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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE EVENING OFF.

>> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> HE WAS A MODEL JURIST AND WE WILL MISS HIM.

>> SUPREME COURT JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER IS EXPECTED TO RETIRE.

WE TALK ABOUT HIS LEGACY WITH A FORMER CLERK.

>> YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE A HORRIFIC YEAR.

>> THE RACE FOR CHICAGO MAYOR GEARS UP AS A POTENTIAL CHALLENGER BLASTS LIGHTFOOT'S RECORD ON CRIME.

>> IF THE COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER IN UNIQUE WAYS SO SHOULD WE.

>> OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THE HOMICIDE THAT BROUGHT TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT TOGETHER IN A RARE JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE.

>> WE HAVE PAID AS A CITY AS TAXPAYERS AN UNBELIEVABLY HEAVY TOLL FOR HIS CRIMES.

>> A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT FOR TWO MEN WRONGLY CONVICTED UNDER A DISGRACED FORMER POLICE COMMANDER.

AN ALTERNATIVE TO 9-1-1 A PROGRAM TO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RESPOND.

RESEARCH SHOWING CHILDREN IN THE LATINO NEIGHBORHOODS DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY AIR POLLUTION.

>> IF I CAN WORK WITH ANIMALS PLUS MY BEST FRIEND, SOLD.

>> AND MEET A BEST FRIEND DUO BRINGING MEXICAN DESIGNS TO CHICAGOANS AND THEIR PETS.

BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> TWO SUSPECTS ARE CHARGED IN THE FATAL SHOOTING OF EIGHT YARD MELISSA ORTEGA.

MELISSA ORTEGA WAS SHOT WHILE WALKING WITH HER MOTHER IN LITTLE VILLAGE AND TAKEN TO STROGER HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF A GANG INVOLVED SHOOTING.

OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THE ARREST OF A 27-YEAR-OLD MAN AND A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO IS SET TO BE CHARGED AS AN ADULT.

KIM FOXX CREDIT POLICE, HER STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

>> WE COULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT THE COMMITMENT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WERE WILLING TO STEP UP AND TO SPEAK OUT ON BEHALF OF MELISSA AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY HER TRAGIC DEATH.

>> THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT ROLLS OUT A NEW EFFORT TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO MISCONDUCT.

THE DISTRICT'S LEADER INTRODUCED A PLAN AT TODAY'S BOARD MEETING TO CREATE AN OFFICE OF PREVENTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY AIMED THE ATTACK KELLING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND CHILD ABUSE.

AFTER THE PARK DISTRICT'S SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD PRESIDENT LEFT THEIR POSTS AMID SHARP CRITICISM HOW THEY HANDLED SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT ACCUSATIONS.

WE HAVE MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS STORY AND 0 OUR WEBSITE.

>> AND ONE OF CHICAGO'S ICONIC NEIGHBORHOOD FEATURES IS OFFICIALLY A CITY LANDMARK.

THE CITY COUNCIL GRANTED LANDMARK STATUS TO THE LITTLE VILLAGE ARCH EAST OF KENZIE.

THE STUCCO STRUCTURE WAS DESIGNED TO RESEMBLE THE ARCHES THAT WELCOME PEOPLE TO MANY VILLAGES IN MEXICO.

WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE WHAT HAPPENED AT TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING COMING UP.

UP NEXT, A SHAKE-UP ON THE SUPREME COURT.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> THERE MAYBE A JOB OPENING ON THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST COURT.

STEPHEN BREYER IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE HIS RETIREMENT AFTER SERVING MORE THAN TWO DECADES ON THE COURT.

THE VACANCY WOULD PAVE THE WAY FOR PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO MAKE HIS FIRST SUPREME COURT PICK.

AND ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL HE PLEDGED TO NOMINATE A BLACK WOMAN TO THE HIGH COURT A HISTORIC FIRST.

JOINING US ARE FORMER CLERKS OF HIS, ROBERT HOCHMAN, HEAD OF THE SUPREME COURT AND APPELLATE PRACTICE AT SYBIL MADISON.

CAROLYN SHAPIRO A PROFESSOR AT KENT COLLEGE OF LAW AND THE CODIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL'S INSTITUTE ON THE SUPREME COURT AND LINDA COBERLY HEAD OF THE APPELLATE AND MOTIONS PRACTICE AT WINSTON & STRAWN.

THANKS TO THE THREE OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

CAROLYN, PRESIDENT CLINTON JUSTICE BREYER IN 1994.

DO YOU SEE HIS RETIREMENT AS THE END OF AN ERA?

>> CERTAINLY IN SOME REGARDS.

THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE ON THE COURT WHO ARE ON THE LEFT WITH HIM WERE OBAMA APPOINTEES.

SO IN THAT SENSE IT IS THE END OF AN ERA.

ON THE OTHER HAND I THINK JUSTICE BREYER WOULD SEE IT AS PASSING THE BATON.

I THINK HE HAS BELIEVES HE IS PART OF A LONG TRADITION CERTAIN TYPE OF JURIST AND EXPECTS THAT CONTINUE EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE IN THE MAJORITY.

>> LINDA HOW CAN THIS BE A PERSONALLY COMPLICATED DECISION FOR HIM?

>> JUSTICE BRIER IS AN INSTITUTIONALIST HE CARES ABOUT THE INSTITUTION OF THE COURT AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY.

SO I'M SURE IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR HIM LAST SUMMER TO HEAR THE CALLS FOR HIS RETIREMENT FROM SO MANY PEOPLE ON THE LEFT.

AND IT WASN'T JUST A SURPRISE THAT HE RESISTED THOSE CALLS TO RETIRE ON A SCHEDULE THAT SOMEONE ELSE DETERMINED.

I THINK HE LOVES WHAT HE DOES.

I THINK HE LOVES THIS JOB.

I THINK HE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE AND I THINK HE HAS MORE TO SAY.

I'M SURE FOR HIM IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE THAT PART OF HIS CAREER DRAW TO A CLOSE.

I DON'T THINK WE WILL HEAR THE LAST OF HIM.

HIS RETIREMENT IS NOT IMMINENT THERE IS EVERY REASON TO THINK HE WILL SIT FOR THE REST OF THE TERM.

AFTER HE STEPS DOWN, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE TO HEAR FROM HIM AS AN AUTHOR, TEACHER, MAYBE AS A FEDERAL APPELLATE COURT JUDGE AS SOME JUDGES DO.

JUSTICES DO AFTER THEY RETIRE FROM THE COURTS THEY CONTINUE TO HEAR CASES.

I'M SURE THIS IS BITTERSWEET FOR HIM.

AND I'M SURE THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN COMPLICATED FOR HIM AS HE LOOKS AT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE COURT AND ALSO LISTENS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC CONVERSATION.

>> RIGHT AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET INTO DECISIONS OVER TIME.

ROB, WHAT WAS IT LIKE BEING A CLERK FOR HIM?

>> OH, WELL, THAT IS IN MY PERSONAL CASE, YOU'RE A YOUNG LAWYER JUST STARTING OUT IN YOUR CAREER.

AND JUSTICE BREYER GAVE ME THE PRIVILEGE TO WALK INTO THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING AND BE PART OF THE PINNACLE OF THE INSTITUTION OF THE PROFESSION RIGHT AT THE START.

AND MOST REMARKABLY FOR ME, HE INSISTED THAT I NOT SHAVE MY VIEWS, DO THE WORK AND DON'T TRY TO PREDICT WHAT HE THINKS.

HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT I THINK.

HE RESPECTED OUR JUDGMENT.

HE WANTED IT.

