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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HERE IN OUR NORTHWEST SIDE STUDIO.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ REPORTING LIVE IN SOUTH SUBURBAN HARVEY.

>> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> THIS IS ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM TO VOTE.

>> WHAT IS NEXT IN THE FIGHT FOR FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS LAWS AFTER TWO MAJOR BILLS HAVE BEEN DEFEATED IN THE SENATE?

>> I THINK YOU WILL SEE THE PEOPLE TRY TO KEEP FROM BEING ABLE TO SHOW UP, SHOWING UP.

>> A YEAR AGO PRESIDENT BIDEN TOOK HIS OATH OF OFFICE.

WE HAVE LOCAL REFLECTION ON HIS FIRST YEAR.

>> PLUS THE TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS ARRIVED.

WE SPEAK WITH AREA DOCTORS WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED SO FAR.

>> COVID HAS COME THROUGH LIKE A HURRICANE.

>> A LOCAL HOSPITAL IS OVERWHELMED AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE WORKING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.

WE'RE LIVE FROM SOUTH SUBURBAN HARVEY.

>> 100 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT.

>> THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK REMAINS THE SAME AND SCIENTISTS SAY DO NOT BE FOOLED.

[♪♪♪] >> AND A CHICAGO PUPPET FESTIVAL RETURNS FOR A FRESH LOOK AT THE POWER OF PUT PETRY.

>> AND AS WE MENTIONED I'M LIVE IN HARVEY FOR OUR INSTALLMENT OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

HARVEY HAS HAD DECADES LONG PROBLEMS WITH CRIME, CORRUPTION AND NOW COVID.

BUT LOCAL OFFICIALS HERE SAY THERE ARE REASONS TO BELIEVE HARVEY IS READY TO TURN THE CORNER ON ALL OF THOSE FRONTS.

WE WILL HAVE THAT AND MORE IN A BIT FIRST WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP FIRST THE FAMILY OF CALEB WESTBROOKS IS ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON WHO KILLED THE TEEN TO COME FORWARD.

THE RAUNER COLLEGE PREP STUDENT WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST AND ARM TUESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER SCHOOL.

KALEB'S GODMOTHER SAYS IN HIS FINAL MOMENTS HE TOLD FRIENDS HE WAS SCARED TO DIE AND WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT HE DIDN'T DESERVE TO.

>> HE WASN'T A KID DOING ANYTHING BAD.

HIS FATHER WENT TO LAW SCHOOL.

HIS FATHER INSTILLED IN HIM THE FOUNDATION THAT EVERY CHILD NEEDS AND SHOULD HAVE SO THIS WAS NOT A KID THAT SHOULD HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS.

AND NOT THAT ANY KID SHOULD BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE KIDS THAT IT REALLY SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED TO.

>> IN A STATEMENT KALEB'S FATHER THANKED FRIENDS AND WITNESSES WHO STAYED WITH HIS SON.

KALEB WAS SMART AND ATHLETIC AND EXPRESSED SHOCK AND DISAPPOINTMENT THAT KALEB WAS ONE OF FIVE YOUTH SHOT THAT DAY IN THE CITY.

HE SAYS QUOTE HOW DID OUR CITY GET HERE?

HOW DID CHICAGOANS BECOME DECENT ADVERTISED TO THE VIOLENCE.

THE SENSELESS VIOLENCE IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE UNABATED UNTIL THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY AND COUNTY STOP POINTING FINGERS AT ONE ANOTHER AND TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ROLE THEY HAVE PLAYED IN THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THE LACK OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

CHICAGO POLICE HAVE NOT REPORTED ANY ARRESTS.

>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAYS SHE IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GETTING FEDERAL HELP TO FIGHT CHICAGO VIOLENCE.

LIGHTFOOT IN WASHINGTON D.C. FOR THE ANNUAL COUNCIL OF MAYORS CONFERENCE PRESSED FOR HELP WITH GUN TRAFFICKING AND MARSHALLS TO FIND FUGITIVES ON WARRANTS.

TOMORROW THE CITY COUNCIL'S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL HOLD A HEARING ON THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL TO TARGET GANG PROFITS.

>> UP NEXT, WHAT IS AHEAD FOR VOTING RIGHTS?

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT PLANS TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR VOTING RIGHTS REFORM AFTER SENATE DEMOCRATS YESTERDAY FAILED TO BREAK A G.O.P.

FILIBUSTER ON LEGISLATION THAT COMBINES KEY PARTS OF THE FREEDOM TO VOTE ACT AND THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT.

IT WOULD EXPAND ACCESS AND MAKE ELECTION DAY A NATIONAL HOLIDAY.

JOINING US ARE MARK GLENNON EXECUTIVE EDITOR AND FOUNDER OF WIREPOINTS.

CHANTAL GRANT THE FOUNDER OF LEVEL UP AND VOTE.

AND AMI GANDHI, SENIOR COUNSEL WITH THE CHICAGO LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AMI GANDHI LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE, HOW WILL THE DEFEAT OF THESE BILLS AFFECT VOTERS?

>> YOU KNOW VOTING RIGHTS ACTIVISTS INCLUDING FOLKS FROM NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE ONE I WORK FOR, ARE DISAPPOINTED BUT NOT SURPRISED.

WE WANT COUNTING ON THE PASSAGE ON THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION DURING THIS IMPORTANT ELECTION YEAR IS A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THE FEDERAL LEGISLATORS DID NOT STEP IN TO ADDRESS THE CRUSHING TRENDS THAT WE'VE SEEN VOTER SUPPRESSION IN STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

BUT THROUGH STRONG COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS LIKE THE NONPARTISAN PROTECTION HOTLINE WE STILL HAVE A PATH FORWARD TO TRY TO WORK WITH THE LANDSCAPE THAT WE HAVE SO THAT EVERY ELIGIBLE VOTER WHO WANTS TO HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD STILL CAN.

>> MARK GLENNON WHAT ISSUES DO YOU HAVE WITH THE BILLS?

>> CRUSHING VOTER SUPPRESSION.

THIS WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED ATTEMPT TO NATIONALIZE THE ELECTION PROCESS BY CEMENTING INTO PLACE A LIST OF THE VERY THINGS THAT CAUSED AMERICANS TO LOSE CONFIDENCE IN THE ELECTION PROCESS.

WE'VE GOT GALLUP POLL SAYS 60% OF AMERICANS DO NOT TRUST THE PROCESS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THOSE EMERGENCY MEASURES PUT IN PLACE IN 2020 AND NOW THIS BILL WOULD HAVE LOCKED THOSE INTO PLACE LIKE RESTRICTIONS ON VOTER ID WHICH AND ALMOST EVERYBODY SUPPORTS.

RESTRICTIONS ON LIMITING BALLOT HARVESTING, THE STATE'S ABILITY TO CLEANSE THE VOTER ROLES OF ILLEGAL VOTERS ALL DESIGNED TO FAVOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

THIS WAS A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO NATIONALIZE THE PROCESS, TO LOCK IN THINGS THAT FAVOR DEMOCRATS THAT AMERICANS DON'T WANT.

>> CHANTAL GRANT WHAT DOES THE INABILITY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PASS THESE LAWS SAY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING PEOPLE ORGANIZED LOCALLY FOR VOTER ACCESS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THIS NATIONAL FIGHT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO USE AS AN EXAMPLE THAT WE HAVE TO FIGHT LOCALLY.

THANK GOD IN ILLINOIS WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE STRONG VOTER PROTECTION LAWS.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE OTHER STATES TO DO THE SAME.

AND WE HAVE TO ENGAGE WITH OTHER PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT ALTHOUGH WE LOST THE FIGHT CURRENTLY, ON A FEDERAL LEVEL, WE CAN STILL FIGHT LOCALLY AND WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE OTHER STATES TO DO THE SAME.

