THE ENEMIES THEREOF.

JAN SCHAKOWSKY AND THIS WOULD REQUIRE A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.

WOULD THERE BE A VOTE ON THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO EXPEL TRUMP FROM EVER HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE AND WOULD THAT EXPAND TO ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS?

>> THAT IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE GOALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET RID OF HIS MEN AS FOREVER.

AND BUT IT ALSO COULD BE DONE THROUGH THE TRIAL THAT IS HELD IN THE SENATE FOLLOWING THE IMPEACHMENT IN THE HOUSE IF WE GET TO THAT.

THE CONSEQUENCES IS THAT HE COULD NEVER RUN AGAIN AND NEVER TAKE HIS $200,000 PENSION.

HE COULD NOT HAVE HIS MILLIONS... >> I THINK WE LOST YOU THERE.

CONGRESSMAN -- >> AND HE COULD NOT [INAUDIBLE] >> CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY, SENATOR McMON CONNELL SAYS HE IS IN FAVOR OF IT.

DO YOU SEE 17 REPUBLICAN SENATORS SIGNING ON AND CONVICTING DONALD TRUMP?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT MAYBE WE'VE REACHED THAT TIPPING POINT.

AS MENTIONED THEY ARE NOT IN SESSION.

IF THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT, THE TIMING SEEMS TO INDICATE NO MATTER WHAT HE SAYS THEY PROBABLY WON'T DO IT UNTIL AFTER THE INAUGURATION.

>> CONGRESSWOMAN KELLY, YOU TALKED ABOUT REPUBLICANS SAYING THINGS MAYBE IN PRIVATE BUT NOT IN PUBLIC.

DO YOU THINK THAT THE MAJORITY LEADER'S SUPPORT FOR THIS OPENS UP COVERS REPUBLICANS TO SIGN ON?

>> I THINK FOR SOME OF THEM, IT WOULD GIVE THEM COVER.

BUT LIKE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE BASE AND THE TRUMP BASE AND WHAT THE TRUMP BASE WILL DO AND THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR REELECTIONS.

THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T SPEAK UP.

>> CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY WHEN YOU WERE FLYING BACK AFTER ALL THIS WENT DOWN, ON THE PLANE IT WAS A TENSE MOMENT.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THAT WAS LIKE?

YOU WERE ON THE PLANE WITH A LOT OF FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE ACTIVITIES?

>> I THINK THE MOST DISTURBING PART OF GOING HOME WAS HAVING THE GATES AT THE AIRPORT AND THEY WERE HAVING A PEP RALLY CELEBRATION OF THEIR VICTORY THAT THEY HAD HAD ON WEDNESDAY.

HAVING NOT SLEPT THE NIGHT BEFORE THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SEE.

AND YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD THE THREATS TO THE VICE-PRESIDENT.

AND THEN A LOT OF THESE FOLKS GOT ON THE PLANE UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THEIR EXTRAORDINARILY DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR AND WHAT THEY WERE SAYING AND DOING, WE HAD TO DEBOARD A NUMBER OF PASSENGERS WERE KICKED OFF.

A NUMBER MORE COULD HAVE BEEN KICKED OFF.

I FELT FOR THE SAFETY I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE CREW.

AND IT TELLS US THE THREAT THAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT FOR THE INAUGURATION IS REAL.

THE THREATS OUR STATE CAPITOLS AND OTHERS ARE REAL.

BUT THIS THREAT EXTENDS IN AN ATTEMPT THAT THE PRESIDENT INCITED TO DISCOURAGE LAWMAKERS FROM DOING THEIR JOB.

>> WE ARE GOING TO DIG MORE LATER IN THE PROGRAM AND WE INVITED EVERY REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION AND NONE ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION.

WE ARE GLAD THAT MIKE QUIGLEY, JAN SCHAKOWSKY AND ROBIN KELLY JOINED US.

THANK YOU AND WE'LL SEE EVERYONE IN JUST A BIT.

AND WE WILL BE JOINED BY THE CONGRESS MEMBERS TO TALK ABOUT A COVID BREAK OUT ON CAPITOL HILL.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREATS OF VIOLENCE.

BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> LESS THAN 24 HOURS REMAIN IN THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND SPRINGFIELD BUZZING WITH ACTIVITY.

INCLUDING NEGOTIATIONS "ABOUT FACE: STONEWALL, REVOLT AND NEW QUEER ART" WHO WILL BE THE NEXT SPEAKER OF THE ILLINOIS HOUSE?

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW.

>> IT HAS BEEN A LONG ONE ON THIS FINAL FULL DAY OF THE 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUT IT IS NOT OVER YET AND NOT BY A LONGSHOT.

THE SENATE JUST GETTING IN AND BEGINNING TO MEET MINUTES AGO.

AND GOT TWO THINGS HAPPENING WITH LAWMAKERS RUSHING TO PASS BILLS AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S DEADLINE BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THERE WILL BE A NEW GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS NEW CROWD OF LEGISLATORS ARE SWORN INTO OFFICE.

ALSO DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE NEGOTIATING AMONGST THEMSELVES AS TO WHO AT THAT POINT WILL WIN THE SPEAKER'S GAVEL.

LONG TIME SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN GAVE A JOLT TO THE RACE WHEN YESTERDAY IN A SURPRISE AFTER A LACK OF SUPPORT HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS SUSPENDING BUT NOT DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE.

AND YOU DID ALSO HAVE THE FIRST DEMOCRAT TO OPENLY CHALLENGE HIM FOR THE SPEAKER'S POSITION REPRESENTATIVE STEPHANIE KIP KIFOWIT IS ANNOUNCING SHE IS DROPPING.

JAY HOFFMAN IS A LONGTIME REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE METRO EAST AREA AND HE IS CLOSE WITH TRADITIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIES LIKE LABOR UNIONS AND TRIAL LAWYERS AND REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS WELCH AND REPRESENTATIVE ANN WILLIAMS FROM CHICAGO'S NORTHWEST SIDE.

NOW, PREVIOUSLY, THE POWERFUL VOTING BLOC OF BLACK LEGISLATORS ENDORSED MADIGAN BUT AFTER THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, THE BLACK CAUCUS GETTING BEHIND WELCH.

THEY SAY HE IS A LEADER THAT CAN UNITE.

WELCH WAS BUSY TRYING TO GET THE NECESSARY VOTES TO WIN THE SPEAKER'S POSITION AS WELL AS LEADING A HEARING INCLUDING ONE THIS MORNING FOCUSED ON A BILL TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY HOUSING PROTECTIONS AND TO SEAL EVICTION RECORDS.

BUT IT IS NOT A LOCK FOR WELCH AND NOT BY A LONGSHOT.

YOU HAVE WOMEN'S GROUPS ADAMANT WITH A MAJORITY OF WOMEN IN THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS MAKING HISTORY BY WINNING THE GAVEL.