AND HE WANTED TO GET THE BEST ANSWER HE POSSIBLY COULD IN LIGHT OF HIS OWN JUDGMENT AND OURS.

AND IF THAT DOESN'T HELP A YOUNG PERSON STAND UP STRAIGHTER TO BE HONEST WITH YOU I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD.

I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL TO HIM ON A PERSONAL LEVEL FOR THAT.

>> CAROLYN ONE OF HIS DECISIONS WAS IN 2016 WHEN HE WROTE THE COURT'S ABORTION DECISIONS STRIKING DOWN A TEXAS LAW THAT CLOSED NEARLY HALF OF THE CLINICS IN THE STATE.

TALK ABOUT HIS WORK IN THAT DECISION AND WHAT IT MEANT.

>> WELL, THAT DECISION WAS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE HE REJECTED AN EFFORT BY THE STATE OF TEXAS TO BASICALLY MAKE IT CLOSE TO IMPOSSIBLE FOR ABORTION CLINICS TO OPERATE.

BUT TO DO SO, BY CLAIMING THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO PROTECT WOMEN'S HEALTH BY IMPOSES WHAT THEY CLAIMED WERE NECESSARY HEALTH REGULATIONS ON THE CLINICS.

AND HE ABSOLUTELY REJECTED THAT ARGUMENT IN PART BY INSISTING AS A MATTER OF LAW THAT REGULATIONS ACTUALLY HAD TO BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF WOMEN.

YOU HAD TO SHOW THAT THEY, IN FACT, WERE HELPFUL TO PROTECTING WOMEN'S HEALTH BUT ALSO BY INSISTING ON DELVING DEEP INTO THE RECORD.

HE SPENT TIME LOOKING AT THE FACTS IN THAT CASE AND HE LIKED FACTS.

HE LIKED TO KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD.

AND HE SPENT MUCH OF THAT OPINION DETAILING IN GREAT CARE WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN TEXAS AS A RESULT OF THESE LAWS AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AND WHAT THE LAWYERS IN THAT CASE HAD REPRESENTING THE ABORTION PROVIDERS AND THE WOMEN WHAT THEY HAD BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH AND THAT THE STATE OF T HAD NOTHING ON THE OTHER SIDE.

>> LINDA, YOU HAVE MEMORIES AROUND HIS TIME WITH THE STATE OF THE UNION AND HOW HE VIEWED THE IMPORTANCE OF AEND ITING THOSE.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> WHEN WE WERE CLERKING AND ROB AND I CLERKED AT THE SAME TIME DURING THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT CLINTON AND DURING THAT TIME IN WASHINGTON IT WAS A DIVISIVE TIME IN WASHINGTON.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ACRIMONY.

AND I REMEMBER HEARING HIM SPEAK DURING THAT TIME ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE STATE OF THE UNION AND ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF JUSTICES ATTENDING.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN WHEN THE STATE OF THE UNION IS TELEVISED A LOT OF DRAMA WHEN THE MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT WALK DOWN AND ARE WELCOMED INTO THE SENATE CHAMBER AND SIT IN THE FRONT.

AND JUSTICE BREYER FELT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE COURT DO THAT.

AND DID SO EVEN WHEN HE WAS LITERALLY THE ONLY JUSTICE TO ATTEND THE STATE OF THE UNION.

AND THAT WAS IMPORTANT IN A SIGN OF HOW MUCH HE CARES ABOUT THE INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT.

NOT JUST THE COURT BUT THE LEGISLATURE AND THE EXECUTIVE AND THE STATE OF THE UNION IS A CEREMONIAL MOMENT WHEN THE DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS COME TOGETHER TO FORM THE LARGER INSTITUTION.

IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH HIS IDEOLOGY THAT HE CARES ABOUT THAT IMPORTANT MOMENT.

>> ROB DID HIS VALUES CONTRAST THEN THAT HE HAS CONTRAST WITH THE HIGHLY PARTISAN POLITICAL LENS THROUGH WHICH PEOPLE VIEW THE COURT TODAY?

>> YEAH, I THINK THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE TRULY DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF HIM.

IT'S VERY EASY FOR US NOW TO FALL INTO A TRAP OF CYNICISM ABOUT THE POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS OF THE JUSTICES AND HOW THEY DRIVE OUTCOMES IN LEGAL CASES.

AND JUSTICE BREYER HAS BEEN STEADFAST EXTRAORDINARILY STEADFAST IN REFUSING TO ENDORSE THAT VIEW.

SOME PEOPLE THINK IT MIGHT BE STUBBORN OR NAIVE.

WHATEVER YOU CALL IT YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S HONESTLY FELT.

HE BELIEVES THAT.

AND AS LINDA IS SAYING HE BELIEVES THAT BECAUSE AN INDEPENDENT STRONG INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY IS A JEWEL OF LIBERTY.

AND A JEWEL OF OUR GOVERNMENT.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IF HE IS NOT WILLING TO SPEAK UP FOR IF JUSTICES AREN'T WILLING TO SPEAK UP FOR IN THE FACE OF PUBLIC CYNICISM THEN WHO WILL?

I CANNOT CREDIT HIM ENOUGH FOR THAT AND I HOPE HIS RETIREMENT DOES NOT LEAD TO HIS HIM OR OTHERS SPEAKING LESS IN THAT DIRECTION.

I HOPE WE GET MORE OF THAT BECAUSE WE NEED IT.

>> AND CAROL LIP WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT POTENTIAL NOMINEES TO REPLACE HIM AND THERE'S POLITICS TO THE TIMING OF WHEN THAT NOMINEE COULD BE CONFIRMED.

>> WELL, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NAMES THAT ARE THROWN AROUND.

TWO OF THE LEADING POTENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE JUSTICE LEANDRA KRUEGER ON THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT.

AND JUDGE BROWN JACKSON WHO IS HERSELF A FORMER BREYER CLERK.

AND WHO WAS RECENTLY ELEVATED FROM THE DISTRICT COURT FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO THE DC CIRCUIT SOME PEOPLE THINK OF AS THE SECOND HIGHEST COURT IN THE LAND.

THEY BOTH HAVE REMARKABLE REPUTATIONS.

THE PROCESS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT, AS QUICKLY AS SENATOR SCHUMER AND DURBIN AND THE WHITE HOUSE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

SENATOR SCHUMER SAID PUBLICLY THAT HE SEES NO REASON THAT THE DEMOCRATS CANNOT MAKE THIS HAPPEN AS QUICKLY AS THE REPUBLICANS CONFIRMED JUSTICE BARRETT.

AND I THINK ONE REASON THAT HE WANTS TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING GO WRONG.

AND THE MORE QUICKLY THAT THIS PROCESS HAPPENS, THE LESS LIKELY IT IS THAT THERE WILL BE A SURPRISE.

THE NOMINEES WHO ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED.

>> AND DEMOCRATS BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET IT DONE BEFORE THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.

CAROLYN SHAPIRO, ROBERT HOCHMAN AND LINDA COBERLY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> TWO MEN WHO SPENT DECADES BEHIND BARS THEY DID NOT COMMITMENT WILL BE GETTING $14 MILLION FROM THE CITY.

ALDERPEOPLE SIGNED OFF TODAY ON THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US WITH MORE.

AND TELL US ABOUT THE TWO MEN, KEVIN BAILEY AND COREY BATCHELOR AND THEIR WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS?

>> WELL THIS GOES BACK TO 1989 WHEN THEY WERE 19 AND THEY WERE ARRESTED CHARGED AND CONVICTED IN THE MURDER OF LULA MAE WOODS, THE WIFE OF A RETIRED CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER.