>> CHANTAL GRANT SAID THAT HERE IN ILLINOIS, LIKE WE HAVE LOTS OF ACCESS FOR VOTING AND ACCESS TO VOTE.

BUT, MARK, IF YOU BELIEVE THIS IS A DEMOCRAT'S ATTEMPT TO FEDERALIZE THE PROCESS WHY SHOULD VOTING LEGISLATION BE LEFT TO THE STATES?

>> BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY AND LOCAL VOTERS HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SELECT THEIR OWN RULES SO WE DON'T HAVE ONE PARTY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TRYING TO FAVOR THEMSELVES.

THERE IS NO SUPPRESSION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

WHAT ARE WE SAYING?

IN THE PAST ELECTIONS THAT THEY WERE INVALID BECAUSE OF VOTER SUPPRESSION?

YOU HAVE NOT LOST ANYTHING.

THE SUPREME COURT RESTRICTS DISCRIMINATORY RULES OF ANY KIND IF THE STATES TRY TO DO IT DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST ANY MINORITY.

THAT REMAINS.

IT'S STILL THERE.

STATES ARE ACTING AFTER 2020 TO TRY TO REVISE THE RULES PUT IN PLACE TO ALLOW THEM TO CHECK VOTER ID AND DO THE OTHER THINGS TO ASSURE A VALID ELECTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN.

AND THEY WANT TO DO THAT.

THEY NEED TO DO IT.

AND THERE'S NOTHING DISCRIMINATORY ABOUT THAT.

THE SUPREME COURT AND OTHER STATUTES ON THE BOOKS WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.

>> AMI GANDHI WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT, WHY SHOULD THERE BE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION?

>> IN ILLINOIS WE HAVE A BIPARTISAN TRADITION ACTUALLY OF INNOVATIONS TO OUR ELECTION SYSTEM.

AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION WAS PASSED AND IMPLEMENTATION HAS BEEN GETTING STRONGER OVER TIME.

WE HAVE OTHER COMMON SENSE ASPECTS OF THE VOTING SYSTEM.

VOTE-BY-MAIL WITHOUT UNDO RESTRICTIONS.

ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION AND PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RIGHTS AS EVERYONE SHOULD IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.

IT'S NOT CREDIBLE TO SAY THAT ALL ELIGIBLE VOTERS HAVE FAIR ACCESS.

WE GET A NUMBER OF CALLS EVERY ELECTION ESPECIALLY FROM DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE TRYING TO VOTE AND STYMIED BY THE COMPLICATED PROCESS.

THERE ARE ELECTION OFFICIALS YOU WILL FIND THEM IN ILLINOIS, WHO WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING WHO WANT TO HELP A VOTER FACING AN UNFAIR BARRIER.

BUT WE HAVE TO BE VIGILANT.

IF EVEN SOME NUMBER OF VOTERS OF COLOR OR VOTERS ARE TURNED WAY FROM THE POLLS THAT IS TOO MANY.

WE NEED FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GOOD PRACTICES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN PLACES LIKE ILLINOIS TO IMPROVE OUR ELECTION SYSTEM ARE NOT AN ANOMALY.

WHY SHOULD IT BE IN INDIANA WE SEE SOME OF THE MOST RESTRICTIVE LAWS IN THE COUNTRY WHERE BARELY ANY CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE-BY-MAIL.

WE DON'T SEE THAT VARIATION WHEN WE KNOW THERE ARE BETTER WAYS.

>> WHAT MORE COULD BE DONE TO BOLSTER VOTING ACCESS IN ILLINOIS OR ANY OTHER STATE, CHANTAL?

>> WE HAVE TO TALK TO OUR LEGISLATORS.

FIRST PEOPLE POWER LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE IS IMPORTANT.

WE HAVE TO BE THE POWER.

WE HAVE TO TELL OTHERS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AND WE HAVE TO SHOW UP.

WE HAVE TO SHOW UP IN NUMBERS.

AND WE HAVE TO SHOW OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WE CARE ABOUT THIS.

AND SO ONCE WE START MOBILIZING ON GROUND LEVELS, LOCALLY, IT WILL SHOW FEDERALLY AS WELL.

I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT AND WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE THIS THROUGHOUT THE NATION.

>> CHANTAL, THE LAST WORD WHAT ARE YOUR NEXT STEPS WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS GOING FORWARD?

>> NEXT STEP ABSOLUTELY AGAIN WILL BE TO ENCOURAGE OTHER MOBILIZE AND ENCOURAGE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE PARAMETER OF VOTER PROTECTION LAWS LOCALLY AND THEN SPREAD OUT TO NATIONALLY TO OTHER STATES.

>> OK. CHANTAL GRANT, AMI GANDHI AND MARK GLENNON THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> PRESIDENT BIDEN TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE ONE YEAR AGO TODAY AMIDST THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

IN ADDITION TO PANDEMIC RECOVERY HE HAS ATTEMPTED TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC STABILITY AND VOTING RIGHTS BUT NOT ALWAYS SUCCESSFULLY.

AN ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL FINDS 56% OF PEOPLE DISAPPROVE HOW BIDEN HAS HANDLED HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE AND 43% SAY THEY DO APPROVE.

JOINING US WITH MORE ARE JAMES TAYLOR, PRESIDENT OF THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTE.

XAVIER RAMEY C.E.O.

OF JUSTICE INFORMED.

SUSAN STOKES PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE CHICAGO CENTER ON DEMOCRACY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND JAIME DOMINGUEZ POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

WELLINGTON THOMAS TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT" EVERYONE.

LET'S START WITH YOU PLEASE.

HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THE PRESIDENT?

>> I THINK THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN GIVEN WHAT HE PROMISED IN THE BEGINNING BUT MORE THAN THAT, WHAT HE RAN ON IN TERMS OF BRINGING TOGETHER A VERY, VERY DIVIDED AND CONTENTIOUSLY FRAUGHT COUNTRY.

IF WE REMEMBER THE POLITICAL CLIMATE COMING INTO THE ELECTION.

THE PROMISES HE MADE SPECIFICALLY AROUND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, AROUND SOCIAL PROGRAMS, AROUND FUNDING FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS THESE SORTS OF THINGS ON THE SOCIAL SIDE I'M VERY MUCH NOT IMPRESSED WITH HIS RECORD COMING IN.

AS IT RELATES TO HOW HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE HOW COVID HAS EVOLVED THROUGHOUT HIS PRESIDENCY.

THE ELASTICITY OF THE SURGES AND BEING ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THOSE, I THINK HE'S DONE HIS BEST PROBABLY COULD AND THERE'S QUITE A BIT MORE TO BE DONE.

AS IT RELATES TO THE ECONOMY WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FOCUSED ON GIVEN THAT INFLATION IS 7.5%, THE ECONOMY THAT IS A BIT MORE EMERGENT AND OFTEN A PRESIDENTIAL FOCUS AND GIVEN WHERE PIESES ARE PEOPLE ARE UPSET HOW HE IS MANAGING IT.

AND I SAY THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS SETUP TO BE MORE ENGAGED IN.

HOWEVER HIS RESPONSIBILITY AROUND BUSINESS POLICY HAS BEEN LACKING AS IT RELATES TO SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND SUCH.

>> AND SUSAN STOKES COMING TO YOU, IS THIS A TERRIBLE TIME FOR ANYONE TO BE PRESIDENT?

HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE PRESIDENT'S LAST YEAR?

>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INVITATION.

I THINK -- I THINK THE CHALLENGES ARE ENORMOUS.