WILLIAMS AMONG THE GROUP OF 19 LEGISLATORS PUT MADIGAN ON THE HOTSEAT BY SAYING SHE WILL NOT SUPPORT HIM FOR ANOTHER TERM.

SHE URGED THE LAWMAKERS TO GO INTO THE BASEMENT AND GET TESTED FOR COVID AS SHE DID.

>> AND THE PEOPLE ADMINISTERING THE TESTS THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN VISITED BY 10-20 PEOPLE A DAY.

THEY HAVE MUCH MORE CAPACITY.

PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A DAILY COVID TEST IT'S NOT TOO PAINFUL.

AND JUST STAY SAFE.

>> NOW, COVID IS CERTAINLY IMPORTANT BUT I WANTED TO PLAY THAT CLIP TO MAKE CLEAR THE DONKEY IF YOU WILL THAT IS IN THE CONVENTION HALL THAT THE HOUSE IS MEETING IN.

AND THAT IS THAT MOST OF THE CONVERSATION FERS AND JOCKEYING FOR THE SPEAKER'S POSITIONS ARE HAPPENING IN PRIVATE NOT IN PUBLIC.

AND DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS THAT LIMIT THE PHYSICAL ABILITY TO CONVERSE WITH LEGISLATORS AS THEY ARE MEETING IT'S HARDER TO GET A TRUE GRASP OF BACK AND FORTH WHAT IS GOING ON.

HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER JIM DURKIN SAID THERE WOULD BE A SAFE WAY TO ALLOW BETTER ACCESS TO THE MEDIA AND BE MOANED THE LIMITATIONS AS UNDEMOCRATIC.

>> IT'S CLEAR WHY THAT IS OCCURRING.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

IT'S BECAUSE THE MAJORITY PARTY IS FRACTURED AND WANTS TO KEEP THINGS AS QUIET AND UNDER THE RUG AS POSSIBLE.

THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT A CHANGE IN DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE IS IN DESPERATE NEED AND MAY JUST HAPPEN SOON ALSO BUT WE HAVE A STATE THAT IS DROWNING IN DEBT.

AND A WEAKENED SPEAKER WHO WILL DO ANYTHING TO MAINTAIN HIS POWER.

DON'T COUNT HIM OUT.

>> REPUBLICANS WHO GOT ARE IN THE SUPER MINORITY IN BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ARE CRITICIZING DEMOCRATS FOR RUSHING THROUGH MAJOR LEGISLATION IN THE 11TH HOUR.

AND SOME OF THIS -- THESE MEASURES WILL ADD MILLIONS OF EXPENSES TO THE STATE.

>> THIS IS A POLITICAL MANEUVER THAT IS INTENDED TO KEEP ILLINOISANS IN THE DARK AND MAKE IMMENSE ECONOMIC DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT GENERATIONS TO COME.

RIGHT NOW THEY ARE FOCUSED ON A MASSIVE GOVERNMENT EXPANSION INSTEAD OF DOING THINGS THAT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING HELPING US GETTING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, ADDRESSING UNEMPLOYMENT FRAUD THAT IS AFFECTING PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE.

AND FIXING OUR STATE BUDGET.

>> NOW, GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER'S OFFICE TAKING UMBRAGE WITH THAT CRITIQUE BUT REPUBLICANS SAY AS THE TOP DEMOCRAT PRITZKER SHOULD BE MORE INVOLVED BOTH ON WHAT IS HAPPENING DURING LAME DUCK AND THE SPEAKER'S RACE ON THE FUTURE OF THE HOUSE.

THE BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN THE FOCUS OF THE LAME DUCK SESSION ARE THOSE PART OF A MASSIVE AGENDA PUT FORTH BY BLACK LEGISLATORS IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD'S KILLING.

THE BLACK CAUCUS' PACKAGE TOUCHES ON EVERYTHING FROM EDUCATION TO EMPLOYMENT BUT REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE DEANNE MAZZOCHI SAYS AT LEAST ONE MEASURE THIS IS ONE THAT RESTRICTS EMPLOYERS FROM MAKING HIRING DECISIONS BASED ON A JOB APPLICANT'S CRIMINAL PAST ARE GOING TO BACKFIRE.

>> YOU WANT TO HAVE HIRED THE PEOPLE WHERE YOU WOULD WANT SOMEONE TO TAKE A CHANCE, YOU HAVE NOW MADE IT INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE FOR THEIR RESUME TO CROSS AN EMPLOYER'S DOOR.

SO WHEN YOU DO THAT, THAT MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO GET CUT OUT.

IT MEANS YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT PEOPLE DESPERATELY NEED.

>> REPRESENTATIVE CURTIS TARVER SAYING THAT HER COMMENTS SHOW WHY A MEASURE LIKE THIS IS NEEDED.

>> AND YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING TRAINING, WE NEED MORE DIVERSITY TRAINING IT'S OFFENSIVE TO TELL SOMEBODY WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM.

THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING AND NOW WE HAVE A BILL THAT WE THINK IS BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY.

THE REASON WHY THERE IS A HIGHLIGHT WE GET ARRESTED AT DISPROPORTIONATE RATES AND WE END UP BACK IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LESS OPPORTUNITIES WHEN WE GET OUT OF JAIL AND OR PRISON.

>> WE COULD AS I SAID, SEE MACHINATIONS GOING LONG INTO THE NIGHT INTO THE WEE HOURS AS I WAS HEADING TO THE STATE HOUSE, HOUSE DEMOCRATS WERE GOING INTO YET ANOTHER PRIVATE MEETING.

THERE ARE STILL ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT A MAJOR PLANNING OF THAT BLACK CAUCUS REFORM AND THAT IS POLICE AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMPONENTS AND OF COURSE THAT RACE FOR HOUSE SPEAKER.

WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST PUBLIC VOTE ON THAT TOMORROW.

UNTIL THEN, BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

SEE YOU LATER.

>> IN 2019 PROTESTORS GATHERED OUTSIDE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX'S OFFICE TO OBJECT TO THE DROPPED CHARGES AGAINST JUSSIE SMOLLETT A FORMER EMPIRE ACTOR.

FAST FORWARD WHEN TRUMP SUPPORTERS STORMED THE U.S. CAPITOL.

WHILE THE EVENTS WERE FUELED BY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES THEY HAVE THE CONNECTION OF BEING ATTENDED BY FAR RIGHT GROUPS.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT BOTH EVENTS IS COOK COUNTY'S STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

SO MANY HAVE CALLED THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL SHOCKING BUT YOU SAID LAST WEEK THAT IT'S NOT THAT SHOCKING TO YOU.

WHY NOT?

>> IT WASN'T SHOCKING TO ME AT ALL.

THE IMAGERY OF SOMEONE HANGING FROM THE SENATE GALLOS OR THE IMAGE OF THE NOOSE OUTSIDE THOSE ARE SHOCKING IMAGES.

