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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE EVENING OFF.

>> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> I THINK THE RHETORIC COMING OUT OF THE GROUPS IS KIND OF TOXIC.

>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND SCHOOL CHIEF JANICE JACKSON JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT THE BATTLE OVER REOPENING SCHOOLS.

>> I HAVE SEEN AN INCREDIBLE WILLINGNESS TO HELP.

>> HOW JEFFERSON PARK IS MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF COVID-19 INCLUDING AN UPTICK IN HOMELESSNESS.

>> WE ARE MUCH MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SOUTH AFTER CAN STRAIN.

>> A NEW MORE TRANSMISSIBLE STRAIN OF THE CORONAVIRUS FROM SOUTH AFRICA IS CONFIRMED TO HAVE REACHED THE UNITED STATES.

>> SECURITY OFFICIALS WARN THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL EMBOLDENED DOMESTIC TERRORISTS.

>> GEOFFREY BAER HAS A STORY OF A LOOMING IDENTITY CRISIS FOR A FAMOUS CHICAGO BUILDING IN THIS WEEK'S "ASK GEOFFREY".

>> CHICAGO HAS A RICH, DEEP DENSE HISTORY.

>> AND CELEBRATING CHICAGO DANCE THROUGH THE YEARS.

AND AS YOU MENTIONED I AM IN JEFFERSON PARK AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES IT IS A COMMUNITY WITH A LONG HISTORY AND DEDICATED GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS TACKLING CHALLENGES LIKE A RISE IN HOMELESSNESS.

BUT FIRST, CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR WHAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HAS TO SAY SO BACK TO YOU.

>> SAME HERE.

SEE YOU SOON.

FIRST SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAYS ILLINOIS' DISTRIBUTION OF THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE IS HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> WE'RE GOING IN A GOOD TRAJECTORY AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT I AM EXCITED FRANKLY ABOUT THE FACT THAT BETWEEN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DOSES AND OUR BUILD OUT OF ALL OF THESE FACILITIES TO DELIVER THOSE DOSES YOU ARE SEEING THE EFFECT OF THAT IN THE RECORD NUMBER OF DOSES ADMINISTERED YESTERDAY.

>> THIS COMES AS THE STATE REPORTS ADMINISTERING NEARLY 56,000 COVID-19 VACCINATIONS YESTERDAY A RECORD-HIGH.

IN TOTAL THE STATE HAS ADMINISTERED MORE THAN 829,000 VACCINATIONS.

THE STATE REPORTS 4100 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES SINCE YESTERDAY AND AN ADDITIONAL 103 LIVES LOST.

ILLINOIS RECORDED 1,116,000 CASES AND 19,067 DEATHS.

>> THE COOK COUNTY BOARD IS CALLING ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT IMMIGRATION REFORM.

THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPROVED AN IMMIGRATION RESOLUTION TODAY ASKING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO REVERSE POLICIES ENACTED UNDER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND TO START INITIATIVES TO PROTECT IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.

COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT TONI PRECKWINKLE SAYS SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE EMPATHY IN THE COUNTY'S IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.

>> I APPLAUD THE STEPS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS TAKEN TO DATE BUT THESE TIMES DEMAND MORE FROM US, DEMAND MORE FROM US AS A COUNTRY.

WE NEED THE FULL PARTNERSHIP OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH THE SUPPORT OF EVERY BRANCH TO FULLY REALIZE THE FUTURE WE ARE FIGHTING FOR.

OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES OUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ARE DEPENDING ON US TO DELIVER.

>> UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE DOWN LAST WEEK.

847,000 AMERICANS APPLIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT.

THAT IS DOWN 67,000 FROM THE WEEK BEFORE ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

BUT THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY SAYS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WERE UP IN DECEMBER ACROSS THE STATE.

CHICAGO SAW 10% UNEMPLOYMENT.

>> IN-PERSON CLASSES WERE CANCELED AGAIN TODAY FOR CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTENDING IN-PERSON.

THIS AS THE BATTLE OVER SCHOOL REOPENING IS BEING FOUGHT BETWEEN THE TEACHERS AND THE AND THE DISTRICT.

LOOMING OVER THE STANDOFF IS THE THREAT OF ANOTHER TEACHER STRIKE AS THE TWO PARTIES SPAR OVER COVID-19 VACCINATION PLANS, CLEANING PROTOCOLS AND WHICH DATA AND SCIENCE SHOULD GUIDE THE REOPENING PROCESS.

ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, I SPOKE WITH MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND SCHOOL'S CHIEF JANICE JACKSON.

I BEGAN BY ASKING Dr. JACKSON HOW CLOSE IS THE DISTRICT TO A DEAL WITH THE TEACHERS' UNION AND WHAT ARE ARE THE MAJOR STICKING POINTS RIGHT NOW?

>> THIS WEEK WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO MAKE PROGRESS.

I THINK THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T HAVE A DEAL AND SEE OUR STUDENTS BACK IN THE CLASSROOM ON MONDAY.

I KNOW SO MANY STUDENTS AND PARENTS HAVE EXPRESSED HOW EXCITED THEY ARE ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR.

WITH REGARD TO THE UNION, I THINK SOME OF THE STICKING POINTS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS RELATED TO TESTING, VACCINATION AND ACCOMMODATIONS STILL ARE OUTSTANDING.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT IS AT STAKE AND THAT IS MAKING SURE OUR KIDS GET A QUALITY EDUCATION.

>> MAYOR OR Dr. JACKSON AT WHAT POINT DOES EITHER OR ONE OF YOU ARRIVE AT THE BARGAINING TABLE TO CLOSE THE DEAL?

>> WELL, I THINK WE'VE GOT TO MAKE MORE PROGRESS; BRANDIS, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR LISTENERS TO KNOW SINCE JUNE WE HAVE MET WITH THE C.T.U.