THEY CONTENDED FOR YEARS THEY WERE INNOCENT AND THAT THEIR CONFESSIONS OF THE CRIME HAD BEEN COERCED BY DETECTIVES WHO HAD BEEN TRAINED BY COMMANDER JON BURGE WHO WE NOW KNOW TORTURED AND ABUSED MORE THAN 100 BLACK MEN IN CHICAGO AND FRAMED THEM FOR CRIMES THAT THEY DID NOT COMMIT.

BAILEY SPENT 28 YEARS IN PRISON.

AND COREY BATCHELOR SPENT 15 YEARS IN PRISON BEFORE BEING EXONERATED IN 2008.

EACH WILL GET $7 MILLION.

>> TODAY YOU ASKED THE MAYOR IF THE SETTLEMENT CLOSES THE DOOR ON THE BURGE CLAIMS THAT CHICAGO TAXPAYERS HAVE BEEN PAYING OUT.

LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.

>> WE HAVE PAID AS A CITY AS TAXPAYERS AN UP BELIEVABLELY HEAVY TOLL FOR HIS CRIMES.

THESE PAYMENTS ARE OBVIOUSLY A GREAT CONCERN TO ME.

NOT JUST FOR HIM BUT WE HAVE OTHERS THAT WHERE THERE'S SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE CLAIMS ARE VALID THAT WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO ADDRESS THE HARM THAT HAS BEEN DONE.

>> NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR THERE.

BUT WHAT IS THE TOLL THAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT WAS TALKING ABOUT AND WHY IS THE CITY STILL DEALING WITH THE CASES 30 YEARS AFTER BOURGEOISES FIRED?

>> THAT IS RIGHT IN ALL THE CITY PAID $130 MILLION TO MEN WHO SAID THAT THEY WERE ABUSED AND THEN CONVICTED OF CRIMES THAT THEY DID NOT COMMIT.

BUT I THINK THE DAMAGE THAT JON BURGE AND THOSE THAT HE TRAINED GOES FAR DEEPER BECAUSE IT'S PLAYED A ROLE IN THE DISTRUST IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN CHICAGO WITH THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE HEARD AGAIN TODAY IN A SEPARATE CRIME THAT THAT LACK OF TRUST HAS REAL ISSUES AND CAUSES REAL PROBLEMS FOR CHICAGO.

>> MOVING ON, WE HEARD EARLIER IN THE SHOW ABOUT THE APPROVED LANDMARK STATUS FOR THE LITTLE VILLAGE ARCH.

ANY OTHER MAJOR ACTIONS FROM TODAY'S MEETING?

>> REALLY A MINOR CHANGE NOW CHICAGO RESTAURANTS CAN NO LONGER OFFER KIDS' MEAL WITH SUGARRY DRINKS THEY HAVE TO MARKET THE MEALS WITH MILK OR WATER OR JUICE.

THIS IMPLEMENTS A STATE LAW THAT TOOK EFFECT JANUARY 1 IN CHICAGO IN AN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE CHILDHOOD OBESITY AND HELP LITTLE ONES PERHAPS MAKE HEALTHIER CHOICES EVEN THOUGH THE PARENTS CAN ASK FOR POP IF THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT.

>> ALSO THE NEXT MEETING DATE WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING OUT FOR?

>> THAT IS FEBRUARY 23.

AND WE COULD SEE A TIME VOTE ON THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO SUE GANG LEADERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECOVER WHAT SHE CALLS THEIR ILL GOT ESPECIALLY GAINS FROM CRIMES TO HELP VICTIMS AND FUND VICTIMS SERVICES VERY CONTROVERSIAL WITH CRITICS SAYING THAT IT DOES NOT -- WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO ADDRESS CRIME IN CHICAGO.

>> AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE LATER ON.

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

HEATHER CHERONE THANKS SO MUCH.

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

>> WE ARE MORE THAN A YEAR OUT FROM CHICAGO'S MAYORAL ELECTION.

BUT THE RACE IS ALREADY HEATING UP WITH ONE POTENTIAL CANDIDATE SLAMMING THE CITY'S APPROACH TO VIOLENCE.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

WHO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

>> THE POTENTIAL CHALLENGER IS ARNE DUNCAN WHO PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS C.E.O.

OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ALSO FOR THE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SERVED AS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HEAD.

HE IS NOW CURRENTLY HEAD OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED CRED THAT IS AN ANTIVIOLENCE GROUP A NONPROFIT AIMED AT ENDING GUN VIOLENCE BUT THE NEXT MOVE COULD BE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.

>> I HAVE NOT CHANGED ON THINKING ABOUT IT.

I'VE MADE THE REPORTS EVERY YEAR.

THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN DOING.

AND I THINK ALL OF US CITIZENS ARE EXTRAORDINARILY CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AS A CITY RIGHT NOW AND WANT TO GET TO A BETTER PLACE.

>> BE CLEAR RUNNING FOR MAYOR NOT GOVERNOR.

STATE POLITICS REPORTERS SLIP UP.

DUNCAN SAID THE LEADERS IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN PUSHING HIM TO RUN FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR.

HE DID ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA IN A DIGITAL PRESS CONFERENCE THAT FOLLOWED A PRESENTATION TO THE CHICAGO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHICH ISSUED A STATEMENT WE ARE IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PREVENT CRIME FROM OCCURRING.

IN ADDITION TO A PLAN ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE.

2022 CANNOT BE LIKE 2021 IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

NOW DUNCAN CALLED CHICAGO'S CRIME HORRIFIC AND STARTED OUT WITH HIS PRESENTATION SAYING THE CITY'S APPROACH IS NOT WORKING AND IT IS CLEAR WHY.

>> CHICAGO HAS MORE POLICE, MORE MURDERS, AT A LOWER CLEARANCE RATE THAN BOTH NEW YORK AND LA AND THIS IS TRUE FOR YEARS.

WE ARE THE OUTLIER.

WE ARE THE TERRIBLE ANOMALY.

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.

>> DUNCAN SAYS ISSUES INCLUDE A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CRISIS WILL LOW MORALE CONNECTED TO UNFILLED VACANCIES, TURNOVER AND RETIREMENTS.

A LACK OF TRUST BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND POLICE.

AND ALSO DEPARTMENT THAT IS TORN IN TOO MANY DIRECTIONS HAVING TO DEAL WITH HOMELESSNESS AND FULFILLING COMMUNITY INTERACTION QUOTAS HE SAYS CIVILIANS COULD BE DEALING WITH.

HE SAYS TOO MUCH FOCUS BY THE C.P.D.

ON GUN SEIZURES WHICH HE SAYS DOES NOT CORRELATE WITH A DECREASE IN CRIME.

HE SAYS THE UNDERSTAFFED POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO FOCUS ON BULK UP PATROLS IN NEIGHBORHOODS GET HYPER FOCUSED ON MAKING ARRESTS IN HOMICIDE CASES.

>> THE BIGGEST CRISIS FACING OUR CITY IS VIOLENCE.

IT'S SHOOTING AND HOMICIDES.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE WANT OFFICERS FOCUSED ON.

WHAT FOLKS DON'T UNDERSTAND ENOUGH IS THAT THE BIGGEST DRIVER OF VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY IS VIOLENCE.

IT'S RETALIATIONS FOR PREVIOUS VIOLENCE BECAUSE THINGS DON'T GET SOLVED.

>> DUNCAN SAYS IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE BUT IT WILL TAKE COURAGE TO APPROACH VIOLENCE IN A NEW WAY.

NOW, WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS CONFIDENCE IN MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND ALSO IN POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN, DUNCAN SAID HE IS NOT BLAMING ANYONE AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT ANYONE INDIVIDUAL BUT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.