BUT THE NOTION THAT ANGRY MOBS OF WHITE SUPREMACISTS GATHERING TO COME AFTER ELECTED LEADERS IS THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED HERE IN CHICAGO IN 2019 THAT WAS LITTLE REPORTING AROUND THE SENSATIONALISM AROUND THE SMOLLETT CASE DIMMED THE ATTENTION ON THE FACT THAT FOUR WHITE NATIONALIST GROUPS, MARCHED ALONGSIDE THE FOP CALLING FOR MY HEAD.

AND THIS WASN'T A DISCUSSION OR ISSUE AROUND HOW I MADE A DECISION IN MY OFFICE.

IT WAS WHITE NATIONALISTS COMING TO HAVE ME REMOVED FROM MY OFFICE.

>> I IMAGINE THAT YOU SEE PARALLELS ABOUT THE PROTESTS THAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE YOUR OFFICE WITH THE RIOTS AT THE CAPITOL LAST WEEK?

>> THE PARALLELS ARE STRAIGHT.

IT WAS YOU KNOW, IN 2019 WHITE NATIONALIST GROUPS WHO FOUND COMFORT IN THE COMRADEDY OF THE FOP LEADERSHIP.

JOHN CATANZARA WAS OUT THERE IN HIS TRUMP JERSEY POSING FOR PICTURES WITH MEMBERS OF QANON AND LAST WEEK WE HAD THE PROUD BOYS, QANON AND OTHERS ANGRILY COMING FOR DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP.

AND WE HAVE JOHN CATANZARA, ONCE AGAIN, DOWN-PLAYING, DIMINISHING THE ROLE OF WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN A PART OF THESE EFFORTS.

>> ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED THAT 2019 RALLY, CURRENT FOP PRESIDENT JOHN CATANZARA I WANT TO SAY WAS INVITED HE HAS BEEN INVITED TO JOIN US HERE ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" HE WAS NOT AVAILABLE THIS EVENING.

WE ARE LOOKING NOW AT THAT PHOTO YOU ARE REFERENCING OF HIM POSING WITH A QANON SUPPORTER.

AS YOU SAID HE DEFENDED THE RIOTERS WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL TELLING WBEZ QUOTE THERE WAS NO ARSON THERE WAS NO BURNING OF ANYTHING THERE WAS NO LOOTING THERE WAS VERY LITTLE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY IT WAS A PUNCH OF PISSED OFF PEOPLE THAT FEEL AN ELECTION WAS STOLEN SOMEHOW SOME WAY.

HE HAS SINCE APOLOGIZED FOR THE REMARKS BUT WHAT DO THE REMARKS TELL YOU?

>> I THINK THEY TELL YOU EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES WE SEVEN-DAY FORECAST IN CHICAGO ARE SO FRACTURED.

IT TELLS ME WHILE TRUMP IS LAW AND ORDER HE CARES MORE ABOUT THE LAWLESSNESS AND DISORDER OF THOSE THAT HE AGREES WITH.

THIS IS SOMEONE WHO IS THE FIRST FOP CHIEF -- PRESIDENT WHO IS NOT HAS HIS POWER STRIPPED FROM HIM FOR A SERIES OF EVENTS NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS MAKING RACIST, ILSAMOPHOBEIC COMMENTS ABOUT MUSLIMS.

IT IS FRIGHTENING TO THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE WHEN THEY SEE AND HEAR JOHN CATANZARA AND BELIEVE THAT HE REPRESENTS THE VALUES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN HE REPRESENTS ON THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE COMMUNITIES THE FOLKS ARE COMING INTO THAT HAVE THE DISTRUST IT'S DEVASTATING.

HIS COMMENTS ARE NOT JUST ABOUT HIM.

IT'S ABOUT THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT HE REPRESENTS AND HE DOES THEM NO SERVICE WHEN HE SPEAKS.

>> I SHOULD CORRECT MYSELF.

JOHN CATANZARA IS THE FOP PRESIDENT THE UNION THERE.

I WANT TO MOVE ON IF I CAN.

LAST WEEKEND THERE WAS A HEARING ON THE AMENDMENTS FOR HOUSE BILL 163 AIMED AT POLICE REFORM AND OVERALL IT IS INTENDED TO BUILD TRUST WITH BUSINESS DEPARTMENTS.

-- POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO BUILD TRUST WHEN THERE IS SOMEONE LIKE CATANZARA RUNNING THE FOP?

>> YOU REJECT THE LIKES OF CATANZARA.

I THINK WHAT YOU'VE SEEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS WHETHER IT'S THE ALDERMEN ON THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CLERK OR THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS THAT SAY THAT THIS IS NOT INDICATIVE OF WHO WE ARE OR WHERE WE WANT TO GO.

DON'T FORGET, THIS IS A MAN WHO IS UNAPOLOGETIC IN HIS REJECTION OF THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THE CONSENT DECREE OR REFORM.

SO I THINK THE WAY WE BUILD THAT TRUST, IS THAT WE REJECT THE NOTIONS THAT HE EXPARTLY SUNNIES AND REJECT HIS LEADERSHIP AND WE DO THE WORK LIKE THEY ARE DOING IN SPRINGFIELD LATE INTO THE NIGHT WHICH WAS REPORTED ON LEGISLATION AIMED TO ADDRESS POLICING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> AND WE HAVE 45 SECONDS LEFT.

THE ILLINOIS STATE'S ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION EXPRESSED THEIR DISAPPROVAL FOR THE BILL SAYING IT WOULD UNDERMINE PUBLIC SAFETY.

HOW WOULD POLICING BE DIFFERENT?

>> THE BILL IS BEING WORKED ON IT WOULD ALLOW FOR BODY WORN CAMERAS FOR POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE STATE SO EVERYONE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE WORK THAT IS DONE.

IT WOULD ALLOW US FOR TO HAVE STANDARDIZED STANDARDS RELATED TO USE-OF-FORCE.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PRESENT BEFORE AND WOULD GIVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO ENGAGE WITH POLICE A SENSE OF COMFORT THAT THERE IS PROFESSIONALISM AND STANDARDIZATION THAT DOESN'T EXIST RIGHT NOW.

>> OK. A LOT MORE TO COME ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL HEAR FROM FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE PRESIDENT JOHN CATANZARA.

KIM FOXX THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> AND PARIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... Dr. EMILY LANDON ON THE COVID-19 VACCINE ROLLOUT, THE CONTINUED SPREAD OF THE VIRUS AND MUCH MORE.

>> THREE REPRESENTATIVES TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, INCLUDING ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN BRAD SCHNEIDER.

>> RIOTERS ON THE U.S. CAPITOL COULD FACE VERY SERIOUS CHARGES.

A FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR BREAKS IT DOWN FOR US.