NOW OVER 70 TIMES AND THE LAST TWO WEEKS EVERYDAY INCLUDING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

THE SCHEDULED BARGAINING TIME IS FROM 11:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.

EVERYDAY AND WE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED BY NOW TO MAKE A LOT MORE PROGRESS.

IN THE LAST WEEK ALONE WE HAVE GIVEN THEM TWO COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.

ONE PLAN WHICH WE UPDATED, AND WE'VE GIVEN THEM THAT COVERS EVERY ISSUE EIGHT ISSUES FROM VENTILATION TO TESTING TO PLANS AND PROTOCOLSNESS WHAT HAPPENS IS THERE IS A POSITIVE TEST THAT IS LINKED TO WILL SCHOOLS WE ARE SERIOUS AND WE WILL REMAIN AT THE TABLE BUT WE'VE GOT TO SEE THE PROGRESS AND PURPOSE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

TODAY WE GOT A PROPOSAL FROM THE OTHER SIDE THAT INCLUDED THINGS LIKE DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND HAVING THE C.T.U.

DICTATE HOUSING POLICY IN THE CITY.

OBVIOUSLY NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS IS APPROPRIATE FOR BARGAINING ON A TEACHERS CONTRACT AND WE NEED THEM TO GET SERIOUS TO COME TO THE TABLE.

WE CAN GET A DEAL DONE I'M CONFIDENT WE CAN.

WE KEEP WAITING AND HOPING WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ISSUES THAT WE AGREE UPON.

ON THE EIGHT ISSUES WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR WEEKS WE STILL DON'T HAVE AGREEMENT ON A SINGLE ONE OF THOSE ISSUES.

AND EVERY OTHER BARGAINING EXPERIENCE I HAVE BEEN IN BOTH AS MAYOR AND ALSO IN MY PRIVATE SECTOR LIFE YOU FOCUS ON AN ISSUE AND RESOLVE IT AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ISSUE.

WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE C.T.U.

WHICH FRANKLY -- >> TO THAT END, SINCE THERE IS NO DEAL, KINDERGARTEN-8 DID HAVE THE OPTION OF RETURNING STARTING MONDAY THEY HAVE THE OPTION STARTING MONDAY TO BE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM BUT A LARGE GROUP OF ALDERMEN CALLED ON PUSHING THAT DATE BACK A WEEK IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD CONSIDER TO AVERT A STRIKE AND GET A DEAL DONE IN THE INTERIM?

>> AS I STATED WE REMAIN STEADFAST IN THE FACT THAT SCHOOLS SHOULD REOPEN FOR STUDENTS ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 1.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT DATE.

I THINK THAT THE DISTRICT HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND FROM PLANNING AND ALL OF THE PLANNING THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING AT THE LOCAL SCHOOL LEVEL.

WE HAVE PROVEN LET US NOT FORGET SCHOOL HAS BEEN IN SESSION FOR THREE WEEKS WITH STUDENTS IN OUR CLUSTER PROGRAM AND PRE-K AND WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

WE PLAN FOR VARIOUS SCENARIOS AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IMPLEMENT OUR PLANS WE KNOW WE CAN DO THAT FOR OUR KINDERGARTEN-8 GRADE STUDENTS STARTING MONDAY.

>> IF I CAN ADD, LET'S ALSO KNOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THE CONTEXT OF CASE RATES DROPPING.

POSITIVITY RATES DROPPING.

ALL OF THE METRICS WE FOLLOW AND WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING SINCE MARCH OF LAST YEAR ARE ALL TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND THE ALDERMEN SAID LET'S KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, 70 TIMES WE'VE MET.

AND MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

WE CAN GET A DEAL DONE IF THEY ARE SERIOUSNESS OF PURPOSE IN PUTTING OUR KIDS FIRST AT THE TABLE.

>> THAT SAID, MAYOR, THE C.T.U.

IS CALLING FOR TEACHERS TO BE VACCINATED BEFORE REOPENING.

WHY NOT?

WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF YOU WERE TO WAIT?

>> WHY NOT?

WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE FOR GETTING TEACHERS VACCINATED WHICH WE HAVE HAD ON TABLE FOR SOMETIME BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE REALITY OF THE LIMITED SUPPLY AND THE FRONTLINE WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE PUBLIC.

GROCERY STORE WORKERS, SANITATION, LIBRARIANS.

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

ABSOLUTELY WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE TEACHERS AND WE HAVE A PLAN TO DO THAT.

BUT WE NEED TO GET A DEAL DONE.

WE NEED SOME MOVEMENT AND AGREEMENT.

I WOULD SAY TO THE TEACHERS OUT THERE, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS, YOUR ANXIETY.

WE GET IT.

AND WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE CAN TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE YOU.

IF YOU'VE GOT A UNDERLYING CONDITION, IF YOU ARE THE PRIMARY CARETAKER FOR SOMEBODY WHO DOES BUT WE NEED YOU TO TALK TO YOUR UNION LEADERSHIP TO MEET US AT THE TABLE TO GET A DEAL DONE SO THAT OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE SUFFERING AREN'T LEFT BEHIND.

>> AMID ALL OF THIS I WANT TO GET IN A PARENT'S VOICE.

AND YOU MENTIONED PARENTS BECAUSE THEY AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN C.T.U.

AND C.P.S.

HERE'S A SOUNDBYTE FROM A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT A GROUP OF PARENTS HELD THIS AFTERNOON.

>> I DON'T THINK THE FAMILIES AND THE STUDENTS ARE BEING CENTERED IN EITHER OF THE PROPOSALS.

THE RHETORIC COMING OUT OF BOTH GROUPS IS KIND OF TOXIC.

AND IT'S REALLY PITTING FAMILIES BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE TEACHERS.

>> Dr. JACKSON HOW DO YOU REPAIR THAT TRUST DEFICIT THAT TEACHERS AND PARENTS FEEL?

>> AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM WE ARE WORKING TO MAINTAIN AND INCREASE THE TRUST WE HAVE WITH OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

WHAT I SAY TO OUR FAMILIES IS THAT WE KNOW THAT THE PARENT VOICE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IT IS OUR JOB TO AMPLIFY THAT.

NOT JUST THE PARENTS WHO AGREE WITH ME OR ANY ONE SIDE THIS PLAN CALLS FOR A CHOICE FOR EVERYBODY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PARENTS NOT YET COMFORTABLE SENDING THEIR STUDENTS BACK TO SCHOOL.

>> THEY HAVE A CHOICE WE HAVE REMOTE LEARNING AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT REMOTE LEARNING IS AS STRONG AS POSSIBLE.

AND PARENTS HAVE BEEN CLEAR THAT REMOTE LEARNING IS THAT WORKING FOR THEIR STUDENTS.

WE HEAR STORIES OF STUDENTS DOING WELL IN SCHOOL AND NOW THEY ARE STRUGGLING.

WE SEE THE DATA AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS BY FAR ARE BEING LEFT BEHIND WITH THIS PLAN.

AND SO AS THE LEADER OF THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM I DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO AGREE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO AGREE WITH THE STAND WE ARE TAKING I HAVE TO RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE PARENTS IN THIS LARGE, DIVERSE AND COMPLEX DISTRICT.

AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 77,000 PARENTS THAT'S TWICE THE SIZE OF THE SECOND LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ILLINOIS SAYING WE NEED A CHOICE AND IT'S OUR JOB ALL OF US, THE MAYOR, MYSELF, OUR PRINCIPALS OUR TEACHERS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND THAT IS WHAT WE INTEND TO DO ON MONDAY FEBRUARY FIRST.

>> I'M CONVINCED THAT IF WE PUT STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF THE DISCUSSION EVERY SINGLE DAY WE CAN GET A DEAL DONE BUT WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THEM AND FOCUS ON THE PARENTS WHO ARE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICES ARE BEING DROWNED OUT.

I HEAR FROM THE PARENTS AND THEY SAY MAYOR, WE JUST WANT THE OPTION TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR OUR FAMILIES.

AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO GIVE THEM THAT CHOICE.

>> MAYOR, I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN A QUESTION ABOUT THE VACCINE ROLLOUT.

ACCORDING TO THE STATE 160,000 VACCINES HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED IN CHICAGO.

1.4% OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN WIDESPREAD CONFUSION OVER THE PATCHWORK APPROACH I SAW TEACHERS FRUSTRATED WITH THE FEEDING FRENZY AND DIFFICULTY AT GETTING A VACCINE.

DO YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THIS OR IS IT JUST A MATTER OF MORE VACCINE?

>> I WOULD REJECT THE NOTION THAT IT IS A PATCHWORK APPROACH.

FAR FROM IT.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PLAN AND YOU LISTEN TO THE MANY THINGS THAT Dr. ALLISON ARWADY OUR GREAT PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER SAID WE HAVE A PLAN CENTERED AROUND EQUITY MAKING SURE WE ARE REACHING THOSE IN 1B THE FRONTLINE WORKERS.

THERE IS A VERY GOOD WAY IN WHICH THEY CAN SIGN UP AND GET VACCINATED.

WE HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF GETTING OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS VACCINATED MORE FOR SURE.

BUT IT IS NOT A PATCHWORK IT IS A PLAN.

AND THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FIRST DOSES COMING IN.

WEEK AFTER WEEK WE'RE SEEING LESS FIRST DOSES THAN THE WEEK BEFORE.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL BE FREEING UP ADDITIONAL DOSES THAT WILL INCREASE -- >> AND MAYOR YOU SPOKE WITH THE VICE-PRESIDENT THIS WEEK, WERE YOU ABLE TO ASK HER TO SEND MORE VACCINATIONS TO THE CITIES ESPECIALLY FOR TEACHERS?

>> MY CONVERSATION WITH THE VICE-PRESIDENT WAS ACTUALLY OVER A WEEK AGO.

WE CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT A RANGE OF ISSUES BUT I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FOLKS RUNNING THE COVID-19 RESPONSE AND I'VE BEEN VERY, VERY VOCAL ABOUT THE FACT WE NEED MORE VACCINES.

AND THAT IS AN ISSUE SHARED NOT JUST HERE IN CHICAGO BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AS MAYORS WE HAVE BEEN VOCAL WE NEED TO GET MORE FIRST DOSES IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEED THAT IS OUT THERE.

SO WE BUILT A GOOD SYSTEM WE HAVE THE LOGISTICS SET BUT WE NEED MORE VACCINE IF WE GOT MORE VACCINE WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND C.P.S.

C.E.O.

Dr. JANICE JACKSON.

>> AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

THESE ARE MORE THAN JUST SHOPPING CENTERS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THEY ARE GATHERING PLACES WHERE THEY MAINTAIN THEIR CULTURE.

IT'S KNOWN AS THE GATEWAY TO CHICAGO THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF JEFFERSON PARK IT IS A TRANSIT PUBLIC, PACE BUSES AND METRA STATION AND THE BLUE LINE ALL LEAD YOU TO A BUSY STRETCH ON MILWAUKEE AVENUE AND NEARBY THE KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY THROWS THROUGH.

THE ZIP CODES WHICH COVER THE AREA HAVE SEEN MORE THAN 6800 CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS SO FAR.

AMANDA VINICKY WITH PRODUCER NICK BLUMBERG SPENT THE DAY REPORTING IN JEFFERSON PARK THE LATEST STOP IN OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

AMANDA JOINS US FROM THERE.

>> BRANDIS I AM IN JEFFERSON PARK AS THE ACTUAL PARK WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT BEARS THE NAME BOTH ARE NAMED AFTER PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON.

SOME FOLKS THINK OF THIS AS TYPICAL CHICAGO BUNGALOW BELT.