HE DID TAKE AIM AT A SIGNATURE LIGHTFOOT PLAN TO GO AFTER GANG LEADERS ASSETS.

DUNCAN SAYS THIS STRATEGY DOES NOT WORK.

BUT BROWN SAYS GOING AFTER SO-CALLED BLOOD MONEY WILL DISMANTLE GANGS.

>> AL CAPONE WAS NOT ARRESTED FOR THE VIOLENCE.

HE WAS ARRESTED BECAUSE WE TOOK HIS STUFF.

HE DID NOT FILE HIS TAXES.

AND THE VIOLENCE HE TOOK WITH HIM TO THE FEDERAL PEN.

TO HIS DEATH.

>> NOW, WHEN ASKED ABOUT DUNCAN THE MAYOR SAID IT IS NOT TIME TO FOCUS ON POLITICS BUT WENT ON TO SAY THIS... >> THE MIDST OF THE VIOLENCE THE BEST THING TO DO IS DEFUND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT NOT PROVIDE THEM WITH THE IMPORTANT RESOURCES THEY NEED TO FRANKLY ADDRESS EXACTLY THE KINDS OF VIOLENCE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT A SERIOUS PERSON.

>> DUNCAN A COUPLE YEARS BACK HAD PROPOSED REDUCING SPENDING ON THE C.P.D.

TO FREE UP MONEY FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION.

TODAY HE SAID THAT HOW OFFICERS ARE DEPLOYED IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE NUMBER THAT MAKEUP THE C.P.D.

FORCE.

I DID ASK POLITICAL SCIENTIST AND FORMER CHICAGO ALDERMAN DICK SIMPSON TO WEIGH-IN ON ALL THIS CHATTER ABOUT A CONTENTIOUS MAYORAL RACE THIS FAR IN ADVANCE.

>> EVERYONE THINKS WELL, IT'S EASY I WILL RUN AGAINST LIGHTFOOT SHE IS UNPOPULAR IN CERTAIN POINTS IN TIME BUT IT IS NOT AN EASY JOB IT IS A DIFFICULT JOB TO RUN FOR MAYOR AND TAKES A CAREFUL AND MAJOR EFFORT AND IT HAS TO START NOW.

>> SIMPSON SAYS THAT CRIME WILL BE A MAJOR FOCUS OF THAT MAYORAL RACE.

AS IT IS BY THE WAY WITH THE GOVERNOR'S BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN A LITTLE BIT FOR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS AS WELL.

>> UP NEXT, TURNING A PANDEMIC SIDE HUSTLE INTO A BUSINESS.

STAY WITH US.

>> AND THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE PROGRAM INCLUDING CONGRESSWOMAN MARIE NEWMAN IN HOT WATER OVER AN ETHICS VIOLATION.

>> NOW SHE IS THE OWNER OF A SHOP IN PILSEN THAT CONNECTS CUSTOMERS AND PETS WITH HANDMADE DESIGNS FROM MEXICO.

>> COLORFUL COLLARS, SWEATERS AND PATTERNED VESTS.

PILSEN'S POCHA PETS BOUTIQUE OFFERS UNIQUE HANDMADE DESIGNS FOR CHICAGOANS FURRY FRIENDS.

>> ALL OF OUR ITEMS ARE OUTFITS FOR CATS, DOGS AND BUNNIES AND FERRETS.

WE HAVE REALLY TINY OUTFITS SO THAT WILL FIT YOUR PET.

>> ALL OF THE ITEMS ARE MADE IN MEXICO BY OWNER CYNTHIS SOTO'S BEST FRIEND, JESSAMYN GONZALEZ CARRASCO.

>> JESSAMYN GONZALEZ CARRASCO HAS HER OWN SHOP IN MEXICO.

BENITO MODA.

SOCIETY TOW USED TO WORK IN CHILDCARE AND THEN THE PANDEMIC HIT.

>> LOOKING FOR A SIDE HUSTLE SOMETHING TO DO NOT SIT AT HOME AND WAIT.

>> CYNTHIS SOTO WAS BUYING PRODUCTS FOR HER DOGS SHE DECIDED TO TRY TELLING THEM TO OTHER -- SELLING THEM TO OTHERS IN CHICAGO.

>> CYNTHIS SOTO SAYS THE BUSINESS GREW FROM THEM.

>> IN QUARANTINE BROUGHT EVERYONE CLOSER TO THEIR PETS AND PUSH THEM OUT THE DOOR TO ADOPT PETS.

>> AND EVERYONE THAT I'VE INTERACTED HERE IS GREAT.

MARCH 2021 CYNTHIS SOTO OPENED A STOREFRONT IN PILSEN.

THE NAME COMES FROM A DEROGATORY TERM SHE WAS CALLED GROWING UP AS A FIRST GENERATION MEXICAN AMERICAN.

POCHA PETS BOUTIQUE IS A WORD TO DESCRIBE OTHER MEXICANS THAT ARE NOT MEXICAN ENOUGH.

>> SHE EMBRACES THE WORD AND IS WORKING TO PRESENT IT IN A POSITIVE LIGHT AT HER BOUTIQUE.

>> NOT JUST MEXICAN I'M NOT JUST AMERICAN I AM A MIX OF PROUD AND PROUD OF THAT CULTURE BECAUSE IT MAKES ME WHO I AM.

>> BUSINESS HAS SLOWED.

THEY HAVE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH UNIQUE PRODUCTS FOR PETS.

>> WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO KEEP IT ALIVE.

WE ARE BAKING A LOT MORE ITEMS.

WE DID COOKIE DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS ALSO.

>> BUT THEY HOPE TO EXPAND BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE.

>> I WANT TO GROW INTO MAYBE CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, JUST YOU KNOW EXPAND OUR STORE SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN SEE US AND SEE THEMSELVES WITHIN THE NAME AND SEE THEMSELVES SEEN.

>> AND PILSEN BOUTIQUE IS OFFERING VALENTINE'S DAY THEMED TREATS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... AN ALTERNATIVE TO 9-1-1.

A NEW STATE FUNDED PROGRAM WILL SEND MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RATHER THAN POLICE TO SOME EMERGENCY CALLS.

A NEW MAP ALLOWS YOU TO SEE IF SOURCES OF POLLUTION ARE CLOSE TO YOUR HOME AND YOUR KIDS' SCHOOL.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE HAVE LOST TOO MANY CHILDREN TO SLLS IN CHICAGO.

TOO MANY.

>> AND OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON WHETHER CHICAGOANS CAN SEE MORE COOPERATION FROM THE MAYOR STATE'S ATTORNEY AND SUPERINTENDENT MOVING FORWARD.

BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS C.E.O.

SAYS HE WANTS DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TO BE AS DIVERSE AS THE STUDENT POPULATION ON THE HEELS OF TWO TOP DISTRICT OFFICIALS ANNOUNCING THEIR DEPARTURE.

KEN NET FOX AND MAURICE SWEENEY.

AT THE C.P.D.

BOARD MEETING PEDRO MARTINEZ SAYS HE IS WORKING TO BRING MORE BLACK AND LATINO LEADERS INTO THE DISTRICT FOLD.

AND WE HAVE MORE OF THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> ANOTHER CHICAGO BASED COVID TESTING COMPANY FACES A GOVERNMENT PROBE.

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO REPORTS O'HARE CLINICAL LAB IS FACING INVESTIGATIONS FROM THE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND BEEN THE SUBJECT OF COMPLAINTS TO THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE WITH PATIENTS REPORTEDLY GETTING RESULTS WEEKS LATE OR NOT AT ALL.

THE COMPANY HAS GOTTEN MORE THAN 186 MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR COVID TEST SNOOK CHICAGO MARKS ITS COLDEST DAY OF THE YEAR WITH SUBZERO TEMPERATURES AND LOWER WIND-CHILLS.