>> AND MEET A LOCAL MAN WHO FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS USED CHAINSAWS ON DEAD TREES TO MAKE IMPRESSIVE WOODEN SCULPTURES.

FIRST MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

CHICAGO TEACHERS WENT OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM TO DEMONSTRATE AGAINST RETURNING INSIDE.

MEMBERS OF THE TEACHERS' UNION HELD A TEACH OUT TODAY ONE DAY AFTER TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF SPECIAL ED CLUSTER CLASSES RETURNED TO IN-PERSON LEARNING.

THE UNION HAS OPPOSED THE RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE IT SAYS THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH SAFETY MEASURES PUT IN PLACE AND THE C.P.S.

MADE THE DECISION WITHOUT NEGOTIATING.

>> WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO AN NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT.

WE WANT TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL AND SAFELY AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL KEEP WORKING AT BUT THAT HAS TO BE [INAUDIBLE] >> A NEW EFFORT TO REMOVE THE TRUMP SIGN FROM TRUMP TOWER IT'S PROBABLY A LONGSHOT.

ALDERMAN GILBERT VILLEGAS INTRODUCED AN ORDINANCE TO ANYONE CONVICTED OF SEDITION AND THAT SEEMS TO BE TAILORED.

EFFORTS TO REMOVE THE SIGN VIA CITY ORDINANCE HAVE FAILED.

>> THE CHICAGO BEARS WILL BE GETTING SOMEONE NEW TO LEAD THE DEFENSE AFTER COORDINATOR PLANS TO RETIRE.

HE IS ALSO THE FORMER HEAD COACH OF THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS HAS RUN THE DEFENSE FOR THE PAST TWO SEASONS AND MATT NAGY IS REPORTED TO BE MAKING THE NEW HIRE.

HE AND RYAN PACE ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN NEXT SEASON.

AND NOW WE GO BACK TO BRANDIS WITH MORE ON COVID-19.

THE VACCINATION AND THE ROLL OUT.

>> PARIS, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TODAY INSTRUCTED STATES TO BEGIN VACCINATING AMERICANS OVER THE AGE OF 65 FOR COVID-19 AS WELL AS THOSE WITH CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

THAT COMES AS ILLINOIS CONTINUES TO VACCINATE FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.

>> WE ARE WORKING AS FAST AS WE CAN TO MAKE SURE OUR PEOPLE HERE IN CHICAGO WHO EVERYDAY ARE POTENTIALLY BEING EXPOSED TO COVID AND KEEPING OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET THEIR APPOINTMENTS BOOKED FOR GETTING THIS VACCINE.

>> THIS AS SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND RESTAURANTS PUSH TO AT LEAST PARTIALLY REOPEN IN CHICAGO AND ACROSS THE STATE.

JOINING US NOW FOR MORE IS Dr. EMILY LANDON, EXECUTIVE MEDICAL DIRECT FORMENTO'S INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL AT U CHICAGO MEDICINE.

WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

HOW WOULD YOU SAY THE VACCINE ROLLOUT HAS BEEN GOING AT U CHICAGO MEDICINE?

>> AT UNIVERSITY CHICAGO MEDICINE IT IS A WELL RUN MACHINE.

WE HAVE MOVED ON FROM OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE ALLOWED TO WORK ON HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND WE ARE READY TO GO TO START VACCINATING PATIENTS AS WELL AS SOON AS WE CAN.

>> ABOUT 350,000 VACCINE DOSES HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED IN ILLINOIS WITH THE STATE AVERAGING AROUND 24,000 PER DAY.

HOW QUICKLY DO YOU EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO RAMP UP?

HOW FAST?

>> WELL, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU IT TAKES A LOT TO RUN ONE OF THE VACCINE CLINICS.

IT IS NOT EASY.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU GO TO THE FRIDGE AND PULL OUT THE SYRINGE AND GIVE A JAB.

THERE IS A LOT THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IN TERMS OF WELL TIMED FROM THE DEFROSTING TO THE DILUTING TO THE DRAWING UP AND YOU HAVE TO DO IT WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND ALL THESE RULE AND YOU HAVE TO GET PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH.

THERE IS CERTAINLY A LOT MORE DO ADMINISTER THE VACCINE THAN A REGULAR VACCINE AND A LOT OF PLACES ARE STRUGGLING WITH THAT.

WE ARE LUCKY WE HAVE A BIG WORKFORCE LARGE ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS ARE USED TO PUT THESE THINGS TOGETHER IT'S HARD FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES TO STAND UP A VACCINE CLINIC AND CVS AND WALGREENS THEY ARE GOING TO GET IT RIGHT BUT IT DOES TAKE TIME TO ADAPT TO THE INSTRUCTIONS.

I THINK EVERYBODY IS SORT OF WORKING UP TO THEIR GOOD PACE.

>> SOME MEDICAL EXPERTS ARE SUGGESTING WE DELAY GIVING PEOPLE THAT SECOND DOSE THAT SECOND SHOT OF THE VACCINE SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN GET THE FIRST SHOT THINKING THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR PARTIAL PROTECTION.

IS THAT A STRATEGY WORTH PURSUING?

>> WELL, DELAY IS A TERM THAT CAN MEAN A LOT OF THINGS.

IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ADDING A COUPLE OF WEEKS BECAUSE THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN TERMS OF GETTING EVERYBODY INTO APPOINTMENTS OR A MONTH THAT IS PROBABLY NOT A BIG DEAL BUT THE STUDY DOESN'T HAVE ANY DATA ABOUT DELAYING MUCH LONGER THAN THAT.

AND SO WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER R WHETHER OR NOT ONE WOULD HAVE TO START OVER, AND GET ANOTHER FIRST DOSE.

THE GOAL HERE IS TO GET A LITTLE BUMP OF IMMUNITY FROM THE FIRST AND AS THAT IS STARTING TO COME DOWN CHALLENGE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN THE SAME WAY YOU TRAIN FOR A MARATHON BY RUNNING A SHORT RUN AND THEN A LONGER RUN.

THAT'S THE SORT OF THING WE'RE DOING IF YOU WAIT UNTIL THE IMMUNITY GOES DOWN YOU MAY NOT GET THE SAME 95% EFFICACY BUMP THAT YOU SEE AS IT'S COMING DOWN BEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND.

THERE IS A LOT TO LEARN.

HOLDING OFF A LITTLE BIT LONGER IS BETTER THAN DOING IT EARLIER.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE END DATE IS.

WE HAVE TO GOT TWO DOSES INTO EVERYBODY AND WANT TO GET PEOPLE VACCINATED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE I THINK WE WILL HAVE TO FIND A MIDDLE GROUND.

>> SOME RESTAURANTS ARE CALLING ON GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER TO ALLOW THEM TO OPEN AT 20% CAPACITY INDOORS.

HERE IS WHAT ONE SAID TODAY.