IT IS THERE'S BEEN AN UPTICK OF HOMELESSNESS.

THEY HELD AN EVENT AND GAVE OUT COFFEE AND SAND WINS AND HELPED CONNECT PEOPLE TO RESOURCES AND HOPEFULLY HOUSING.

>> WE HAVE AN AWESOME COLLABORATIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

FOR US TO PREACH THAT WE WANT TO BE INCLUSIVE AND EMBRACE OUR DIVERSITY MEANS WE NEED TO WALK THE WALK AND WE NEED TO INCLUDE OUR NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

>> STATE REPRESENTATIVE LINDSEY LaPOINTE SAYS SPRINGFIELD NEEDS TO STAY FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE.

SHE WANTS TO SEE MORE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT NEIGHBORS ARE NOT WAITING FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM.

>> THE BIGGEST BARRIER FOR PEOPLE HELPING AND SHARING THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE WHICH GENERALLY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT A LOT.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WEALTHY PEOPLE.

BUT AS LONG AS PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO HELP, THEY WILL STEP UP IN TWO SECONDS AND HELP THEIR NEIGHBORS.

>> NOW, THAT IS NOT THE ONLY WAY THAT NEIGHBORS LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.

OLIVE'S GARDEN FOR THE HUNGRY STARTED IN 2007.

NOT NAMED AFTER A RESTAURANT IT'S NAMED AFTER A LATE NEIGHBOR WHO IN THE EARLY DAYS PROVIDED THE GARDEN WATER.

IT HAS A SMALL LIBRARY AND A PANTRY YEAR-ROUND AND IN THE WARMER MONTHS VOLUNTEERS GROW AND DONATE FRESH PRODUCE FOR NEIGHBORS FACING FOOD INSECURITY.

>> WE'RE SEEING 150 POUNDS OF PRODUCE FOR EIGHT WEEKS.

WE SENT IT TO SHELTER, CHURCH FOR THE FOOD PROGRAM.

WE'RE SELF FUNDED WHICH IS NICE.

FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, I'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF THE BEES THAT WE HAVE AT THE GARDEN NOT ONLY FOR POLLENATING THE GARDEN AND ALSO FOR THE HONEY WE GET FROM NICE ONE OF JEFFERSON PARK'S MAJOR EVENTS TAKES PLACE EVERY LABOR DAY WEEKEND AND THAT IS THE ANNUAL TASTE FESTIVAL.

YOU CAN DANCE ALONG AND DOZENS OF BANDS PLAY.

>> OBVIOUSLY LAST YEAR WE COULD NOT DO IT DUE TO OBVIOUS REASONS BUT WE ARE COMING ON OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY WE ARE OPTIMISTIC AND VERY CONCERNED THAT WE ARE NOT THE BIG SPREAD EVENT THAT IS STILL ON HOLD AT THIS POINT.

>> THE CENTER IS A POLISH HERITAGE AND ARTS ORGANIZATION BUT BOARD MEMBER SAYS IT IS MORE LIKE A LEAVING BREATHING PARK OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE CENTER IS TRYING TO USE THIS COVID DOWNTIME WISELY.

MAKING SURE THAT EVERY FIXTURE LITERALLY DOWN TO THE NUTS AND BOLTS IS CLEANED AND POLISHED IN THE HOPES THAT COVID DOES GET UNDER CONTROL ENOUGH THAT THEY CAN CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY HERE IN THE FORMER GATEWAY THEATRE MOVIE PALACE, HE HAS A MESSAGE... >> THE TRANSLATION.

WEAR A MASK.

ANOTHER PIECE OF JEFFERSON PARK HISTORY IS THE FORMER FIREHOUSE BUILT IN 1906.

IT WAS THE FIRST FIREHOUSE PROTECTING THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF CHICAGO.

IT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR A DECADE, THOUGH, AND JUST YESTERDAY THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A PLAN TO REDEVELOP THE BUILDING WITH APARTMENTS UPSTAIRS AND THE GROUND FLOOR LAKE-EFFECT BREWING AND TAPROOM AND THAT IS WELCOME NEWS TO NEIGHBORS WHO FEARED THIS RUNDOWN BUILDING IS DETERIORATING EVERYDAY.

>> WE HAVE VERY FEW ELEMENTS LEFT REFLECTIVE OF OUR HISTORY.

THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING AND SOME OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY LEFT THESE ARE BUILDINGS THAT YOU CAN PRESERVE SO PEOPLE HAVE TIES TO THEIR PAST AND PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS A HISTORY IN THE FABRIC OF CHICAGO AND THE NORTHWEST SIDE.

>> THE GALE STREET INN ON MILWAUKEE AVENUE ACROSS FROM THE JEFFERSON PARK TRANSIT CENTER HAS BEEN ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD MAINSTAY FOR DECADES.

KNOWN FOR THE BABY BACK RIBS.

>> THEY ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOT OVERSMOKED AND NOT TUGY YOU KNOW.

FALL OFF THE BONE WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING BACK IN THE EARLY 70s.

>> BUT THESE DAYS GEORGE KARZAS IS NOT FOCUSING ON THE PAST.

HE IS ADAPTING AND GALE STREET INN OUTFITTED WITH SCREEN GUARDS AND AIR FILTER SYSTEMS IS, TOO.

>> JEFFERSON PARK IS UP-AND-COMING.

IT'S ON THE RISE.

THERE'S THREE TO 500 APARTMENTS SLATED FOR THE AREA.

WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF WHERE WE'RE SITTING TODAY.

WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS LOOKING A LITTLE BIT NEWER THAN WHAT THE OLDER MODEL WAS.

I'M NOT WAITING FOR ANYTHING TO COME BACK.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD.