I THINK THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THE TEAM SORT OF MADE A DECISION COMING IN THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO SOLVE SOME THE MAJOR CRISES OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE ECONOMY.

AND SORT OF PUT OFF OTHER ISSUES.

THEY WOULD BUY THEMSELVES TIME AND HOPEFULLY BUY THEMSELVES A BIGGER MARGIN IN THE 22 MIDTERM ELECTIONS BY SOLVING THE PROBLEMS.

AND I THINK THEY WERE IN GOOD FAITH.

I THINK THE PRESIDENT WAS SPEAKING IN GOOD FAITH WHEN HE MADE PROMISES THAT AS XAVIER WAS POINTING OUT HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTING.

THE PLAN WAS GET A BIGGER MARGIN IN CONGRESS, WIN MORE SORT OF ROOM FOR MANEUVER BY SOLVING THE BIG PROBLEMS.

AND THEN ATTEND TO OTHER THINGS LIKE RACIAL JUSTICE, LIKE CRIMINAL JUSTICE, LIKE IMMIGRATION AND SO ON.

THE PROBLEM IS THEY'VE HAD -- THEY'VE HAD SOME REAL PROBLEMS STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS AND SOME BAD JUDGMENTS MISTAKES.

>> YESTERDAY WE KNOW THAT WE SAW THE PUSH FOR VOTING RIGHTS REFORM FAIL IN THE SENATE.

HERE IS A QUICK CLIP FROM YESTERDAY'S SPEECH.

>> NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY MAKE IT FOR MINORITIES TO VOTE, I THINK YOU WILL SEE THEM WILLING TO STAND IN LINE AND DEFY THE ATTEMPT TO KEEP THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO VOTE.

I THINK YOU WILL SEE THE PEOPLE TRYING TO SHOW UP, SHOWING UP AND MAKING THE SACRIFICE THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE TO CHANGE THE LAW BACK TO WHAT IT SHOULD BE.

>> JAIME DOMINGUEZ WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO YESTERDAY'S VOTE?

>> I'M SURE IT'S DISAPPOINTING BUT I WOULD NOT SAY IT IS A PARTISAN ISSUE IT IS MORE OF A DEMOCRATIC ISSUE.

THE RIGHT TO PROTECT THE VOTE [INAUDIBLE] I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY COULDN'T GET THE FILIBUSTER RULES CHANGED.

I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO SPEAK ON THAT ISSUE.

PARTICULARLY GIVEN THAT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE I WOULD ARGUE LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING HIM IN OFFICE.

JAMES CLYBOURN CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF HIS CAMPAIGN.

TO HIM KNOWING PROBABLY WASN'T GOING TO GET PASSED HE WANTED TO SHOW EMOTION AND WANTED TO SHOW HE IS COMMITTED IN THE LONG-TERM.

I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO LET HIS BASE KNOW AND AMERICANS KNOW THIS ISSUE OF THE VOTE IS NOT A REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRATIC ISSUE BUT AN AMERICAN ISSUE WE NEED TO WORK WITH TOGETHER ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLES.

>> JAMES TAYLOR COMING TO YOU, SIMILAR QUESTION, DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT COULD HAVE ACTED DIFFERENTLY TO RECEIVE BETTER RESULTS FROM BOTH PARTIES?

OR WAS IT A NONSTARTER PARTICULARLY FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON.

YES, I THINK THAT JOE BIDEN CAN AND SHOULD BE DOING MORE TO FIND COMMON GROUND ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES.

HE RAN ON BEING A UNIFIER AND UNITER.

REGARDING THE TOPIC OF VOTING, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE PROPER CONTEXT ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THERE ARE 230,000 POLLING PLACES IN THE COUNTRY.

THAT IS 46,000 PER STATE.

AND THAT IS ONE FOR EVERY 280 VOTERS.

IT'S NOT VERY DIFFICULT TO VOTE.

IT'S EASIER TO GO VOTE THAN IT IS TO GET A COVID VACCINE OR TEST WHICH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TELLS US BOTH ARE EASY TO DO AND THAT WE MUST DO.

THE THING IS THIS...

IT SHOULD BE EASY TO VOTE AND IT SHOULD BE HARD TO CHEAT.

AND YOU HAVE TWO PARTIES AND TWO PERSPECTIVES THAT ARE SAYING WE HAVE TO MAKE IT EASIER TO VOTE AND WE HAVE TO MAKE IT HARDER TO CHEAT YOU HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH BOTH.

IF YOU ARE NOT DOING BOTH OR IF YOU ARE DANCING ONE AT THE COST OF THE OTHER THING YOU WILL HAVE -- THEN YOU WILL HAVE A FURTHER DIVIDE.

THERE SHOULD BE OPTIONS THAT ALLOW OUR SYSTEM TO BE EASIER TO VOTE AND HARD TO CHEAT.

YOU CANNOT HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE EVERYONE CAN VOTE BUT A LARGE NUMBER OF THE VOTES ARE FRAUDULENT UNLESS WE HAVE A BANANA REPUBLIC.

>> HE HAS HAD SEVERAL STALLED INITIATIVES ON HIS AGENDA, OBVIOUSLY BUILD BACK BETTER ONE OF THEM AND HE SAID YESTERDAY THAT HE WOULD BE OPEN TO INITIATIVES BEING BROKEN UP INTO PIECES TO GET THROUGH CONGRESS.

SUSAN STOKES WOULD YOU SAY HE HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN CREATING UNITY BETWEEN THE PARTIES?

>> I THINK THE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN TRYING TO BLOCK EVERYTHING HE DOES.

I WILL RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH JAMES AND SAY LOOK, THAT'S BEEN THE MISSION OF MITCH McCONNELL AND THE REPUBLICANS AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS DEAD SET ON BEING THE PARTY OF NO AGAINST WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO DO WHETHER THEY DISAGREE OR DON'T DISAGREE THAT MUCH.

AND BY THE WAY, THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IN OUR DEMOCRACY COMPARED TO EVERY OTHER DEMOCRACY, IS VERY LOW VOTER PARTICIPATION BECAUSE WE MAKE IT SO DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE.

THERE IS NO WIDESPREAD FRAUD IN OUR COUNTRY EVERY STUDY EVERY ACADEMIC STUDY, EVERY SERIOUS APPRAISAL OF THE ELECTIONS AFTER 2020 HAS MADE CLEAR THERE'S NO WIDESPREAD FRAUD IN OUR SYSTEM.

>> TODAY WE SPOKE WITH WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR KATE BURNER AND ASKED HOW THE ADMINISTRATION FEELS THE FIRST YEAR HAS GONE.

>> IT HELPED SCHOOLS REOPEN.

IT HELPED US FUND A VACCINATION CAMPAIGN.

TODAY MORE THAN 200 MILLION AMERICANS ARE VACCINATED.

IN THE SURGE OF OMICRON, THOSE ARE AMERICANS WHO ARE PROTECTED AGAINST SEVERE ILLNESS AND HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH.

THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT LIFE RIGHT NOW THAN A YEAR AGO.

WE'VE CREATED 6.4 MILLION JOBS THE MOST CREATED IN ANY ONE SINGLE YEAR IN HISTORY.

>> XAVIER RAMEY COMING BACK TO YOU, HOW WOULD YOU SAY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS HANDLED COVID ARE THEY DOING ENOUGH?

>> I THINK THAT -- I THINK ABOUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IN COMPARISON TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE COVID RESPONSE.

WE WERE STILL LEARNING IN 2020 AND EARLY 2021 BUT AT THIS POINT, WE ARE TWO YEARS INTO THIS PANDEMIC AND THE RESPONSE WE'RE SEEING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHETHER IT BE PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING THAT COVID RESPONSE IS NOT A FEDERAL ISSUE IT IS A STATE ISSUE AND IT SHOULD BE A STATE RESPONSE.