>> WE HAVE TO BE IN AT LEAST 20%.

DELIVERIES AND TAKE OUTS IS NOT TO KEEP YOUR SURVIVING.

MY BUSINESS WILL BE 100 YEARS OLD SHORTLY FROM MY FAMILY AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT STAYS OPEN.

WE NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP US DO THAT.

>> IS A 20% INDOOR DINING CAPACITY A SAFE OPTION AT THIS POINT?

>> EVERY RESTAURANT IS DIFFERENT FROM ANOTHER RESTAURANT.

AND 20% INDOOR CAPACITY MAYBE FINE FOR PLACES WITH GREAT VENTILATION AND PLENTY OF SPACING.

BUT IT MAY NOT BE FOR OTHERS.

IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY LIVING IN A COMMUNITY WHERE THERE'S AN OUTBREAK OF COVID OR A LOT OF CASES WHICH IS TO BE HONEST WITH YOU MOST OF OUR COMMUNITIES RIGHT NOW, THEN IT MAY NOT BE A GOOD IDEA.

WHAT THE RESTAURANTS REALLY NEED AND I KNOW I HAVE TAKEN A HARDLINE ON THIS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE SPREAD OF COVID IS HAPPENING WHEN PEOPLE ARE UNMASKED AND UP CLOSE AND THE ONLY TIME IS WHEN THEY ARE EATING.

WE'RE SEEING IT IN THE HOSPITAL.

SEE TO GO IN BUSINESSES.

WE'RE SEEING IT ALL OVER THE PLACE AND NOT BECAUSE ONE BUSINESS OR RESTAURANT IS DOING A GOOD OR BAD JOB IT'S UNLUCKY IF SOMEBODY COMES IN WITH COVID.

THEY NEED A BAILOUT THEY NEED HELP GETTING THROUGH THE TIME BECAUSE WE CANNOT PREDICT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOING TO BE OK ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW VARIANT STARING US DOWN.

THIS IS WAY MORE CONTAGIOUS.

AND THAT MEANS IT TAKES A LOT LESS COVID TO MAKE YOU SICK AND YOU CAN GET SICK BEFORE YOU ARE CONTACT TRACED FROM YOUR EXPOSURE.

SO THAT PUTS RESTAURANTS IN AN EVEN MORE DIFFICULT POSITION TO OPEN.

I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF OPENING RESTAURANTS RIGHT NOW.

THERE IS NO GOOD STANDARDS FOR VENTILATION.

THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW WHICH RESTAURANTS WILL BE OK AT 20%.

>> AND AT THE SAME TIME, Dr. LANDON CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS RETURNED TO THE CLASSROOM YESTERDAY ALBEIT IN SMALL NUMBERS FOR NOW.

THE METRIC C.P.S.

IS USING IS THE CITY'S CASE DOUBLING RATE THAT IS AT 85 DAYS IS THAT NUMBER A HELPFUL GUIDE IN THIS INSTANCE?

>> I THINK IT'S REALLY HARD TO RELY ON ANY ONE METRIC.

IT CAN TAKE A LONGTIME TO SEE WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO DOUBLE AGAIN AND THAT MAY NOT MOVE AS QUICKLY AS OTHERS AND IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THAN A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS COMPARED TO OTHER METRICS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT ANY ONE GIVEN METRIC AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SCHOOLS ARE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS WHERE KIDS WILL BE WEARING MASKS AND TEACHERS WILL BE WEARING MASKS AND KEPT AT DISTANCE THEY ARE NOT SHARING A TABLE LIKE IN A RESTAURANT AND LUNCH IS LIMITED IN TIME AND LIMITED IN SCOPE.

I MEAN IT'S REALLY DIFFERENT.

>> DIFFERENT SITUATION FOR SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE 15 SECONDS LEFT.

YOUR FEELING ABOUT SCHOOLS REOPENING?

>> I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL ESPECIALLY YOUNGER KIDS AND THAT MEANS WE NEED TO MAKE ALL THE EFFORTS.

THE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS INCLUDING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IS SUCCESSFUL IN KEEPING KIDS AND TEACHERS SAFE LIKE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS SAFE IN HOSPITALS AND WE KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.

BUT IT HAS TO BE A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS TO WATCH AS THESE THINGS ARE REOPENED BUT I THINK IT'S TIME.

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

>> AND NOW BACK TO PARIS AND LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

>> THANK YOU.

WHEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TOOK SHELTER FROM THE RIOTERS ON CAPITOL HILL SOME REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN REFUSED TO WEAR MASKS AND NOW THREE CONGRESS MEMBERS HAVE COVID-19 INCLUDING BRAD SCHNEIDER HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT TODAY.

>> THESE PEOPLE REFUSED TO WEAR MASKS OUT OF I STRUGGLE FOR THE WORDS IT'S MORE THAN ARROGANCE AND MORE THAN CONTEMPT.

IT IS A DESIRE TO CAUSE INJURY TO OTHERS.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE AND WE'VE SEEN THREE PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM, BE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.

>> AND EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM OUR GUEST WEIGHED IN ON A SECOND IMPEACHMENT JOINING US AGAIN ARE MIKE QUIGLEY, JAN SCHAKOWSKY AND ROBIN KELLY.

WE INVITED EVERY REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION BUT NONE ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION TODAY.

CONGRESSWOMAN KELLY YOU WERE IN THE ROOM WITH REPRESENTATIVE SCHNEIDER CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SOME REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE WERE BASICALLY SNEERING AT THE NOTION OF PUTTING ON A MASK EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ASKED TO?

>> THEY WERE IN A CORNER THEY WERE ALTOGETHER IN A CORNER AND ABOUT FIVE TO SIX OF THEM DID NOT HAVE MASKS.

MY COLLEAGUE LISA ROCHESTER AS PEOPLE HAVE SEEN ON THE TAPE, OFFERED MASKS TO THEM AND THEY SNEERED AT HER.

DID NOT TAKE THE MASKS AND SAID NO THANK YOU WE DON'T NEED IT.

AND CONTINUED TO STAY WITHOUT THEIR MASK.

THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT WEAR YOUR MASK PLEASE AND I SHOUTED OUT DON'T SAY PLEASE TELL THEM THEY HAVE TO WEAR THE MASK IT'S RIDICULOUS IT'S NOT LIKE SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES HADN'T HAD K0E6D ALREADY.

ABOUT 40 OR 50.

SO THEY KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING AND THEY SEE ALL THE PEOPLE DYING FROM IT.

BUT, NOPE, THEY DIDN'T PUT THEIR MASK ON.

>> I THINK I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO BE POLITICAL AND MAKE A POLITICAL STATEMENT IT IS NOT A POLITICAL STATEMENT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE THREATS OF VIOLENCE.

THE VIRGINIA F.B.I.

OFFICE WARNED ABOUT A LOT OF STUFF THAT COULD HAPPEN ON JANUARY 6 AND IS WARNING ABOUT STUFF THAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE NEXT WEEK.