>> STILL THOUGH INDOOR DINING IS NOW ALLOWED, GEORGE KARZAS IS EXPECTING HE IS GOING TO GET ANOTHER ROUND OF PPP MONEY AND THEN HE WILL CONTINUE WITH CURBSIDE SERVICE ONLY UNTIL SPRING WHEN IT IS WARM ENOUGH THAT HE WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE FOOD ON THE GALE STREET INN'S PATIO.

WE WILL BE BACK IN A LITTLE BIT WITH STATE SENATOR ROBERT MARTWICK.

FOR NOW BACK TO YOU.

>> STAY WARM THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO PHIL PONCE WITH A LOOK AT NEW VARIANTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS.

>> BRANDIS JUST AS COVID VACCINES RAISED HOPES ABOUT A RETURN TO NORMALCY NEW STRAINS ARE SPREADING MORE EASILY AND MAYBE MORE DEADLY.

HEALTH OFFICIALS IN SOUTH CAROLINA CONFIRMED THE FIRST KNOWN CASES OF THE OUT SOUTH AFRICAN CARE R VARIANT IN THE UNITED STATES HERE IS WHAT Dr. FAUCI SAID AT A CNN TOWN HALL.

>> WE ARE MUCH MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SOUTH AFRICAN STRAIN.

WE ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH THE COMPANIES TO MAKE WHAT WE WOULD CALL A BOOSTER POTENTIAL OF GETTING THE SAME VACCINE BUT ONLY STICKING INTO IT WHAT WOULD BE EXPRESSING THE MUTANT THAT YOU SEE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

WE ARE TRYING TO STAY ONE OR TWO STEPS AHEAD OF THE GAME.

>> JOINING US TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IS Dr. SUSAN BLEASDALE PLEASE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF INFECTION PREVENTION.

>> WHAT IS THE CONCERN ABOUT THE SOUTH AFRICA VARIANT?

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

I THINK SOME OF THE CONCERN IS THAT THERE MAY BE A CHANGE IN THE SUBTLE CHANGE IN THE PROTEIN THAT SOME OF THE VACCINE HAS BEEN DIRECTED AGAINST.

AND THERE'S SOME PRELIMINARY DATA THAT SUGGESTS THAT MAYBE THE CURRENT VACCINES THAT ARE AVAILABLE MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME PROTECTION FOR THIS SUBTLE CHANGE IN THIS VARIANT STRAIN.

THIS IS PRELIMINARY DATA BUT IT IS OF CONCERN.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON OPTIONS IMMEDIATELY SO WE CAN HELP TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE PROTECTED.

>> DOCTOR, WHAT EXTENT CAN EXISTING VACCINES BE TWEAKED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SUBTLE CHANGES?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THE WONDERFUL THING IS THAT RIGHT NOW, IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE THE FIRST CASE IN THE UNITED STATES AND WE HAVE TWO VACCINES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCY USE AND ONE ADDITIONAL ONE THAT IS IN THE QUEUE THAT WILL LIKELY BECOME APPROVED SHORT I.

THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE SCIENCE THAT HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR THIS ADVANCEMENT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO ALLOW THESE VACCINES TO BE STUDIED, EVALUATED AND FOUND TO BE EFFICACIOUS AND SAFE WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO VERY QUICKLY ADAPT.

SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE WITH THE FLU VACCINE.

THE FLU VACCINE IT IS CHANGED EVERY YEAR BASED ON THE CHANGES IN THE FLU VIRUS THAT IS CIRCULATING AROUND THE GLOBE THAT THEY ANTICIPATE IT, THEY CHANGE IT SUBTLY AND WE HAVE THE NEW VACCINE THAT IS AVAILABLE.

THE BENEFIT WE HAVE IS THE VACCINES AVAILABLE FOR THE COVID-19 INFECTION ARE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE FLU VACCINE THAT WE HAVE.

AND SO SUBTLE TWEAKS IN THE WAY THE VACCINE IS DESIGNED, CAN BE QUICKLY DONE AND QUICKLY EVALUATED TO SEE THAT IT IS EFFICACIOUS AND WE LIKELY WILL HAVE A BOOSTER VACCINE THAT MIGHT GIVE THAT EXTRA PROTECTION THAT WE NEED IF THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE RESPONSE WITH THIS VARIANT THAT WE HAVE.

>> OTHER VARIANTS IN THE NEWS ARE THE ONES FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND BRAZIL.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE?

>> WELL, WE DO HAVE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE EVALUATED THE VARIANTS IN THE U.K. AND IT APPEARS THE VACCINES ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PROTECTION AGAINST THAT VARIANT.

THIS IS GOOD.

AND AGAIN, THE DATA IS EARLY ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN STRAIN AND THE STRAIN IN SOUTH AMERICA WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT THERE MIGHT BE A CHANGE IN THE RESPONSE.

BUT OVERALL, THERE IS LIKELY GOING TO BE SOME PROTECTION FROM THE VACCINE.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STILL PROGRESS FORWARD WITH THE VACCINE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE BECAUSE AGAIN, 95% HE HAVE CASSY FOR THE VACCINES EFFICACY FOR THE VACCINES AVAILABLE IS HIGH AND IF WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DECREASE THERE'S LIKELY TO BE PROTECTION WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON A POTENTIAL BOOSTER IF THAT IS WHAT IS NEEDED.

>> BACK TO THE U.K.

VARIANT, PRIME MINISTER JOHNSON SAYS THAT HE BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THAT THE U.K.

VARIANT IS POTENTIALLY MORE DEADLY.

DO YOU HAVE INSIGHTS ON THAT?

>> RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT INITIALLY THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION THAT SUGGESTED THAT IT IS SPREAD MORE EASILY.

CAN HAVE MORE PEOPLE BE INFECTED BY AN ENCOUNTER.

AND NOW THIS INFORMATION ABOUT IT BEING POTENTIALLY MORE VIRULENT.

IT HAS TO BE REALLY LOOKED AT FROM A PEER REVIEW TO SEE HOW THAT DATA PLAYS INTO IT IT IS UNCLEAR IF IT IS ENTIRELY RELATED TO VIRULENTS OR THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN INFECTED AND SUBSEQUENTLY HAVE HAD SEVERE DISEASE.