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THIS MORNING SAW TEMPERATURES OF -5 AT MIDWAY WITH A WIND-CHILL OF -17 AND IT WAS -6 AT O'HARE WITH A WIND-CHILL--18.

WE ARE EXPECTED TO GET A REPRIEVE TOMORROW WITH A HIGH OF 30 IN THE FORECAST.

>> MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RATHER THAN JUST POLICE ARE NOW RESPONDING TO SOME EMERGENCY CALLS WITH THE LAUNCH OF A NEW STATE FUNDED PROGRAM.

THE AIM IS TO TRY TO PREVENT A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS FROM TURNING INTO A POTENTIALLY DEADLY ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE.

PRIORITIZING TREATMENT OVER A CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESPONSE WHEN POSSIBLE.

THE NONPROFIT PROVIDER TRIOLOGY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE BASED IN ROGERS PARK LAUNCHED ITS MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY RESPONDER PROGRAM EARLIER THIS MONTH.

AND JOINING US TO SHARE HOW IT'S GOING ARE SAMANTHA HANDLEY, PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF TRIOLOGY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE.

BASED IN ROGERS PARK.

AND CHRISTOPHER MAYER, CLINICAL DIRECTOR OF CRISIS SERVICES AT TRILOGY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

SAMANTHA HANDLEY LET'S START WITH YOU.

TELL US HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS EXACTLY?

>> WELL, TRILOGY'S FIRST RESPONSE ALTERNATIVE CRISIS TEAM PROVIDES SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS WHEN AND WHERE SUPPORT IS NEEDED.

IT PROVIDES MOBILE RESPONSE TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

BY SENDING OUT MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO HELP KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND LINKED TO THE SERVICES THEY NEED.

>> AND CHRISTOPHER MAYER HOW DO YOU COORDINATE THE RESPONSE FROM TRILOGY HOW DO YOU COORDINATE THAT WITH POLICE OFFICERS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO AS PART OF THE STATE PROGRAM AS IMPLEMENTED THE NORMAL RESPONSE IS FOR MENTAL HEALTH FIRST-RESPONDERS TO GO OUT SOLO TO CALLS WHERE THERE IS NOT ANY INDICATION OF PHYSICAL SAFETY RISK.

WHEN WE RECEIVE A CALL TO THE CRISIS LINE THE STAFF ANSWERS THAT CALL AND COORDINATES A RESPONSE OF ONE OF THE RESPONSE TEAMS.

IF THERE IS AN INDICATION THAT POLICE ACCOMPANY.

WOULD BE NECESSARY WE COORDINATE WITH POLICE PARTNERS TO RESPOND IN-PERSON WITH THEM.

>> WHEN YOU GET A LINE -- A CALL TO YOUR CRISIS LINE WHERE DOES THAT CALL COME FROM?

DOES THAT CALL COME FROM 9-1-1 DISPATCH?

>> NOT AS OF YET.

CURRENTLY WE OPERATE OUR OWN CRISIS LINE.

AND CALLS COME FROM EITHER INDIVIDUALS THEMSELVES IN THE COMMUNITY OR DIFFERENT PARTNERS, HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS, WARD OFFICES ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF STAKEHOLDERS.

EVENTUALLY, CALLS WILL GET DISPATCHED FROM A NEW MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINE THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS BY DIALING 988 AND THAT NUMBER IS ROLLING OUT NATIONALLY BUT IN ILLINOIS IT WILL BE CONNECTED TO A NETWORK OF PROVIDERS JUST LIKE US THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

>> OK. AND SAMANTHA HANDLEY, CHICAGO'S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH LAUNCHED A SIMILAR PROGRAM LAST FALL WILL RESPONSES BETWEEN YOUR PROGRAM WITH THE STATE AND THE CITIES WILL THOSE BE COORDINATED AT SOME POINT?

>> I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.

I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE ARE PRIMARILY DEALING WITH THE NORTH SIDE.

SO WE ARE COVERING ROGERS PARK, EDGEWATER, WEST RIDGE, UPTOWN AND THE SUBURBS OF SKOKIE AND EVANSTON.

BUT WE ARE ALWAYS IN MEETINGS WITH OTHER PROVIDERS AND ALL LEARNING HOW TO DO THIS TOGETHER SHARING RESOURCES AND BUILDING A SYSTEM THAT WILL WORK BEST FOR EVERYONE THAT LIVES IN THE CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS COMMUNITY.

>> AND SAMANTHA HANDLEY THIS ROLLS OUT EARLIER THIS MONTH.

HOW IS IT WORKING SO FAR?

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S WORKING WELL.

CHRIS IS THE BEST PERSON TO ASK BECAUSE HE IS SEEING PEOPLE CALLING THE NUMBER.

>> CHRISTOPHER?

>> IT'S BEEN GOING GREAT.

WE HAVE BEEN GETTING CALLS.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE LINE SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS HAVE BEEN REACHING PEOPLE.

TO INCREASE ACCESS TO THE SERVICE.

THINGS HAVE BEEN RUNNING SMOOTHLY AND THE MEETINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED HAVE BEEN GOING WELL.

>> SAMANTHA, WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED?

AS YOU SAID YOU ARE WORKING IN THE NORTH SIDE AND SEVERAL SUBURBS IMMEDIATELY NEXT DOOR TO CHICAGO.

WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO SCALE THIS UP INTO OTHER COMMUNITIES?

>> REALLY WHAT WE NEED IS MORE PEOPLE.

WE'VE HIRED NINE OR 10 CLINICIANS RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE HIRING COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS AND PEER SUPPORT PEOPLE.

THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVED MENTAL HEALTH EXPERIENCE THAT CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PEOPLE AS WELL.

THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON.

AS WE CONTINUE TO RAMP UP OUR PROGRAM WE WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER IT 24/7 364 DAYS A YEAR AND YOU NEED THE MANPOWER TO DO THE SERVICE.

>> AND WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE INCREASED NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PANDEMIC.

HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR THE SERVICES YOU PROVIDE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ACROSS THE BOARD IN ALL OF OUR SERVICES WHETHER IT'S OUTREACH SERVICES, OUR CHILD AND ADOLESCENT THERAPY SERVICES ADULT THERAPY, ACROSS THE BOARD THE DEMAND IS SO HIGH.

PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE LEVEL OF SOCIAL ISOLATION THAT PEOPLE WENT THROUGH DURING COVID INCREASED PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS.

IN ADDITION TO LOSING JOBS, FOOD INSECURITY, INCOME INSECURITY.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS COMBINED WITH THE SOCIAL ISOLATION HAS CREATED A PERFECT STORM FOR PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS.

>> AND LOSING A LOVED ONE.

>> YEAH.

>> TO THE ILLNESS ITSELF.

CHRISTOPHER IN 2019 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALONE RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 41,000 CALLS INVOLVING A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO ANOTHER 27,000 CALLS.

GIVEN THE SCALE OF THIS NEED IS A PROGRAM LIKE THIS JUST THE BEGINNING?

>> ABSOLUTELY IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS SYSTEM EXPAND AND ALL LEVELS OF THE SYSTEM BECOME REALLY MORE ROBUST.

BOTH THE ACTUAL PUBLIC RESPONSES AS WELL AS NONPROFITS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

SO IN JUST THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS PROGRAM, THERE WAS 70 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS INVESTED IN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO SCALE AND INCREASE ACCESS TO THE SERVICES.

>> AND BRIEFLY BEFORE WE LET YOU KNOW GIVE US A SENSE WHAT HAPPENS ON THE GROUND WHEN THERE IS A CALL WHERE BOTH A MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER AND POLICE OFFICERS NEED TO RESPOND?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE OFTEN COORDINATE RESPONSES WITH POLICE.