JAN SCHAKOWSKY WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT ABOUT THREATS TO YOUR SAFETY AND ONGOING INSURRECTION ATTEMPTS AT THE CAPITOL?

>> I HOPE THAT ALL OF US, I CERTAINLY HAVE ALERTED THE POLICE IN MY COMMUNITY BACK IN THE DISTRICT.

I TALKED #KWRED PERSONALLY TO THE POLICE CHIEF IN EVANSTON.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND TIME AROUND MY HOUSE.

AND WE ALSO, I THINK, ANYONE WHO HAS A VANITY PLATE THAT IDENTIFIES THEMSELVES AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS OUGHT TO TAKE IT OFF.

WE HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED NOT TO IDENTIFY OURSELVES AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND TODAY AT THE AIRPORT THE CHICAGO POLICE WERE AT THE GATES AND I WAS GREETED BY SOMEONE FROM THE CAPITOL POLICE WHEN I GOT OFF THE PLANE.

THERE IS A LOT OF PRECAUTIONS BEING TAKEN.

BUT THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF VERY VIOLENT PLANS BEING MADE RIGHT NOW FOR THE NOT ONLY FOR THE INAUGURATION DAY BUT FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE THAT.

>> CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT THE CAPITOL AND LAWMAKERS AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM THE THREATS OF VIOLENCE?

>> WE UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE 14,000 NATIONAL GUARD AND A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT MEASURES.

AS WE CAME IN TODAY, LATE, BUT THE DRAMATIC FENCING THAT IS GOING AROUND THE ENTIRE COMPLEX A SLEW OF SECURITY MEASURES NOW PUT IN PLACE.

AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS THE SAFETY HERE AND SAFE INAUGURATION.

BUT IT IS A LOT TOUGHER THAN WE IMAGINED BECAUSE THESE THREATS ARE BEING MADE TOWARD ALL 50 STATE CAPITOLS AND ANYBODY IN PUBLIC OFFICE.

IT'S SOMEWHAT OPEN SEASON.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A REAL CHALLENGE.

THIS IS REMINISCENT FOR ME OF 9/11 AND IN ONE SENSE IT'S WORSE.

THIS IS NOT A FOREIGN THREAT.

RIGHT?

THESE ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS MAKING THESE THREATS AN INSURRECTION THAT CONTINUES AND THEY ARE MAKING IT CLEAR WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEDNESDAY WAS THE TERM I HEARD WAS ADDRESS REHEARSAL.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY AND THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE WITHIN THAT SYSTEM.

>> THAT IS AN KNOWLEDGE NEWS NOTION.

CONGRESSWOMAN KELLY ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT THE INAUGURATION CAN GO ON OUTSIDE AS PLANNED WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES AND FORMER PRESIDENTS THERE AS PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN SAID IT SHOULD?

>> YOU KNOW, I AM CONFIDENT.

WE'RE WELL AWARE NOW OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN AND WHAT WE SHOULD DO AND THE INAUGURATIONS HAVE BEEN ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL EVENT AND THE PROTECTION AROUND IT WITH SECRET SERVICE, F.B.I., I KNOW THERE'S POLICE OFFICERS COMING FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY BECAUSE MY NEPHEW IS ONE OF THEM COMING FROM CPD.

AND I THINK THAT WE WILL BE PREPARED AND BECAUSE THEY'VE CURTAILED THE AUDIENCE, SO SEVERELY, NO HUNTS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE -- HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WILL HELP, TOO.

BUT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND NOT TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON OUR TOES AND WATCHING.

>> CERTAINLY.

GOING BACK TO JANUARY 6, JAN SCHAKOWSKY, THERE'S SOME TALK OF SOME OF THE FAR RIGHT CONGRESS PEOPLE TWEETING STUFF LIKE 1776 IN REFERENCE TO THIS BEING A REVOLUTION TWEETING THE FACT THAT PELOSI WAS NOT IN THE HOUSE CHAMBERS SIGNALING TO THE RIOTERS WHERE TO GO.

IS THERE ANY INDICATION THAT ANY OF THESE REPRESENTATIVES WERE IN ON SOME OF THIS OR IN CONTACT WITH THE RIOTERS OR HAVE ANY ROLE TO PLAY?

>> WE KNOW A COUPLE AT LEAST WENT OUT AND DID TALK TO THE CROWD.

AND MANY OF THEM VOTED AGAINST CERTIFYING THE ELECTION SO SIDING WITH THE PRESIDENT THAT HE REALLY WON.

AND I THINK THERE IS SOME LOOK.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE CONSEQUENCES TO THIS KIND OF BREACH OF OUR DEMOCRACY BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

AND I THINK THERE MAY BE CASES WHERE MEMBERS HAVE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

I'M NOT CLEAR EXACTLY WHAT SHAPE THAT WOULD TAKE.

YOU CAN'T JUST GET AWAY WITH HE SEDITION.

>> AND CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY, YOU HEARD ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY SAY THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE SHOCKED AT THE LEVEL WHERE THIS GOES IN TERMS OF CONSPIRACY SEDITION WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF HOW HIGH UP THIS MIGHT GO?

>> I THINK WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THE FULL EXTENT OF THAT FOR SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.

LOOK, THERE IS A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT HAS TO BE DONE.

THE PEOPLE ARE SCATTERED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

YOU'VE SEEN 160 ARRESTS BUT THE INVESTIGATIONS WILL ENSUE.

AND WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THEY HAVE NOW WITH THE CAMERAS AND GOING BACK AND CHECKING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THEN INTERVIEWING THOSE PEOPLE THE FACT THEY GET PROSECUTED AND PERHAPS OPEN UP WHO ELSE WAS INVOLVED, LOOK, IT IS THE QUESTION.

I BELIEVE IT WILL BE SHOCKING.

BUT I THINK IT WILL UNFOLD FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS PROBABLY A YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THERE IS A LOT THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF AND ESPECIALLY YOUR OWN SAFETY.

WE HOPE THAT YOU STAY SAFE AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WE INVITED EVERY REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION BUT NONE ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION WE ARE GLAD THAT REPRESENTATIVES MIKE QUIGLEY, JAN SCHAKOWSKY AND ROBIN KELLY COULD JOIN US.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> TO PHIL PONCE AND MORE ON HOW RIOTERS ARE BEING CHARGED.

>> PARIS FEDERAL PROSECUTORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CHARGED DOZENS OF PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH LAST WEEK'S ATTACK ON THE U.S. CAPITOL AND TODAY AN F.B.I.

OFFICIAL SAYS THEY ARE FAR FROM DONE.

>> IN SIX DAYS, WE HAVE OPENED OVER 160 CASE FILES AND THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS INVESTIGATION IS NOT LOST ON US.