BUT IT DOES APPEAR THAT THAT IS POTENTIALLY MORE VIRULENT.

THAT IS OF CONCERN AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO THE [INAUDIBLE] THE MASKING AND DISTANCING AND LIMITING OUR INTERACTIONS FROM THOSE OUTSIDE OF OUR HOUSEHOLD AND WE GET VACCINE OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

>> AND SPEAKING OF MASKING THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE SUGGESTING THAT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO WEAR TWO MASKS.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?

>> THESE VARIANT STRAINS ARE NOT TELLING US THERE'S NECESSARILY A CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT THE VIRUS IS BEHAVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT IT'S HOW HOW MUCH VIRUS IS THERE TO BE ABLE TO TRANSMIT.

THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION AROUND MASKING.

THE USE OF MASKS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING TRANSMISSION TO DATE.

THERE IS SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE TYPE OF MASK THAT YOU USE.

MANY PEOPLE IN GENERAL FOR THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN USING CLOTH MASKS FOR THOSE OF US AT THE HOSPITAL WE USE A SURGICAL MASK OR WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOING SOMETHING THAT WOULD LEAD TO AEROSOLIZATION OF THE VIRUS THEN YOU WEAR RESPIRATORY PROTECTION.

THE QUESTION ABOUT MASKS IS MAKING SURE YOU HAVE A GOOD FITTING MASK AND IT WILL PROTECT YOU AGAINST THE VIRUS IMPACTING ON YOUR EYES, NOSE AND MOUTH.

SO IT'S MAKING SURE IF YOU WEAR A CLOTH MASK IT HAS TWO PLY SO YOU ARE NOT GETTING VIRUS THROUGH THE MASK AND IT'S FITTING.

YOU DON'T WANT A MASK DROPPING BELOW YOUR NOSE.

I THINK OVERALL, MASK AS LONG AS IT HAS APPROPRIATE PROTECTION OF YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH THAT WILL STILL LIKELY BE EFFECTIVE EVEN AGAINST THE VARIANT STRAINS.

BUT WE'LL SEE AS IT'S EVOLVING.

>> Dr. SUSAN BLEASDALE THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW BRANDIS WE GO BACK TO YOU.

>> PHIL, THANK YOU.

AND NOW WE CHECK BACK IN WITH AMANDA VINICKY SPE SPENT THE DAY IN JEFFERSON PARK ON THE CITY'S NORTHWEST SIDE AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

AMANDA?

>> YES, THIS IS AN AREA REPRESENTED IN THE ILLINOIS STATE SENATE BY ROBERT MARTWICK.

AND AS I'M TALKING TO YOU ILLINOIS' BUDGET LIKE SO MANY OTHERS ACROSS THE NATION IS IN DIRE STATES AND WE KNOW PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WANTS TO GET MONEY TO COMMUNITIES AND TO ILLINOIS.

TWO QUESTIONS THERE NUMBER ONE, WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THAT?

AND NUMBER TWO WHAT IF IT DOESN'T COME THROUGH WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT BUDGET WISE?

>> IF IT DOESN'T COME THROUGH WE HAVE DIFFICULT CHOICES THIS PUTS US BACK TO THE YEARS UNDER THE RAUNER ADMINISTRATION AND CRITICAL ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO MOST NEED GOVERNMENT'S HELP WILL GO WITHOUT.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE A FACED WITH AND THOSE ARE TOUGH BUDGET DECISIONS AND WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE.

I DO HOPE THAT THAT AID COMES THROUGH.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PERFECTLY SITUATED TO GIVE THAT AID TO US THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THIS WILL SHORE UP COMMUNITIES AND KEEP PROPERTY TAXES DOWN AND MAKE SURE THAT ESSENTIAL SERVICES ARE DELIVERED.

>> AND WE DID GET NUMBERS FROM THE FEDS ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND THEY ARE NOT GOOD ANYWHERE AND AGAIN PARTICULARLY IN ILLINOIS.

HOW ARE YOU SEEING THAT MANIFEST HERE IN PARK PACK AND THE REST OF THE DISTRICT?

>> UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS CONTINUE TO BE THE NUMBER ONE CONSTITUENT SERVICE NEED THAT WE GET AT OUR OFFICE.

THE NUMBER ONE VOLUME OF CALLS.

PEOPLE ARE STILL A YEAR LATER HAVING A CHALLENGE GETTING THROUGH TO THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AND WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO ASSIST THEM BUT IT'S TOUGH AND WE SEE IT ON THE GROUND THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING.

THAT IS WHY AGAIN WE NEED THAT FEDERAL AID TO GET THROUGH TO PEOPLE SO THEY CAN STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AND WE CAN GET OUR HANDS AROUND THE PANDEMIC.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING WHEN YOU GET THE CALLS THAT YOU CAN TELL THEM?

>> WE ADVOCATE ON THEIR BEHALF WE CONTINUE TO JUST CONSTANTLY BE ANOTHER VOICE FOR THEM AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AT TIMES GET THROUGH AND GET SOME OF THOSE COMPLAINTS ATTENDED TO AND IT'S BEEN GOOD.

>> WORK IN QUICKLY ONE LAST QUESTION AND ARE YOU SPONSOR OF THE C.P.S.

ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEASURE.

GOING TO TRY AGAIN THIS TIME?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK NOTHING HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR IT MORE THAN WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE REOPENING.

THERE ARE FRUSTRATED PARENTS.

IF THEY HAD ELECTED ACCOUNTABILITY SOMEONE THEY COULD TURN TO AND SAY MY VOICE MATTERS AND THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME.

>> THANK YOU, THAT WAS STATE SENATOR ROBERT MARTWICK BACK TO YOU.

>> AMANDA THANK YOU.