HOWEVER THE STATES ARE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF A RESPIRATORY PANDEMIC.

AND SO I DO BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE A FEDERAL RESPONSE AND I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT OUR PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN THAT AS SERIOUSLY AS NEEDED TO BE.

THE 400 MILLION MASKS TO GO OUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN HIS FIRST WEEK IN OFFICE.

THE PRECAUTIONS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND HOW THEY CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE COVID RESPONSE INFORMING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHERWISE.

WEAVER NOT SEEN IT.

I THINK THERE'S MORE.

HOWEVER I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THE FRACTURED NATURE OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM.

>> BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF TIME, I WANT TO GET JAMES TAYLOR IN HERE.

HOW WOULD YOU SAY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION HAS HANDLED THE PANDEMIC?

>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS CAUGHT IN A POSITION WHERE IT POLITICIZED COVID BACK BEFORE THE LAST ELECTION WE HAD COVID DEATHS THAT WERE GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHETHER IT'S PRESIDENT TRUMP OR PRESIDENT BIDEN THE RATE OF COVID HAS BEEN THE SAME AND THE DEATH RATES THE SAME.

IN THE STATES THAT HAD HAVE MORE MASK REQUIREMENTS, SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS, ECONOMIC SHUTDOWNS, THE RATE OF CASES AND DEATHS IS THE SAME.

THE PANDEMIC IS DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH.

AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS WHAT WE'RE STUCK WITH.

THERE IS A GREAT TRAGEDY BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO POLITICIZE IT AND SAY THE REASON WE HAVE A PANDEMIC BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP'S INCOMPETENCE YOU BETTER FIX IT OR ELSE NOW IT'S ON YOU.

AND RIGHT NOW IT'S ON JOE BIDEN.

>> THERE IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

XAVIER RAMEY, JAMES TAYLOR, SUSAN STOKES AND JAIME DOMINGUEZ.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> IT WAS ONCE KNOWN AS THE GATEWAY TO THE SOUTH SUBURBS BUT HAS FALLEN ON HARD TIMES DUE TO DECADES OF DISINVESTMENT AND POVERTY.

HARVEY HAS BEEN SYNONYMOUS WITH POLITICAL AND POLICE CORRUPTION AND STRUGGLED WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF HOMICIDES OF ANY MUNICIPALITY IN COOK COUNTY OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO.

LOCALS BELIEVE THERE ARE REASONS FOR OPTIMISM AND BIG CHANGES AFOOT IN MONTHS.

HARVEY IS WHERE PARIS SCHUTZ SPENT THE DAY REPORTING AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

PARIS JOINS US OUTSIDE THE HARVEY CITY HALL.

>> YOU MENTIONED THOSE CHALLENGES JAVY FINISHED LAST YEAR WITH 31 HOMICIDES.

AND ALSO RIGHT NOW THE TOWN IS DEALING WITH 100% CAPACITY AT ENGLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL THE BIGGEST HOSPITAL IN TOWN AND HAS FEDERAL HELP TO DEAL WITH THE OMICRON SURGE.

BUT THERE ARE REASONS TO BELIEVE THAT HARVEY IS TURNING THE CORNER FROM THE HISTORIC PROBLEMS.

IT WAS ONCE A HUB OF MANUFACTURING, LONG TIME HOME TO THE DIXIE MALL, IMMORTALIZED IN THE BLUES BROTHERS MOVIE.

A THIRD OF THE TOWN'S 20,000 RESIDENTS LIVE BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL AND THE TOWN DEALT WITH ALLEGATIONS OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION.

BUT IN 2019 THE LONG TIME MAYOR ERIC KELLOGG STEPPED DOWN AND A CHIEF CRITICS CHRISTOPHER CLARK TOOK OVER.

CLARK TOOK THE STEP OF FIRING THE POLICE CHIEF AND ANNOUNCING AN OVERHAUL OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER SOME VERY PUBLIC ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

AND RIGHT NOW HARVEY NATIVE 32-YEAR-OLD DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF CAMERON BIDDINGS IS OVERSEEING THAT TRANSITION.

SAYS THEY ARE HIRING NEW OFFICERS, INVESTING IN NEW TECHNOLOGY LIKE A NEW FLEET OF VEHICLES HE SAYS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS.

A NEW 411 SYSTEM AND MUCH MORE.

>> WE CURRENTLY HAVE A GUNSHOT DETECTION SYSTEM WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE THAT WILL HELP WITH THE SHOOTINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING THE SHOTS FIRED PEOPLE ARE HEARING OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE A SYSTEM WHICH IS LICENSE PLATE READER DEVICES PLACED THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US WITH THE STOLEN AUTOS.

WE ARE BEING PRO-ACTIVE TO COMMON BACK THE CRIME WE'RE DEALING WITH.

>> HARVEY WAS NAMED OF ONE OF NINE CITIES IN THE NATION TO RECEIVE A GRANT FROM THE ROBINHOOD FOUNDATION TO FIGHT POVERTY UPLIFT HARVEY THAT PROVIDE SERVICES FROM MENTAL HEALTH TO JOB AND SKILLS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING AND UPLIFT HARVEY SAYS IT'S SEEING RESULTS IN THE TOWN.

>> IDEALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE DISINVESTED IN A COMMUNITY IT TAKES ONE PERSON TO START MAKING A CHANGE.

PEOPLE MIGHT DECIDE LET'S LOOK BACK AT HARVEY AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> A GROUP OF KIDS WHO LIVE WITH THEIR AUNTS AND WE GOT THEM CONNECTED WITH OUR SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM.

THEY'VE GONE THROUGH OUR JOB READINESS PROGRAM AND THEY ARE ALSO NOW A PART OF OUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM.

AND THEY JUST FOLLOW US WHEREVER WE GO WHATEVER PROGRAMS.

>> AND THE REFUGE CHURCH HAS BEEN OPERATING IN HARVEY FOR EIGHT YEARS TRYING TO UPLIFT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL.

CHURCH LEADER LED A MASSIVE COAT AND FOOD-DRIVE OVER THE HOLIDAYS AND THEY ARE THERE FOR THE RESIDENTS' DEEPEST NEEDS.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF DISPARITY.

THERE IS A LOT OF BROKENNESS.

WE HAVE OUR DESIRE IS TO HELP REBUILD THE REBUILDING AND RECOVERY OF THE CITY.

SO WE ACTUALLY MAKE AVAILABLE RECOVERY SERVICES.

COUNSELING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT ALSO WE HAVE A HOUSING PROGRAM.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HOUSE OVER 15 FAMILIES UP TO THIS POINT AND WE DO IT ON OUR OWN DIME.

>> AND SPEAKING OF HOUSING, CITY LEADERS ARE TOUTING THE BIGGEST PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT HERE IN 20 YEARS.

A FIVE STOREY, 51 UNIT DOWNTOWN APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH HELP FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO HOUSE PEOPLE WHO WORK NEARBY.

>> THIS IS A HUGE DEAL.

THIS IS AN INDICATION THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS LOOKING AT HARVEY THAT WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

THEY SEE THEY CAN GET PROJECTS DONE.

THEY ARE HAPPY ABOUT THE NEW ADMINISTRATION OF BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH US AND GET THIS LEGISLATION PACKAGED AND THROUGH SO WE CAN BREAK GROUND AND GET THE PROJECTS GOING.

>> NOW, TO THE COVID SURGE NOT SURPRISINGLY IT'S HIT THIS TOWN HARD AND IT'S SOCKED THE U OF C'S ENGLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL THEY HAVE BEEN OPERATING AT 100% CAPACITY FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

THE HOSPITAL SAW A PEAK OF 95 COVID PATIENTS PER DAY AND IT'S DOWN TO 80.