THIS IS A 24/7, FULL BORE EXTENSIVE OPERATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY.

>> AS THE F.B.I.

MANHUNT CONTINUES THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA'S ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY SAYS MORE SERIOUS FEDERAL CHARGES WILL BE EXPLORED AGAINST THE TERRORISTS INCLUDING SEDITION AND FELONY MURDER.

JOINING US TO OFFER HIS PERSPECTIVE IS ATTORNEY GIL SOFFER, A FORMER ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY AND ASSOCIATE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL AT THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

GIL SOFFER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AS YOU LOOKED OVER THE PAST WEEK AT SOME OF THE VIDEO THAT WE HAVE ESEEN COMING OUT OF THE INSURRECTION WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHARGES THAT COME TO MIND?

>> THERE IS AN ENORMOUS ABUNDANCE OF CHARGES THAT PROSECUTORS HAVE AVAILABLE BASED ON THE FACTS.

ON THE LESS SERIOUS SIDE IT'S CURFEW VIOLATIONS TO THEFT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, DAMAGE, UNLAWFUL ENTRY ON GOVERNMENT PROPERTY OR THE MORE SERIOUS SIDE IT COULD GO UP TO RIOTING AND INCITEMENT AND INSURRECTION AND SEDITION.

THAT CARRIES A 20 YEAR MAXIMUM.

BROAD ARRAY OF CRIMES AND SERIOUS ONES.

>> AND A GRAPH OF SOME OF THE CHARGES THAT ARE ALREADY HAVE BEEN CONTEMPLATED AND ELUDED TO.

YOU MENTIONED SOME.

UNLAWFUL ENTRY TO THE CAPITOL AND GROUNDS.

GUN RELATED CRIMES, THEFT, CONSPIRACY, ASSAULTING A FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, MURDER, MANSLAUGHTER, FELONY MURDER AND SEDITION.

TELL US ABOUT SEDITION.

REMIND US WHAT SEDITION IS?

>> SO SEDITION OR HE IS DISHCIOUS CON CONSPIRACYLY IS AN AGREEMENT OR CONSPIRACY TO OVERTHROW THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR AMONG OTHER THINGS TO OCCUPY BY FORCE GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.

I THINK WE CLEARLY SAW THAT HERE.

THE QUESTION IS HOWEVER DOES THAT CHARGE GO?

AND CAN IT BRING WITHIN IT NOT JUST THE PEOPLE THERE ON THE GROUNDS BURSTING INTO THE CHAMBER BUT THOSE WHO INSTIGATED IT AND THAT IS A HARDER THING.

>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE POTENTIAL SENTENCES ARE FOR HE SEDITION?

>> IT CARRIES A 20-YEAR MAXIMUM.

AND FELONY MURDER IS A REALISTIC CHARGE FOR THOSE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN ASSAULTING THE OFFICER WHO AASSISTED IN ASSAULTING THE OFFICER AND THE MURDER OF THE RIOTER CAN BE PINNED ON OTHERS IN THE MOB IF THEY WERE ENGAGED IN A VIOLENT FELONY AND THIS WAS A FORESEEABLE CONSEQUENCE OF THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF SERIOUS CHARGES.

>> PART OF THE DEFINITION OF FELONY MURDER REMIND US WHAT FELONY MURDER IS?

>> SO FELONY MURDER IS IF YOU ARE IN THE COMMISSION IN THE PROCESS OF COMMITTING OR COMMITTED A VIOLENT FELONY, ARMED ROBBERY, IF THE IN THE COURSE OF THAT SOMEONE DIES AND THE DEATH WAS A FORESEEABLE RESULT OF THE CRIME YOU ARE ENGAGED IN YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE NOT ONLY FOR THE UNDERLYING EVENTS BUT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER THE DEATH OF THAT PERSON AND YOU CAN BE CHARGED WITH FELONY MURDER.

>> CLASSIC CASE IS ROBBERY WHEN SOMEONE IS WAITING IN A CAR TO TAKE THE ROBBERS AWAY IF A MURDER OCCURS IN A STORE THAT IS BEING ROBBED THE PERSON WAITING OUTSIDE IN THE CAR CAN BE CHARGED WITH FELONY MURDER.

HOW ABOUT RIOTERS WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO WHERE THE POLICE OFFICER WAS KILLED?

WOULD THEY POTENTIALLY BE SUBJECT TO A FELONY MURDER CHARGE?

>> POTENTIALLY BUT IT BECOMES A MUCH MORE CHALLENGING PROSECUTION TO BRING.

THE FARTHER THEY ARE PHYSICALLY FROM THE PERSON WHO WAS MURDERED, REALLY THE FARTHER THEY ARE IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH OTHERS, THE TOUGHER CHARGE THAT IS TO BRING.

I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE INSTEAD OF THAT KIND OF CHARGE, SOMETHING CLOSER TO A SEDITION CHARGE TO UNLAWFUL ENTRY ON CAPITOL GROUNDS AND OTHER CHARGES THAT ARE EASIER TO BRING.

>> DO YOU THINK PROSECUTORS ARE LOOKING FOR THE MOST SERIOUS CHARGES TO ANNOUNCE FIRST SO IT CAN BE A DETERRENT TO WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO?

>> I THINK PROSECUTORS I THINK THEY ARE THINKING OF THIS AS A DETERRENT.

THEY WANT TO BRING THE MOST SERIOUS CHARGES AND NOT ONLY NOW UP FRONT THEY WILL BE LOOKING FOR THE MOST SERIOUS CHARGES THAT CAN BE BROUGHT.

IT IS AN APPROPRIATE THING TO DO IN THE EXERCISE OF THE PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION.

>> GIVEN THE RANGE OF CRIMES THAT CAN BE CHARGED AND GIVEN THE SCOPE OF THIS INSURRECTION HOW LONG COULD THIS PROSECUTION TAKE?

>> THIS IS A SWEEPING, SWEEPING INVESTIGATION ALREADY.

THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT CAN BE FOCUSING ON.

I WOULD EXPECT THIS TO TAKE MANY MONTHS.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE WILL SEE A GOOD NUMBER OF CHARGES BEING BROUGHT SOON BUT I THINK WE WILL SEE THIS CONTINUE BEYOND THIS MONTH, BEYOND NEXT MONTH IT WILL TAKE MANY MONTHS.

>> F.B.I.

IS SAYING THEY HAVE MORE THAN 100,000 PIECES OF DIGITAL EVIDENCE.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN AS PROSECUTORS AND INVESTIGATORS LOOK FOR EVIDENCE?

>> WELL, IT IS A PROSECUTOR'S DREAM AND IT IS A GIFT.

IT IS A GIFT TO PROSECUTORS THESE PEOPLE THEY PHOTOGRAPH THEMSELVES AND UPLOAD IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA THEMSELVES THE PROOF OF THE CRIMES SO IT MAKES IT VERY EASY.