WHEN WE'RE CONCERNED THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL SAFETY RISK.

SO ONE EXAMPLE WOULD BE EARLIER THIS WEEK WE RECEIVED A CALL WITH INFORMATION THAT THERE MIGHT BE WEAPONS IN THE HOME IN ADDITION TO SOMEONE EXPERIENCING ACTIVE PSYCHOSIS IN THAT SITUATION WE ARE NOT GOING TO RESPOND SOLO.

WE COORDINATED WITH THE CRISIS INTERVENTION OFFICERS OF THE 24TH DISTRICT THE ROGERS PARK DISTRICT TO RESPOND WITH US TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THAT INDIVIDUAL.

THAT IS TYPICAL WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE ARE COORDINATING.

>> IMPORTANT WORK.

SAMANTHA HANDLEY AND CHRISTOPHER MAYER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LATINO COMMUNITIES ARE BEING DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY POLLUTION EMITTED FROM INDUSTRIAL SITES.

THAT IS THE RESEARCH FROM RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO WHO CREATED A MAP HIGHLIGHTING THE SOURCES OF POLLUTION NEAR SCHOOLS AND HOMES WITH A THREE-PART STUDY.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS FINDINGS FROM THE MAP AND THE IMPACT OF POLLUTION ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE JOSE ACOSTA CORDOVA VEJO, ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING ORGANIZER FOR THE LITTLE VILLAGE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION.

AND MICHAEL CAILAS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO.

MICHAEL CAILAS LET'S START WITH YOU.

TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOUR TEAM FOUND AND WHY YOU'VE RESEARCHED THE AREAS YOU DID?

>> MICHAEL I THINK YOUR ZOOM IS ON MUTE.

>> WE INVITED BY COMMUNITY GROUP TO START THIS WORK ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO.

AND AS SOON AS WE STARTED WE FOUND OUT THERE'S A VERY HIGH DENSITY OF POLLUTING SOURCES IN THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY.

JUST TO BRING UP AN EXAMPLE OUT OF THE EIGHT RAIL YARDS THAT CHICAGO HAS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, SIX OF THEM ARE IN THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.

SO THAT IMMEDIATELY STRIKES AS SOMETHING REALLY SIGNIFICANT.

SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF POLLUTING SOURCE BECAUSE RAIL YARDS ARE A MAJOR POLLUTING SOURCE AS EVERYBODY KNOWS.

NOISE AS WELL.

TRAFFIC.

ALL THOSE NICE THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH RAIL HUBS.

SO THAT IS HOW WE STARTED AND WHAT WE FOUND AS WELL IS AMAZINGLY IN THAT PART OF THE TOWN POLLUTING SOURCES ARE CLOSE TO SCHOOLS AND THAT IS HOW WE DECIDED TO MEASURE THE BURDEN OF THE COMMUNITY.

NOT IN TERMS AN ABSTRACT POPULATION CENTER BUT IN TERMS OF HOW FAR AWAY THE POLLUTING SOURCES ARE FROM THE SCHOOLS.

AND IN THE FIRST TWO DASHBOARDS THAT WE PRESENTED THAT IS WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WE PRESENTED BASICALLY THE BURDEN ON THE COMMUNITY VIA THE SCHOOLS.

AS AN INDICATOR.

>> AND JOSE WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE FINDINGS HERE?

>> I MEAN IT IS NOT SURPRISING FOR US.

SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE KNOWN FOR MANY DECADES NOW.

AND IT WAS FORMED AROUND A FIGHT FOR CLEANING UP OUR SCHOOLS IN LITTLE VILLAGE AND WE HAVE SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR OR SURROUNDED BY TOXIC INDUSTRIES.

SO FOR US IT IS NOT SURPRISING TO SEE THE RESULTS.

WHAT IS MORE SURPRISE SOMETHING THE LACK OF CONSIDERATION BY CITY AND HEALTH OFFICIALS IN PARTICULAR CDPH AND OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT HAVE ALLOWED OUR SCHOOLS TO BE POLLUTED AND STUDENTS EXPOSED AT A YOUNG AGE.

>> WHAT KIND OF POLLUTION ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

>> WELL, THE MAJOR POLLUTING SOURCES IF WE CONSIDER THE RAIL YARDS ARE PARTICULATE MATTER, YOU KNOW FINE PARTICLES THAT ARE TRANSMITTEDDED IN THE AIR.

THE OTHER SOURCES AND I THINK THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING THE OTHER SOURCES ARE BASICALLY EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRY THAT CHARACTERIZED AS TOXIC RELEASING WE ARE REPORTING INDUSTRY.

IT IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM.

ALL THE MAJOR POLLUTERS IN THE NATION HAVE TO REPORT THEIR EMISSIONS THERE.

SO WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THESE POLLUTERS BECAUSE OF THE INDUSTRIAL CORRIDORS THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE ARE VERY CLOSE TO SCHOOLS.

SOME OF THEM ARE JUST HALF A MILE AWAY.

NOW, PERMIT WISE AND THRESHOLD WISE THEY ARE OK.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE INDIVIDUAL FACILITY.

THE PROBLEM IS THE BIG NUMBER OF FACILITIES SURROUNDING THOSE SCHOOLS.

AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE TRYING TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE THE AUDIENCE AND OTHER PEOPLE.

>> YOU ARE SAYING IT IS A CONCENTRATION OF MULTIPLE POLLUTERS.

>> CORRECT.

>> IN SOME PROXIMITY TO THE SCHOOLS.

JOSE WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS LED US HERE HOW DID WE GET SO MANY POLLUTERS AROUND SCHOOLS?

HOW DID SCHOOLS GET TO BE AROUND THE INDUSTRIAL SITES?

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK BACK IN HISTORY.

AND MANY OF THESE INDUSTRIAL AREAS ON THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SIDES OF THE CITY HAVE BEEN INDUSTRIAL FOR A LONGTIME.

SOME OF THEM MORE THAN 100 YEARS.

SO IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS WERE LOCATED WHERE THEY WERE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS GREW AROUND THEM.

AND OVER TIME PARTICULARLY OVER THE LAST 60 YEARS OR SO, COMMUNITIES WENT FROM BEING MAJORITY WHITE ETHNIC TO MAJORITY LATINO OR MAJORITY BLACK THAT THESE CONCENTRATIONS OF FACILITIES BECAME WORSE AND WHEN YOU START TO SEE ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM COME INTO PLAY AS THE COMMUNITY BECAME MORE BLACK AND BROWN YOU SAW FURTHER CONCENTRATION OF TOXIC FACILITIES.

PARTICULARLY TRANSPORTATION DISTRIBUTION, LOGISTICS LIKE MICHAEL CAILAS MENTIONED THAT THESE AREAS HAVE A LOT OF FACILITIES A LOT OF WAREHOUSES AND THE RAIL YARDS AND THE PORTS THAT ATTRACT TRUCK TRAFFIC.

THIS IS AN HISTORICAL PHENOMENON.

>> JOSE, I WANT TO JUMP IN, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM?

>> WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RESPONSE BY OUR CITY LEADERS.

AND SEE MORE REGULATIONS, MORE PROTECTIONS FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

MANY OF THE INDUSTRIES DO NOT REPORT WHAT THEY ARE EMISSIONS ARE LIKE WHAT THEIR POLLUTION IS LIKE.

SO IT'S OFTEN HARD TO TELL AND IT'S GREAT THAT RESEARCHERS ARE DOING THIS TYPE OF PRODUCING THIS WORK.