BUT IT IS OVERTAXED THE FACILITY AND THE WORKERS TO THE POINT WHERE THE HELMUT JAHN DEPARTMENT SENT 20 PLUS DOCTORS, NURSES AND PHARMACISTS TO ASSIST WITH THE ACTIVITY.

THE COVID SURGE MEANT LONG ER WAIT TIMES AND POSTPONEMENT OF CRITICAL CARE.

>> IT'S VERY CHALLENGING.

IT'S PUTTING A LOT OF ADDITIONAL PRESSURES ON LONG WAIT TIMES TO GET IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

BED CAPACITY ISSUES.

COVID PATIENTS REQUIRE SPECIALIZELATION WHICH INHIBITS OUR ABILITY TO HAVE CAPACITY IN THE HOSPITAL.

>> AND THE MORALE HAS TAKEN A HIT WITH THE OMICRON SURGE AND THE FEDERAL WORKERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THERE THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY.

LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE PASSED THE PEAK OF THE COVID CASES.

MANY NOTABLE RESIDENTS FROM HARVEY, TOM DEGREES EN AND MY LATE FATHER BORN AND RAISED HERE IN HARVEY.

WE WILL BE BACK WITH THE MAYOR CHRISTOPHER CLARK TO TALK ABOUT HOW HE PLANS TO DEAL WITH THE MYRIAD OF CHALLENGES.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL PUPPET FESTIVAL.

STAY WITH US.

>> AND THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD INCLUDING A LOOK BACK AND AHEAD AS WE MARK TWO YEARS OF THE PANDEMIC IN AMERICA.

BUT FIRST LOCAL THEATERS ARE SOON TO BE POPULATED BY PUPPETS.

THE CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATRE FESTIVAL RETURNS FOR 10 DAYS AND TONIGHT IS OPENING NIGHT.

MARC VITALI SPOKE WITH BLAIR THOMAS THE PUPPET MASTER WHO PULLED STRINGS TO KEEP THIS FESTIVAL ON THE CALENDAR.

>> AT REHEARSAL A PUPPETEERS, MARIONETTE SWINGS HIS AXE AND A BIG FOOT PUPPET WALKS IN THE TREES.

THE CHICAGO PUPPET STUDIO IS A SPACE TO REHEARSE, TEACH AND CREATE.

IT'S HOME TO THE CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL PUPPET FESTIVAL.

>> PUPPETRY GOES BACK TO ROOTS IN ANCIENT CULTURES TODAY WE SEE IT ANY A SECULAR FORM.

A PUPPET ON STAGE IT'S VERY SIMPLE WHAT IT'S DOING BUT IT ENCHANTS US AND ITS BELIEVABILITY AND THE SKILL OF THE PUPPETEERS TO BREATHE LIFE INTO THE PUPPET THAT YOU UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT REAL BUT IT REPRESENTS IT SO WELL THAT YOU CAN ENTER INTO THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PUPPET.

>> DUE TO TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS THE FOCUS THIS YEAR IS MOSTLY ON ARTISTS FROM THE U.S. >> THERE WAS ENOUGH LOVE IN OUR HOUSEHOLD TO GIVE A LITTLE... >> ALTHOUGH THE LINEUP INCLUDES PUPPET INDUSTRY BY YIANNI YOUNG.

THAT WILL BE PERFORMED LIVE AT THE DUSABLE MUSEUM.

>> WHY ARE THE LIGHTS IN MY FACE.

>> THERE ARE SHOWS BY JOSH WHO TOURED AND WORKED WITH THE JIM HENSON COMPANY ON SESAME STREET.

AND AT THE WRIGLEY BUILDING A POP-UP STOREFRONT IS HOME TO PUPPETS WHO LIVE IN A GROCERY STORE WHERE EVERYTHING IS MADE OF PLASTIC.

>> WE HAVE A VARIETY OF PUPPETS.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THERE IS A DOLL LIKE WHERE PEOPLE OPERATE ALL ITS HARM ARMS AND LEGS AND WE HAVE GIANT PUPPETS A COMPANY FROM VERMONT IS COMING WITH THEIR WORK.

>> BRINGING THIS TOGETHER WAS NO SMALL TASK.

>> THERE ARE MYRIADS OF CHALLENGES ALL THE THINGS YOU CAN IMAGINE.

THERE IS AN ECOSYSTEM THAT CREATES THE ARTS.

AND THERE WERE CRACKS AND BREAKS IN IT EVERYWHERE WE LOOKED.

BUT IT'S BEEN EXCITING AND WE HAVE REALLY FORMIDABLE ARTISTS RISING TO THE OCCASION AND MAKING PRODUCTIONS HAPPEN.

>> THIS TIME NOW WHERE PEOPLE'S LIVES HAVE BEEN AT STAKE AND OUR WAYS OF LIFE HAVE CHANGED RADICALLY WE START TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH COMFORT WE CAN TAKE IN THE ARTS.

WE TURN TO MUSIC.

WE TURN TO STORYTELLING.

WE TURN TO THESE THINGS.

PUPPETRY IS AN ART FORM THAT USES MODES OF EXPRESSION FROM STORYTELLING TO LIVE MUSIC TO SCULPTURAL FORMS OF THE PUPPETS AND TO BE IN THE ROOM WITH THE WORK IT'S SO MUCH DIFFERENT IT'S LIVE AND IN FRONT OF YOU.

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

>> THE CHICAGO PUPPET FESTIVAL OPENS TONIGHT AND RUNS FOR 10 DAYS.

SOME SHOWS ARE FREE AND SOME ARE TICKETED AND WHILE MUCH OF THE WORK IS FAMILY FRIENDLY OTHER SHOWS ARE FOR MATURE AUDIENCES.

YOU CAN SEE THE LINEUP ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" WE TALK WITH THE MAYOR OF HARVEY ABOUT COVID'S IMPACT ON THE SOUTH SUBURB AND WORK TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE IN THE AREA.

>> SOME PEOPLE MAY CALL WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW, THE NEW NORMAL.

I CALL IT A JOB NOT YET FINISHED.

>> IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE THE FIRST LAB CONFIRMED CASE OF COVID IN THE U.S. A LOOK HOW FAR THE COUNTRY HAS COME AND THE WORK THAT LIES AHEAD.

>> AND WE'RE 100 SECONDS AWAY FROM CATASTROPHE.

WHAT THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK POSITION MEANS AND WHERE IT STARTED WHEN IT WAS CREATED 75 YEARS AGO.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> THE FEDERAL TRIAL OF THE THREE FORMER POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED IN GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH BEGINS TODAY.

THE THREE... ARE CHARGED WITH VIOLATING FLOYD'S CIVIL RIGHTS.

PROSECUTORS SA I THEY FAILED TO PROVIDE HIM WITH MEDICAL AID WHEN FORMER OFFICER DERRICK JONES KNELT ON -- DERRICK CHAUVIN KNELT ON FLOYD'S NECK THAT KILLED HIM.

THAT TRIAL WAS DELAYED UNTIL JUNE TO ALLOW THE CIVIL RIGHTS TRIAL TO GO FIRST.

THE THREE HAVE PLEADED NOT GUILTY.

AND HUBBARD STREET DANCE IS MAKING A MOVE RELOCATING TO A RETAIL SPACE IN WATER TOWER PLACE ONCE A STORE.

THE COMPANY WILL FILL 13,000 SQUARE FEET WITH TEACHING SPACES AND OFFICE AND ARTISTS LOUNGE.

THE 44-YEAR-OLD HUBBARD STREET DANCE SOLD THE HOME AT 1147 WEST JACKSON BOULEVARD.