A LOT TO TALK ABOUT THERE AND A LOT WITH REGARD TO SCHOOLS AS OF LATE.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUED A BULLETIN TO BE ON ALERT FOR DOMESTIC TERRORIST ATTACKS.

MORE ABOUT HOW JEFFERSON PARK NEIGHBORS ARE HELPING ONE ANOTHER WITH HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC.

GEOFFREY BAER HAS THE STORY OF A ICON INCHICAGO SKYSCRAPER THAT MIGHT GET A NEW NAME IN "ASK GEOFFREY".

>> WHAT I FIND OUT, THE MORE I LEARN ABOUT CHICAGO HISTORY WAS THIS WAS LIKE THE STOPPING POINT FOR EVERYTHING AT ONE POINT.

>> AND HOW HAS CHICAGO INFLUENCED SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST INFLUENTIAL DANCERS?

WE'VE GOT SOME OF THEIR STORIES.

BUT FIRST, MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAYS THE STATE WILL BE RECEIVING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ASSIST WITH CORONAVIRUS VACCINE DISTRIBUTION.

>> WE HAD GREAT NEWS TODAY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM FEMA THAT THE STATE OF ILLINOIS WILL BE RECEIVING $43 MILLION ADDITIONAL TO HELP US WITH VACCINATIONS AND THAT WILL BE -- [APPLAUSE] [CHEERING] AND THAT WILL BE PUT TO GOOD NEWS AS WILL THE INCREASE IN VACCINATION DOSES THAT WE'RE PROMISED TO US JUST YESTERDAY.

>> THIS COMES AS THE STATE REPORTS ADMINISTERING 56,000 COVID-19 VACCINATIONS YESTERDAY.

A RECORD-HIGH.

IN TOTAL THE STATE HAS ADMINISTERED MORE THAN 829,000 VACCINATIONINGS.

AND GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER WILL SEND 500 ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO THE U.S. CAPITOL AT THE REQUEST OF THE NATIONAL GUARD THE MEMBERS JOINED 7,000 OTHERS IN WASHINGTON D.C. AFTER THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUED A NATIONAL TERRORISM WARNING, POSSIBLE VIOLENCE BY DOMESTIC EXTREMISTS AFTER THE JANUARY 6 RIOT AT THE CAPITOL AND WE WILL HAVE MORE IN A FEW MOMENTS.

>> SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RENTERS WILL HAVE STRONGER LEGAL PROTECTIONS.

THE COOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PASSED AN ORDINANCE BLOCKING LANDLORDS FROM LOCKING TENANTS OUT WITHOUT PROPER EVICTION NOTICES AND PROTECTS OWNER FROM DESTRUCTION AND ABANDONMENT AND GUARANTEES FAIR SECURITY DEPOSIT RETURNS AND CREATES A CONSISTENT PROCESS.

THE ANTI-LOCKOUT PROVISION TAKES EFFECT IMMEDIATELY AND THE REST TAKES EFFECT JUNE 1ST.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS WARNING AMERICANS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM THREATS.

THE AGENCY CITES THE RECENT ATTACKS ON THE U.S. CAPITOL AND EXTREMIST IDEOLOGIES SHARED ON-LINE.

THE DEPARTMENT'S NATIONAL TERRORISM ADVISORY SYSTEM BOULIN RELEASED YESTERDAY READS...

THE BULLETIN EXTENDS THROUGH APRIL 30.

JOINING US TO PROVIDE HIS PERSPECTIVE IS TOM MOCKAITIS A SECURITY AND SPECIALIST AND PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT DePAUL UNIVERSITY.

FEELS LIKE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THAT INSURRECTION.

BUT WHAT IS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BASING THIS BULLETIN ON?

>> I THINK ALL OF US EXPECTED THERE WOULD BE VIOLENCE ONCE THESE EXTREMIST GROUPS EXHAUSTED THEIR LAST LEGAL AVENUE.

WHICH WAS TO TRY AND GET FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT PENCE TO OVERTURN NOT RECEIVE THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION.

AND WE SAW THAT ON JANUARY 6.

WE DODGED A BULLET ON THE 20TH.

I EXPECTED THERE WOULD BE TROUBLE.

BUT THEY ARE AROUND AND THEY WERE EMBOLDENED BY WHAT HAPPENED ON THE 6TH AND WE CANNOT MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF SECURITY WE HAVE AROUND THE COUNTRY ON THE 20TH.

I THINK THEY HAVE NOT ACCEPTED THE RESULTS.

THEY ARE STILL OUT THERE AND I EXPECT WE WILL HAVE TROUBLE FROM THEM.

>> HOW IS THE NATIONAL TERRORISM ADVISORY SYSTEM BEING USED IN THE PAST FOR FOREIGN THREATS?

>> THAT IS CORRECT IT WAS CREATED AFTER 9/11 ALONG WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE RECENT EXAMPLE IS A WARNING WENT OUT A WEEK OR SO BEFORE THE INAUGURATION WARNING OF POTENTIAL THREAT FROM IRAN.

AND THAT'S TYPICALLY BEEN THE CASE.

AND WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.

AND HAVE NOT PAID NEARLY AS MUCH ATTENTION TO THE DOMESTIC THREAT AND NOW IT'S RISEN TO A LEVEL THAT WE CANNOT IGNORE IT.

>> AFTER 9/11 A LOT OF US REMEMBER THE COLORS USED TO INDICATE THE THREAT LEVEL BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT THE NATIONAL TERRORISM ADVISORY SYSTEM THIS IS A BULLETIN.

QUICKLY, REMIND US WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE?

>> WELL, THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE COLOR CODING DID NOT DO ANYTHING BUT ALARM PEOPLE BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE WE WERE AT A HIGH LEVEL ALL THE TIME.

THIS ONE IS PROVIDES STRATEGIC WARNING AND THAT IS HAVING BOTH THE ADVANTAGE AND THE FRUSTRATION.