BUT IT'S ALSO AN INDICATION OF THE LACK OF INFORMATION AND DATA THAT IS OUT THERE AND THAT IS STUFF OUR CITY SHOULD BE COLLECTING AND SHOULD BE PRODUCING IN ORDER TO PROTECT NOT ONLY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE BUT EVERYBODY IN THESE COMMUNITIES.

>> AND THE MAP ALSO IS SPECIAL ACTIVE SO RESIDENTS CAN USE THE MAP AND PUT THEIR ADDRESS AND FIND OUT INFORMATION.

THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

JOSE ACOSTA CORDOVA VEJO, AND MICHAEL CAILAS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WITH THEIR TAKE ON THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> CHARGES IN THE KILLING OF AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BRING A RARE NEWS CONFERENCE AND THE POLITICS OF NAMING A NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICE IN TONIGHT'S SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

HERE WITH THAT AND MORE ARE AMANDA VINICKY AND HEATHER CHERONE.

TODAY WE KNOW MAYOR LIGHTFOOT APPEARED WITH SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN AND COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX TO ANNOUNCE CHARGES IN THE FATAL SHOOTING OF AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD IN LITTLE VILLAGE HERE IS WHAT THEY SAID WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE RARE JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY.

>> THE TRAGEDIES WE HAVE SEEN DURING THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR AND LAST AND HISTORICALLY REQUIRES US TO COME TOGETHER.

>> IT IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A PUBLIC SHOWING OF WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES.

>> I THINK YOU WILL SEE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO DEMONSTRATE A UNITY OF PURPOSE.

>> HEATHER DOES THIS INDICATE A DEEP FREEZE THAWING BETWEEN THE C.P.D., THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE STATE'S ATTORNEY?

>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY IN EVERYBODY'S BEST INTEREST TO PLAY NICE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS TODAY TO SHOW A UNIFIED FRONT IN THE WAKE OF THIS HORRIFIC DEATH OF THE 8-YEAR-OLD MELISSA ORTEGA.

BUT I THINK THE ANIMOSITY BETWEEN KIM FOXX AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HAS BEEN OVERSTATED.

LET'S NOT FORGET THAT LIGHTFOOT ENDORSED FOXX FOR REELECTION AND SHE HAS HAD HER CRITICISM OF KIM FOXX BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THEY ARE BOTH DEMOCRATS ARE ON THE SAME TEAM AND BOTH SUCCESSES DEPEND ON EACH OTHER AND I THINK SOMETIMES IT IS AN EASY WAY TO SORT OF SHORTHAND TENGION BETWEEN THE OFFICES WITH DIFFERENT GOALS AND DIFFERENT NEEDS AND POWERS WHEN IT COMES TO CRIME IN CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY.

A VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE.

>> AMANDA DOES THE MAYOR STAND TO BENEFIT FROM BETTER RELATIONS WITH KIM FOXX ESPECIALLY REGARDING TACKLING CHICAGO'S VIOLENCE PROBLEM?

>> WELL, YES, IF IT COMES TO ACTUALLY TACKLING THE PROBLEM.

IF THERE IS RESOLUTION.

IF CRIME GOES DOWN.

IF THIS LEADS TO SOMETHING THEN, YES THAT WOULD, OF COURSE, TAKE ASIDE POLITICS FOR A HEART BEAT THAT WOULD BE THE BEST TORE ALL OF CHICAGO.

OF COURSE THAT IS THE GOAL THAT EVERYBODY WANTS.

POLITICALLY, YEAH, IT WOULD LOOK GOOD TO GET ALONG.

I THINK THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IT IS EASY POLITICALLY TO HAVE SOMEBODY TO POINT THE FINGER AT.

SOMETIMES THERE'S OVERBLOWN TENSIONS AND SOME IS VERY MUCH REAL.

YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE AND IT ISN'T HAPPENING WHEN IT COMES TO CRIME.

YES, I THINK THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS IF THEY CAN SHOW THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TA THAT WOULD MAKE HER LOOK BETTER GEARING UP FOR REELECTION.

>> HEATHER YOU COVERED THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE ANTHONY BEALE TRIED TO GET A LAWYER TO HELP CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS EXPLAIN WHY THIS WAS CONTENTIOUS?

>> IT'S COMPLICATED BUT BEALE AND 29 OTHER ALDERPEOPLE WANT THEIR OWN LAWYER SO THAT WHEN MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT OR THE CITY'S CORPORATION COUNSEL RULES AGAINST SOMETHING THAT A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL WANTS THEY CAN PUSHBACK.

RIGHT NOW, IF THE MAYOR RULES SOMETHING ON THE COUNCIL FLOOR OUT OF ORDER AND THE CORPORATION OFFICE AGREES WITH HER SOMETIMES THE CITY COUNCIL IS OUT OF LUCK AND THEY ARE FRUSTRATED ABOUT THAT.

AND I THINK TODAY WAS THE GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE USE OF THAT SORT OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE TO PREVENT SOMETHING FROM HAPPENING THAT THE MAYOR DOESN'T WANT TO HAPPEN.

SHE SAYS SHE IS IN FAVOR OF THE CITY COUNCIL HAVING THEIR OWN LAWYER.

SHE JUST WANTS THEM TO DO IT IN A RATIONAL, THOUGHT OUT, COMPREHENSIVE SORT OF WAY.

BECAUSE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR DID NOT SAY HOW MUCH THIS WOULD COST.

SOME ALDERMEN WERE RELUCTANT TO VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO PUT THE CITY ON THE HOOK FOR POTENTIALLY MORE THAN 100,000 FOR A FULL-TIME STAFF PERSON.

THIS IS A DEBATE THAT IS GOING TO COME UP.

BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE [INAUDIBLE] >> ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER.

>> SPEAKING OF CONTENTIOUS ISSUES THE BATTLE OF THE WARD MAP CONTINUES.

WHAT IS THE LATEST?

>> WELL, IT APPEARS THAT DELEGATES FROM THE BLACK CAUCUS AND LATINO CAUCUS WILL MEET BEHIND CLOSED DOORS ON FRIDAY.

AND MAYBE THEY WILL MAKE MORE PROGRESS THAN THEY MADE IN ALL FOUR OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

BECAUSE THE GRAND TOTAL OF PROGRESS IN THOSE MEETINGS WAS ZIP.

THE CLOCK IS TICKING.

EVENTUALLY IF 41 ALDERMEN DO NOT AGREE ON A MAP IT WILL GO TO VOTERS IN JUNE WITH THE JUNE PRIMARY TO DECIDE WHAT CHICAGO'S WARD MAP SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND THAT WILL DETERMINE THE BALANCE OF POWER FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

>> AMANDA WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THIS ENDS UP WITH THE VOTERS?

>> WELL, I WOULD LOVE WHO WOULDN'T WHAT REPORTER WOULDN'T LOVE TO BE AT THAT MEETING AND THAT IS OFTEN WHERE WE SEE THESE THINGS BATTLED OUT.

IT IS A MATTER OF MATH.

I'M NOT SURE GIVEN THE PROMISES THE LATINO AND THE BLACK CAUSES MADE HOW YOU CAN FIND A RESOLUTION BUT IT IS IN THEIR INTEREST TO DO SO THEY DO HAVE SOMETIME.

I BELIEVE THE DEADLINE TO DO THIS IS SOMETIME IN MAY.

SO WE ARE RIGHT NOW ARE FREEZING OUR PANTIES OFF MAYBE BY THE TIME THE FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING THEY WOULD HAVE WORKED IT OUT.

>> ARNE DUNCAN LOOKING FOR A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR CRITICIZING THE C.P.D.

AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT.