>> PAT BRICKHOUSE WIDOW OF JACK BRICKHOUSE DIED.

HER HUSBAND BROADCAST CUBS GAMES AND THE SOX AND BEARS FOR DECADES.

SHE RAN A PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM THAT PROMOTED CHICAGO BARS AND RESTAURANTS.

THE COUPLE MARRIED IN 1980.

SHE DIED IN ARIZONA FROM NATURAL CAUSES SHE WAS 91 YEARS OLD.

>> AND NOW BACK TO PARIS WHO SPENT THE DAY IN SOUTH SUBURBAN HARVEY AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

PARIS?

>> AND NOW WE'RE JOINED BY MAYOR CHRISTOPHER CLARK THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU CAME IN IN 2019 AND MADE CHANGES TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN COUPLE MONTHS AGO YOU ANNOUNCED AN OVERHAUL FIRING THE SUPERINTENDENT WHAT LED YOU TO MAKE SUCH A DRASTIC CHANGE?

>> WELL, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU ARE FIRST GETTING INTO THE POSITION IN THE CITY OF HARVEY AS MAYOR YOU HAVE TO DO AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT YOU HAVE OVERALL.

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT ASSESSMENT.

AND COME UP WITH THE IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEMS WERE IN OUR CITY.

SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ONE OF THE THINGS I SPOKE ON WAS ABOUT THE ISSUE OF CORRUPTION.

I DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO MAKE CHANGES AND MOVE IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.

>> AND OBVIOUSLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OF CRIME HERE.

HOMICIDES HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE IN HARVEY FOR A LONGTIME PREDATING YOUR MAYORSHIP.

WHY IS IT SUCH A STUBBORN PROBLEM?

>> IT IS AN ISSUE OF COMMUNITY.

I'VE SAID BEFORE THAT I THINK THERE ARE SOME WHO COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES IF YOU DO THE RESEARCH AND YOU SEE WHERE THEY'VE COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND CAUSED PROBLEMS.

HARVEY HAS BEEN A TIGHT-KNIT TENACIOUS COMMUNITY THAT WORKED TOGETHER.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE OTHERS THAT COME IN AND TO OUR TOWN AND CAUSE THE PROBLEMS THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE AN ISSUE.

I DECIDED IT WAS NECESSARY FOR US TO CHANGE THE LIQUOR HOURS FROM 5:00 A.M. TO 12 MIDNIGHT TO REDUCE THAT TRAFFIC.

>> ONE OF THE PRONGS OF THE PLAN.

WHAT IS GOING TO CHANGE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT?

>> WE'VE CHANGED A LOT OF THINGS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS WE'VE GOTTEN NEW VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE ARE PROVIDING OUR OFFICERS WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JONES.

WE'VE GOT BODY-CAMS BEFORE THE STATE MANDATED THAT BODY-CAMS WERE NECESSARY IN THE STATE.

ALONG WITH LOWER LETHAL USES OF FORCE BY BRINGING IN TASERS.

AS WE BEGIN TO BUILD OUR FORCE EVEN MORE, OUR FORCE WILL BE MORE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT HARVEY IS A COMMUNITY.

IT IS A COMMUNITY.

IT IS A PLACE WHERE ALL OF OUR PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE BETTER LIVES.

>> THIS COMES AS HARVEY FACED FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, PENSIONS HAVE BEEN PETERING ON BANKRUPTCY FOR A WHILE.

THE WATER DEPARTMENT WAS IN RECEIVERSHIP.

WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THOSE THINGS RIGHT NOW?

>> WE ARE CONSTANTLY ENGAGING WITH THOSE THAT WE OWE.

BUT WE DON'T USE IT AS A DETERRENT TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

HARVEY HAS BEEN ON THIS BEFORE.

IF LOOK AT THE 100 YEAR HISTORY OF HARVEY.

FINANCIALLY WE'VE GONE THROUGH CRISES IN THE 1930s AND NOW.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THOSE THAT WE OWE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR BOND HOLDERS TO CREATE A REASONABLE WAY OF PAYING THEM BACK.

AND I THINK WE'RE HEADING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.

>> AND THERE IS A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN FRONT OF US.

AS I'M TOLD THE BIGGEST DEVELOPMENT IN 20 YEARS.

HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?

AND COULD IT SPUR MORE?

>> WE BELIEVE IT CAN.

AND IT CAME FROM ACTUALLY SOME SERIOUS WORK ON BEHALF OF THE TEAM THAT IS AROUND ME.

I AM THE MAYOR BUT I'M ALSO SURROUNDED BY GOOD PEOPLE.

AND THOSE GOOD PEOPLE WORKING TO MAKE THAT DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN ALONG WITH OUR TOD AND TIF INCENTIVES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY WE KNOW THAT IT SHOULD SPUR MORE DEVELOPMENT AND BRING MORE PEOPLE TO OUR CITY.

>> AND GOOD PEOPLE AROUND YOU.

RESIDENTS GOTTEN USED TO THE NEWS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF THE FORMER MAYOR.

HOW DO YOU ASSURE RESIDENTS THAT THOSE DAYS OF CORRUPTION ARE OVER?

>> WELL, I TRY TO PROVE MYSELF PRIOR TO BECOMING THE MAYOR.

I AM AN ATTORNEY BY TRADE AND STILL PRACTICING IN ILLINOIS.

I'VE HAD MY BUSINESSES HERE.

I'M INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY.

TALKING ABOUT THAT INVESTMENT FROM NOT MYSELF BUT ALSO MY FAMILY.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME PERSONALLY FIRST OF ALL TO KEEP MY OWN REPUTATION CLEAR AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO HAVE GOOD PEOPLE AROUND ME AND I WILL SAY ESPECIALLY WITH THE RESIDENTS THE SENIORS WHO ACTUALLY KEEP ME GROUNDED.

THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT RAISED ME AND PUT THOSE SALT OF THE EARTH CHARACTERISTICS AND TRAITS INTO ME TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T LOSE MY WAY TRYING TO SERVE THEM.

>> MAYOR CLARK BEST OF LUCK A LOT OF CHALLENGES WE APPRECIATE YOU JOIN US OUT IN THE COLD.

>> THANK YOU.

>> NOW, WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> TODAY MARKS THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST U.S.

LABORATORY CONFIRMED CASE OF COVID-19 IN THE U.S.

SINCE THEN A PANDEMIC SWEPT THE GLOBE AND IS STILL WITH US TODAY.

WITH THE OMICRON VARIANT THE LATEST INCARNATION OF THE VIRUS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.

JOINING US TO LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHAT WE LEARNED ARE Dr. EMILY LANDON FROM U CHICAGO MEDICINE.

Dr. MAXIMO BRITO AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AND PROFESSOR AT UI HEALTH AND JUDITH ALLEN A PSYCHOLOGIST CLINICAL DIRECTOR AND C.O.O.

OF COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO.

THANK YOU TO ALL THREE OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

Dr. LANDON TWO YEARS DID YOU EXPECT THIS WOULD BE TWO YEARS IN TWO YEARS AGO?

>> WHEN I FIRST WAS APPROACHING COVID IT DIDN'T EVEN OCCUR TO ME TO THINK ABOUT THE DURATION THIS WAS GOING TO LAST TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I WANTED TO GET THROUGH WHATEVER WAS HAPPENING AT THE TIME AND EACH DAY FELT LIKE A YEAR AND EACH WEEK FELT LIKE AN ETERNITY.

IT WASN'T A THOUGHT THAT CROSSED MY MIND.

I HOPED THIS WOULD PASS THROUGH AND THE CASES WOULD COME DOWN AND WE WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE STOOD.