EASIER THAN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FIVE YEARS AGO, 10 YEARS AGO FOR INVESTIGATORS TO FIND OUT WHO WAS THERE, WHO DID WHAT AND APPREHEND THEM AND CHARGE THEM.

>> NOT MUCH WAS SAID ABOUT THE INTEREST OR THE PRIORITY OF PROSECUTING POLITICIANS FOR THEIR ROLE IN WHAT HAPPENED.

HOW LIKELY IS THAT DO YOU THINK?

>> THAT GETS INTO GRAYER TERRITORY MORE DIFFICULT TERRITORY FOR PROSECUTORS IF WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT POLITICIANS ON THE SCENE ENGAGING IN CRIMINAL CONDUCT THEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT POLITICIANS WHO WERE INSTIGATING OR INCITING CRIMINAL CONDUCT AND THAT IS JUST A TOUGHER ROAD TO HOE, YOU HAVE TO SHOW INTENTION TO COMMIT AN UNLAWFUL ACT AND INTENT TO INCITE IMMEDIATE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND THAT THE SPEECH THEY WERE ENGAGED IN WAS LIKELY TO CAUSE IMMEDIATE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

THERE ARE A LOT OF HURDLES GROUNDED IN OUR FIRST AMENDMENT AMONG OTHER THINGS.

>> GIL SOFFER THANK YOU WE APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHTS.

>> PLEASURE.

>> AND UP NEXT LOCAL MAN WHO USES CHAINSAWS TO CREATE HIS ART.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> A CRAFTY ARTIST WHO USES AID GAS POWERED PAINTBRUSH AND TREE TRUNKS AS HIS CANVAS WE CAUGHT UP WITH A CHICAGO AREA ENTREPRENEUR WHO HAS BEEN USING CHAINSAWS TO MAKE WOOD SCULPTURES FOR 40 YEARS.

MARC VITALI MET HIM TO FIND OUT HOW HE CARVES HIS LIVING OUT OF DEAD TREES.

HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK.

>> HE CAN TURN AN OLD TREE STUMP INTO A BIRD OF PREY OR A WILDCAT.

>> I'M ERIC WIDITZ AND I AM A CHAINSAW SCULPTOR.

>> PRETTY MUCH A SHARP CHAINSAW WILL CUT ANY WOOD.

EVERY WOOD HAS ITS OWN BEAUTY IT'S OWN ADVANTAGES.

SOME HOLD BETTER DETAIL AND SOME REQUIRE MORE SANDING AND SO FORTH.

>> THE GOAL IS TO REMOVE WOOD TO CREATE WHATEVER SUBJECT I'M GOING AFTER AND CHAINSAW IS A GREAT COOL TO REMOVE WOOD -- TOOL TO REMOVE WOOD QUICKLY AND WITH'S STEADY HAND YOU CAN DO DETAIL WITH IT AS WELL.

I'M ALWAYS MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.

EASY TO MAKE AN OVERCUT AND THAT IS WHAT IS SO HARD IS TO HOLD THE CHAINSAW STEADY AND TO NOT TAKE OFF TOO MUCH.

>> SINCE THE EARLY 1980s, ERIC WIDITZ HAS CARVED UP A FOREST FULL OF WOODEN WILDLIFE AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

>> I'VE DONE THOUSANDS OF SCULPTURES.

I'VE DONE SO MANY DIFFERENT SUBJECTS.

BIG FOOT, SEEMS TO BE LIKE OWLS AND SQUIRRELS, RACOONS.

>> SOME WORKS DISPLAY A RUSTIC ARTIST INDUSTRY OTHERS ARE MORE FUN THAN A BEARS WINNING STREAK.

FAMILY PETS ARE A POPULAR SUBJECT OR A CHARACTER FROM THE "STAR WARS" UNIVERSE.

MOST ARE MADE IN FRONT YARDS AND BACKYARDS.

>> PRIMARILY IT SEEMS TO BE STANDING TREES IN PEOPLE'S YARDS THAT GOT BROCK OFF BY A WIND -- BROKEN OFF BY A WINDSTORM OR DISEASE.

I ASK PEOPLE TO SEND ME A PICTURE OF THEIR TREE AND GIVE ME A TRUNK MEASUREMENT AND I CAN SUPERIMPOSE A SKETCH OVER THE TOP OF IT DIGITALLY.

AND I WILL MAKE WHATEVER THEME THAT THE PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN I CAN PUT THAT INTO THE LOT.

>> WE VISITED ERIC WIDITZ AT THE RED TAIL GOLF COURSE IN FOX RIVER GROVE IT WAS THE LAST DAY OF HIS OUTDOOR SEASON AND THE CHAINSAWS DID NOT BOTHER THE GOLFERS TOO MUCH.

>> IT'S 90-95% CHAINSAW MOST OF MY WORK AND I REFINE IT WITH WHATEVER THE CUSTOMER WANTS.

>> HIS CREATIONS CAN TAKE AS LITTLE AS AN HOUR OR AS LONG AS WEEKS.

THEY TYPICALLY SURVIVE THE ELEMENTS FOR A DOZEN YEARS SOMETIMES LONGER.

PRICES RANGE FROM A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS INTO THE THOUSANDS.

AND THEY USUALLY COME WITH FINISHING TOUCHES.

>> MOST OF THE TIME I DO A LITTLE BURNING IN THAT BURNS OFF SOME OF THE FUZZY STUFF.

BRINGS OUT THE WOOD GRAIN AND HIGHLIGHTS THE TEXTURE.

DRIES THE WOOD A LITTLE BIT AND THE OUTDOOR SCULPTURES I PUT A SIDING AND DECK PRESERVATIVE.

I STUDIED HORTICULTURE IN COLLEGE AND I DIDN'T ACTUALLY FINISH BECAUSE I DIDN'T NEED TO.

I WAS MANAGING A TREE NURSERY IN LAKE ZURICH AND I WAS TRAINING PEOPLE THAT WERE COLLEGE GRADUATES.

THE COLLEGE OF HARD KNOCKS TAUGHT ME AND I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM STAYING BUSY.

SEEMS TO ALWAYS BE A DEMAND FOR GOOD QUALITY SCULPTURES AND TREES KEEP DYING.

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

>> AND AS YOU COULD SEE OUR VISIT TOOK PLACE ON ONE OF THE LAST FEW WARM DAYS OF THE SEASON.

DURING WINTER MONTHS, ERIC WIDITZ FOCUSES ON INDOOR SCULPTURE AND WOODWORK.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HIM AND HIS COMPANY ART IN TREES ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M.

EXTREMIST GROUPS INVOLVED WITH THE CAPITAL'S INSURRECTION WHO ARE THEY AND WHAT DANGER DO THEY PODZ?

>> THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS SWORN IN.

WILL MICHAEL MADIGAN RETAIN HIS ROLE AS SPEAKER?

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