IF HE RUNS HOW MUCH TROUBLE COULD IT BE FOR LIGHTFOOT?

>> OF COURSE IT DEPENDS WHO ELSE MAY ENTER THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION VICE-PRESIDENT STACY DAVIS GATES, HAS NOT SAID NO AND HER NAME IS OFTEN MENTIONED.

ARNE DUNCAN THE FACT HE HAS COME OUT AND SAID, YEAH, I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, THAT IS A PRETTY BIG SIGN THAT HE IS GOING TO DECLARE.

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN BUT THAT IS BIG.

AND IT COULD BE AN ISSUE FOR HER GIVEN THAT SHE PREVIOUSLY JUST THE ENTIRE DYNAMIC CHANGED.

SHE WAS UNKNOWN THEN AND COBBLED TOGETHER A MAJORITY THAT CAME FROM A LOT OF CORNERS.

YOU KNOCK THOSE OFF AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE SUPPORT AS WELL FROM PROGRESSIVES.

RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE GOTTEN UPSET AND THE C.T.U.

FRONT IT COULD SPELL TROUBLE FOR HER.

AND THEN AGAIN, ARNE DUNCAN DOESN'T HAVE AN ORGANIZATION.

HE DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE FOOT SOLDIERS HE MAY GET MONEY BUT THAT IS SOMETHING YOU NEED AS WELL.

PEOPLE TO KNOCK ON DOORS AND GET PETITIONS SIGNED.

>> HEATHER WE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER HE SLAMMED HER GANG ASSETS SEIZURE PLAN IS THAT GOING ANYWHERE IN CITY COUNCIL?

>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

AND I AM WAITING TO SEE WHETHER THE CITY COUNCIL'S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE SCHEDULES A VOTE SOMETIME IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS.

THE CITY COUNCIL MEETS AGAIN AT THE END OF FEBRUARY AND THEY COULD TAKE A VOTE ON THE MEASURE AT THAT TIME.

HE REALLY ECHOED CRITICISM FROM PEOPLE LIKE COOK COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER MITCHELL WHO SAID THIS ORDINANCE IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING EXCEPT TARGET PEOPLE WHO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE IN GANGS.

AND MAYBE SHARE A CAR OR A HOME AND THAT THEY WILL FIND THEMSELVES IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF THIS.

BUT HEARD DAVID BROWN AT THAT NEWS CONFERENCE SAYING THAT THIS WAS A TOOL THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDED TO DISMANTLE THE GANGS INVOLVED IN KILLING MELISSA ORTEGA.

AND THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY POWERFUL ARGUMENT FOR ALDERMEN STARING DOWN REELECTION IN ABOUT A YEAR AND WHO WANT TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO TELL PEOPLE MAYBE CRIME IS STILL BAD, BUT WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD THINK OF TO ADDRESS IT.

AND THAT IS WHY THERE IS GOING TO BE A BIG PUSH TO GET THIS THROUGH BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO BE SEEN AS NOT DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PREVENT ANOTHER CHILD BEING KILLED BY A GANG IN CHICAGO.

>> SUCH A TRAGIC STORY MELISSA ORTEGA THAT WE'RE HEARING AND REPORTING THIS WEEK.

SO IN NATIONAL NEWS, A LITTLE BIT OF NATIONAL POLITICS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ETHICS PANEL REVIEWING ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MARIE NEWMAN SHE OFFERED A POLITICAL RIVAL A JOB TO STAY OUT OF THE ELECTION IN 2020.

DID NEWMAN BREAK THE LAW?

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

>> SHE SAYS SHE DIDN'T.

THE HOUSE ETHICS PANEL SAYS WELL MAYBE THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT YOU DID AND THIS ALL INVOLVES HER BEFORE THE 2020 ELECTION WORKING WITH A POTENTIAL FUTURE RIVAL AND COMING TO AN AGREEMENT WHERE PERHAPS SHE WOULD GIVE HIM A JOB AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.

AND YOU CANNOT DO THAT.

CAN YOU NOT OFFER THINGS LIKE THAT IT'S AGAINST THE LAW.

BUT WHAT IS INTERESTING, IS THAT MARIE NEWMAN IS CAUGHT IN AN INTRADEMOCRATTIC PARTY SQUABBLE AND FACES SEAN CASTEN SHE WAS ALREADY SORT OF FACING AN UPHILL BATTLE AS ANY DEMOCRAT REDISTRICTED IS.

THIS IS ANOTHER SORT OF PIECE THAT SHE IS GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.

AND THERE WERE LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND IT WILL GIVE SEAN CASTEN AN OPENING.

SAYING YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

LET'S MOVE ALONG HERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SOME OF ILLINOIS' WEALTHIEST RESIDENTS THEY ARE PONYING UP THE CASH FOR RICHARD IRVIN'S RUN INCLUDING A TELEVISION AD CAMPAIGN THAT LAUNCHED THIS WEEK.

AMANDA, THIS CAMPAIGN AD STRETCHING THE TRUTH?

>> SO THE ISSUE IN THE CAMPAIGN AD IS THAT RICHARD IRVIN SAID HE CALLED IN THE NATIONAL GUARD THAT CHICAGO DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WHEN THERE WAS UNREST AND LOOTING WE COVERED IT IN AURORA AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

WHEN THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN ACTIVATE THE NATIONAL GUARD IS THE GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS.

GRANTED THAT MAY WELL HAVE COME AT THE REQUEST OF A MAYOR FOR EXAMPLE SOMEBODY LIKE RICHARD IRVIN.

IT IS CERTAINLY STRETCHING THE TRUTH THERE.

THAT IS WHAT THE CAMPAIGN ADS DO.

THE DIFFICULTY RIGHT NOW IS THAT REPORTERS HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK HIM DIRECTLY.

HE IS UP ON AIR, COMMERCIALS HAD A LENGTHY BIOINTRODUCTION THAT CAME OUT DIGITALLY BUT HAS NOT HELD ANY SORT OF PRESS CONFERENCE OR ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH JOURNALISTS THAT WILL BE COVERING THE RACE WHO WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS SUCH AS THAT.

>> HEATHER YOU HAVE DONE REPORTING ON THIS AS WELL.

NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE SEEN ADS STRETCH THE TRUTH?

>> SURE.

RICHARD IRVIN IS CLEARLY ADDRESSING PEOPLE WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT CRIME AND THIS PLAYS INTO HIS SORT OF TOUGH ON CRIME APPROACH.

THE PROBLEM IS IS THAT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT POWERS A MAYOR AND A GOVERNOR HAS ESPECIALLY AS SOMETHING SO FRAUGHT WITH CHICAGO AND THE NATIONAL GUARD.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION HIS RHETORIC ECHOS KEN GRIFFIN.

I'LL RICHEST PERSON THE OWNER OF CITADEL HEDGE FUNDS AND WAS CRITICAL THE WAY GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER'S RESPONDED TO THE SURGE IN CRIME.

THAT IS PART OF THIS AS WELL.

AND WE ARE ALL WAITING TO SEE WHAT KEN GRIFFIN DOES I KNOW WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK RICHARD IRVIN WHETHER HE WOULD ACCEPT KEN GRIFFIN'S MONEY.

SO YOU KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE ALL EAGER TO GET ANSWERED.

>> POLITICAL REPORTERS ACROSS THE STATE DIEING TO ASK HIM.

HEATHER CHERONE AND AMANDA VINICKY THANKS AS ALWAYS.

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

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AND THE WINTER OLYMPIC ALSO FEATURE THREE SKI JUMPERS FROM ILLINOIS WE VISIT THE SKI CLUB THAT TAUGHT THEM HOW TO FLY.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND WARM AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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