NOW I LOOK BACK AND REALIZE THAT WAS VERY, VERY UNREALISTIC.

WE WERE ALWAYS GOING RESPIRATORY VIRUS PANDEMIC WAS GOING TO BE TOUGH TO HANDLE AND TAKE MORE THAN ONE WAVE.

I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE SHORT BUT WE ALSO DIDN'T MESSAGE WELL THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE LONG.

>> Dr. BRITO A LOT CAN CHANGE IN TWO YEARS.

WHAT DO WE KNOW NOW THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW TWO YEARS AGO?

>> WELL, WE KNOW THAT THE VIRUS MUTATES AND WE SUSPECTED THAT GOING IN.

BUT ITS ABILITY TO MUTATE AND TURN INTO A COMPLETE DIFFERENT PATHOGEN IT CAME AS A SURPRISE PEOPLE ESPECIALLY SINCE WE SINCE AFTER WE HAD THE VACCINES WHICH WE THOUGHT WERE GOING TO REALLY BE THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND WE'VE LEARNED A LOT OF STUFF.

WE LEARNED THERAPEUTICS RIGHT NOW, WITH IMPRESSIVE SPEED WE HAVE CREATED THERAPEUTICS THAT ARE ABLE TO TREAT THE VIRUS.

AND THE VACCINES THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SEEN BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS LIKE ESPECIALLY WITH THE WAVE OF OMICRON, WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS.

>> JUDITH ALLEN WE KNOW THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES OF COLOR EXPOSING A DECENT AMOUNT OF INEQUITIES THAT EXIST.

HAVE WE GOTTEN BETTER IN THESE TWO YEARS AT ADDRESSING THE RACIAL INEQUITIES THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT?

>> WELL, I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN BETTER ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT WE HAVE THOSE INEQUITIES TO BEGIN WITH.

AT SOME LEVEL THERE WAS A QUIET DENIAL.

AND WE SAW THAT BEGAN WHEN WE HAD TO GET KIDS LAPTOPS TO TAKE HOME.

GREAT THEY HAVE A LAPTOP.

DO THEY HAVE WI-FI?

DO THEY HAVE A ROOM TO GET HOMEWORK DONE?

IT OPENED WINDOWS NOW HAVING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PUTTING SCREENS IN THE WINDOWS AND THINGS ARE NOT FLYING IN THE FACE OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

>> PRESIDENT BIDEN ADDRESSED THE NATION AS HE ALSO MARKED A YEAR IN OFFICE.

HE SPOKE ABOUT DEFEATING THE VIRUS.

HERE HE IS.

>> I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP.

AND ACCEPT THINGS AS THEY ARE NOW.

SOME MAY CALL WHAT IS HAPPENING THE NEW NORMAL.

I CALL IT A JOB NOT YET FINISHED.

IT WILL GET BETTER.

WE'RE MOVING TOWARD A TIME WHEN COVID-19 WON'T DISRUPT OUR DAILY LIVES.

>> AND WHAT EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHEN IS THAT TIME?

Dr. LANDON YOU CANNOT PREDICT THE FUTURE A YEAR AGO WE THOUGHT LIFE WOULD BE BACK TO NORMAL IN LATE 2021.

AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED.

WHAT IS NEXT?

HOW DO WE GET OUT OF THIS?

>> WE NEED TO HAVE GLOBAL VACCINATIONS.

WE NEED EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD TO BE VACCINATED.

WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY EASILY AND WE WILL NEED TO DO THINGS IN ORDER TO PROTECT HEALTHCARE AND TO PROTECT VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS WHEN IT DOES FLARE-UP AND THAT MEANS NOT JUST THROWING THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER AND SAYING I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT ANYMORE I'M DONE WITH COVID.

WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S THERE AND PUT OUR MASKS ON AND TRUDGE THROUGH THINGS AND WAIT TO THE WAVE TO SUBSIDE.

AND WITHOUT THOSE INTERVENTIONS AND VACCINATION AND THE NEW MEDICATIONS NEED TO BE WIDELY AVAILABLE ESPECIALLY FOR VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS.

THOSE THREE THINGS TOGETHER ARE GOING TO REALLY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE FREE OF COVID.

WE ARE ALWAYS FOR YEARS WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE ADDITIONAL MEASURES.

AND THE FASTER WE'RE GOING TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN WE ACCEPT IT.

>> JUDITH ALLEN SINCE THIS DATA AND WE KNOW WHO IS AT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS WERE EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC.

HOW SHOULD WE MANAGE THIS COLLECTIVE INCREASE IN MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS THAT WILL RESULT IN THIS PANDEMIC?

>> I THINK OVER THE COURSE OF LAST TWO YEARS IT WAS ABOUT OUR ADAPTABILITY AND OUR ABILITY TO PIVOT.

BUT IT WAS ABOUT US HAVING TO LEARN A DIFFERENT WAY OF OPERATING AND THAT MEANT BEHAVIORALLY, MENTALLY, ENVIRONMENTALLY, PSYCHOLOGICAL HOW WE ADDRESSED CONFLICT.

THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WITH OUR CHILDREN.

KIDS ARE INCREDIBLY RESILIENT BUT THIS TESTED THEIR IMMUNITY, AND THEIR GRIT.

SO THEIR ABILITY TO BOUNCE BACK.

I THINK THE LACK OF STRUCTURE HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR KIDS AND ADULTS ALIKE.

AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT MINIMIZING WHAT CHILDREN ARE GOING THROUGH IN THE SAME WAY WE'RE EXPERIENCING THE STRESSORS SO ARE THEY WE NEED TO PUT MORE ONUS ON SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING.

>> Dr. BRITO, AS WE ENTER WHAT WILL BE THE THIRD YEAR OF THE PANDEMIC, NEW VARIANTS ARE EXPECTED TO PROLONG IT OBVIOUSLY.

WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THERE IS ANOTHER VARIANT THAT COMES ALONG AND WE DON'T SEE THE END?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE VARIANTS.

BECAUSE THIS VIRUS MUTATES.

IT IS A RESPIRATORY VIRUS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UNVACCINATED.

THE POTENTIAL FOR MUTATION IS THERE.

AND SO THEY ARE GOING TO START APPEARING.

HOWEVER THERE WILL BE A POINT AND I WANT TO STRIKE A CORD OF OPTIMISM HERE THERE WILL BE A TIME WHEN THE DISEASE WILL BECOME ENDEMIC.

AND WE WILL HAVE THE VARIANTS LIKE WITH THE INFLUENZA.

THESE VIRUSES CHANGE EVERY YEAR.

AND THEN WE CHANGE OUR STRATEGIES TO PREVENT IT WE USE VACCINES THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.

THAT IS WHAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN HERE.

Dr. LANDON WAS SAYING WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES.

ONE THING THAT IS DIFFERENT THIS PANDEMIC FROM OTHER PANDEMICS AND FROM INFLUENZA IS WE HAD THE VERSATILITY OF THE MRNA TECHNOLOGY WHICH WE CAN PRODUCE VERY QUICKLY VACCINES AGAINST DIFFERENT STRAINS.

WHEN WE COME TO AN ENDEMIC STAGE WE WILL BE USING VACCINES PERHAPS IN A YEARLY BASIS.

AND THEN THE DISEASE WILL BECOME PART OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE DISEASES WE SEE EVERYDAY AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO RESUME OUR LIVES.

WE ARE NOT THERE YET BUT CLOSER THAN IN 2020.

>> I'M SURE EVERYBODY APPRECIATES THE OPTIMISM.

Dr. LANDON ANY SILVER LININGS OUT OF THIS?

>> WE ARE GOING TO EMERGE FROM THIS OMICRON WAVE WITH MORE SHORT-TERM IMMUNITY THAN WE HAD BEFORE BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE GOT SICK AND ARE STILL GETTING SICK WITH OMICRON.

I'M HOPING IF THERE IS NOT A KNEW IMMUNE ESCAPE COMING OUR WAY AND I'M PRAYING AND THROWING SALT OVER SHOULDER DOESN'T HAPPEN IT COULD BE A NICE SPRING AND SUMMER WHEN THE DISEASE DOES NOT CIRCULATE IN OUR PART OF THE COUNTRY.

>> THANKS TO Dr. EMILY LANDON, Dr. MAXIMO BRITO AND JUDITH ALLEN FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, HOW CLOSE IS DOOMSDAY?

A LOOK AT THAT QUESTION NEXT.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> IT MAY BE THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS CLOCK AND TODAY ITS SECOND HAND STRUCK AGAIN.

>> TODAY THE MEMBERS OF THE SCIENCE AND SECURITY BOARD ARE WARNING THE WORLD TO BE NO SAFER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME AND DECIDED TO SET THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK AT 100 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT.

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK.

THE ANNUAL ILLUSTRATION FROM THE CHICAGO-BASED BULLETIN OF THE ATON McSCIENTISTS OF THE WORLD'S VULNERABILITY TO CATASTROPHE IT'S UNCHANGED FOR THREE YEARS BUT AS PATTY WETLI EXPLAINS THAT NOT A GOOD SIGN.

REMIND US WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CLOCK?

>> RIGHT.

NOT TO BRING THE GLOOM AND DOOM BUT THE CLOCK IS 75 YEARS OLD NOW.

AND IT IS A REMINDER OF THE THREAT THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT COULD END LIFE AS WE KNOW IT ON THE PLANET AND HOW MUCH PROGRESS WE HAVE OR HAVEN'T MADE TOWARDS DIFFUSING THOSE DANGERS.

>> AND WHY ARE SCIENTISTS SOUNDING THE ALARM IF THE CLOCK REMAINED UNCHANGED FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS?

>> WELL, THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY PROGRESS.

THIS IS AS CLOSE AS THE CLOCK AS EVER BEEN TO MIDNIGHT LIKE EVERYONE STEP FORWARD IS TWO STEPS BACK.

IN CLIMATE CHANGE IS A THREAT, COUNTRIES ARE MAKING A LOT OF COMMITTMENTS TO DO THINGS LIKE REDUCE EMISSIONS BUT THEY ARE NOT PUTTING ACTION BEHIND THE COMMITMENTS SO THE CLOCK IS NOT MOVING BACK AND A LOT OF THOSE THREATS REMAIN AS SERIOUS OR MORE SERIOUS THAN THEY WERE A YEAR AGO.

>> AND QUICKLY, THE CLOCK IS 75 YEARS OLD.

A QUICK HISTORY LESSON WHY IT EXISTS?

>> IT WAS STARTED BY ATOMIC SCIENTISTS WORRIED ABOUT THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION AND WHAT HARM IT COULD CAUSE.

AND TO SOUND THE ALARM OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO SORT OF PROTECT SAVE THE PLANET AND MAKE THE PLACE MORE SECURE AND HEALTHIER FOR EVERYONE WHO LIVES HERE.

>> 75 YEARS AGO THE BIGGEST CONCERN WAS NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION AND WE HAVE THAT WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE PANDEMIC.

PATTY WETLI THANK YOU.

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ PATTY'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> UP NEXT, WE CHECK BACK IN WITH PARIS WHO IS CO-HOSTING FROM HARVEY.

FIRST, A LOOK AT WEEKEND EVENTS.

[♪♪♪] WE CHECK BACK IN WITH PARIS WHO SPENT THE DAY IN HARVEY AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

>> WE'RE JOINED NOW BY JOHNNY ARRINGTON WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE BOXING CLUB HERE AT RESTORATION MINISTRIES.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN THE COLD.

SO YOU GREW UP IN HARVEY.

TELL US ABOUT THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE?

>> HARVEY IS A TOWN OF VERY PROUD PEOPLE.

VERY TOUGH PEOPLE.

WE'VE SEEN A LOT AND BEEN THROUGH A LOT.

BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT BINDS US TOGETHER.

WE TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT WE ARE AND WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH AND MOST OF US HAVE A SENSE OF HOPE TOWARDS WHERE WE KNOW WE SHOULD AND CAN GET TO.

>> AND YOU ARE A LIVING EXAMPLE BECAUSE YOU CAME TO THE BOXING CLUB AS A KID.

>> I WAS GOING THROUGH A TOUGH TIME WITH SCHOOLING DURING MY SOPHOMORE YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL AND MY PARENTS DIDN'T TRUST ME AT THE SCHOOL THAT I WAS AT.

THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SEND ME ANYWHERE ELSE.

I WAS HOME SCHOOLED AT THE TIME.

SO I GOT PLUGGED IN THE HARVEY BOXING CLUB AND FUNNELED IN RESTORATION MINISTRIES AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

I GOT INVOLVED WITH THE YOUTH GROUP.

I FOUND GOD AND MY LIFE TOOK A DIFFERENT TRAJECTORY.

>> AND TELL US ABOUT THE WORK YOU ARE DOING?

>> IT CAME FULL CIRCLE THE SAME PLACE THAT POURED INTO ME I'M RUNNING AND IN CHARGE OF POURING INTO THE OTHER YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WE SERVE 30-40 KIDS NIGHTLY.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FACILITY THERE IS AN ART GALLERY, DRUMS, DANCING, THEATRE, BALLET ALL FINE ARTS SO THEY GET A ROUNDED EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE OPTIONS.

AND WE DO THE CHICAGO GOLDEN GLOVES YOU MAY SEE SOME OF OUR BOXERS WEARING THE LOGO COMING UP.

>> YOU SEE THE KIDS GET TURNED ON AND COME FROM TOUGH BACKGROUNDS OR STRUGGLED THE WAY YOU DID.

AND SEE THEM GET INTO THIS.

>> I MEAN IT IS JUST REWARDING IS WHAT I WOULD CALL IT.

I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WALK A LITTLE TALLER.

I'VE SEEN PEOPLE START TO MAKE EYE CONTACT, THEIR GRADES ARE BETTER THEY DON'T HANGOUT WITH THE SAME PEOPLE THEY USED TO HANGOUT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE TELL ME THAT THANKS TO THE BOXING CLUB THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO BE WHEN THEY WOULD BE DOING NEGATIVE THINGS.

SO... >> WHAT ARE THEY LEARNING?

THEY ARE LEARNING HOW TO BOX.

BUT WHAT OTHER THINGS?

WE ARE FAITH BASED.

WE HAVE A VERSE OF THE DAY AND TRY TO GET PUSH LIVING A GODLY LIFE.

WE'VE PUSHED SERVICE.

WE LIKE TO SEE OUR PEOPLE TAKE OWNERSHIP.

WE HAVE THEM PITCH IN AND CLEAN UP AND VOLUNTEER.

AND SO THEY ARE LEARNING ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND JUST LIFE LESSONS WE TRY TO POUR INTO THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

WHEN THE DOORS CLOSED WE STILL HAVE THE RELATIONSHIPS.

WE INVITING THEM HERE, THERE AND DOING LIFE ON LIFE WITH THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN.

>> JOHNNY ARRINGTON YOU ARE DOING GREAT WORK HERE IN HARVEY.

AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US OUT HERE IN THE COLD.

AND BRAY DISWE WILL BE WRAPPING UP IN JUST A BIT.

>> THANK YOU SEE YOU IN A LITTLE BIT.

AND WE WILL BE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

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