IT TELLS US BASED ON INTERNET CHATTER AND ACTIVITY OF THE GROUPS WE HAVE A PER SIS AT THE PRESENT TIME THREAT THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE SERIOUSLY.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC INDICATION THAT THEY ARE DEPENDING TO TARGET A KNOWN PLACE, A STATE CAPITOL, WHATEVER.

THAT MAKES IT HARDER TO COUNTER BUT IT PUTS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON ALERT THEY NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND WARNS ORDINARY CITIZENS THAT IN CERTAIN HIGH PROFILE TARGET AREAS LIKE STATE AND NATIONAL CAPITOLS THAT THEY HAVE TO EXPECT THAT THERE COULD BE TROUBLE.

>> WHAT ARE THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT THREATS FROM WITHIN THE COUNTRY MIGHT POSE TO SECURITY OFFICIALS?

>> WELL, THE GROUPS WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT ARE THE ARMED MILITIAS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE WEAPONS THE TRAINING SOME ARE FORMER MILITARY AND FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT.

SO SOME ARE ACTIVE-DUTY WHICH IS A GROWING CONCERN BUT THEY LIVE AMONG US IT COULD BE THE NEIGHBOR, THE PERSON DOWN THE STREET.

THEY BLEND IN MORE EASILY THEY KNOW THE SOCIETY WELL.

AND THEY ARE HARD TO TRACK.

I'M LESS WORRIED SOMETIMES ABOUT THE GROUPS THEMSELVES THAN I AM ABOUT THE LONE WOLF WANNABES THAT FOLLOW THEM NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANYTHING BUT SHOWED UP WITH THE RIFLE AND KILLED TWO PEOPLE.

THAT IS ANOTHER LEVEL OF THREAT.

WE NOT ONLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE GROUPS BUT THE MOTIVATED INDIVIDUALS WHO ASCRIBE TO THE IDEOLOGY BUT NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY ORGANIZATION.

>> WHAT IS FUELING THE DOMESTIC THREATS?

THE BULLETIN POINTS OUT FALSE NARRATIVES, RACIAL TENSION AND BACKLASH OVER COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS?

>> ALL OF THE ABOVE.

I THINK WE HAVE A CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE COP CENSUS AROUND THE -- CON 10 SUSPEND AROUND THE ELECTORAL PROCESS HAS BEEN ERODED BY THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT AND ENABLERS WHO FERMENTED THE BIG LIE THE IDEA THAT REALITY IS OTHER THAN WHAT IS THERE IT'S WHAT THE LEADER SAYS AND THE NOTION THAT THE ELECTION HAS BEEN STOLEN, ALONG WITH OTHER QANON THEORIES, THAT THEY JUST DON'T ACCEPT THE LEGITIMACY OF THE ESTABLISHED POLITICAL SYSTEM UNLESS IT'S LED BY SOMEBODY THEY WANT.

AND THAT'S PART OF IT.

AND YES, THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF WHITE SUPREMACY HERE THEY ARE HYPER FOCUSED ON BLACK LIVES MATTER AND IT'S NOT AN ACCIDENT THAT MANY OF THE ANTIGOVERNMENT GROUPS WERE BRIEFLY PRO GOVERNMENT WHEN TRUMP WAS IN OFFICE SHOWED IN KENOSHA AND BLACK LIVES MATTER RALLIES ELSEWHERE.

AND HAVE OPPOSED THEM.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE AROUND FOR A LONGTIME UNTIL WE START HAVING A DOMESTIC TERRORISM LAW AND MOVING AGAINST THEM.

IN ALL KINDS OF WAYS SUCH AS TAKING AWAY THEIR TWITTER ACCOUNTS THEIR ON-LINE FORUMS.

THAT IS HARD TO DO.

>> AS HATE CRIMES HAVE INCREASED, THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION RARELY CALLED OUT OR ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF DOMESTIC TERRORISTS.

IS THIS BULLETIN A SIGNAL THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO TAKE THOSE MORE SERIOUSLY AND TACKLE THAT PROBLEM HEAD ON?

>> I THINK THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

ONE OF THE MOST PERNICIOUS THINGS IS THE GROUP WE SAW INCREASE IN THE GROUPS AND THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS WHEN BARACK OBAMA WAS ELECTED IN 2008 AND THAT SHOWS YOU THE UNDERLYING RACISM.

BUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH DONALD TRUMP HE EMPOWERED THEM BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZED THAT A LARGE SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE MAGA MOVEMENT WERE PEOPLE WHO EMBRACED THIS IDEOLOGY YOU HAD HIM SAYING THINGS ABOUT THE NEONAZI RALLY AND HE IS SAYING THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES.

GREAT RELUCTANCE TO USE THE WORD DOMESTIC TERRORISM AND ASKED THE HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT TO PLAY IT DOWN AND FOCUS ON ISIS.

>> DURING THE CAMPAIGN HE TOOK A GOOD BIT OF CRITICISM FOR WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS DENOUNCING THOSE FOLKS.

THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

THANK YOU TO TOM MOCKAITIS FOR JOINING US.

>> HAPPY TO DO IT.

>> AND NOW WE CHECK BACK IN WITH AMANDA VINICKY.

SHE SPENT THE DAY IN JEFFERSON PARK ON THE CITY'S NORTHWEST SIDE AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

AMANDA?

>> YES, BRANDIS, PASTOR JACKI BELILE IS THE PASTOR AT EDEN UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST.

AND HOW HAVE YOU YOU'VE RECOGNIZE THE HOMELESSNESS WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT?

>> I'VE BEEN SO BLESSED TO BE PART OF THE CONVENING WORK ON THE GROUP.

WE BROUGHT NEIGHBORS TOGETHER WHO CARE ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND CARE AASSISTING THE HOMELESS SIBLINGS WHO ARE HERE TO ACCESS THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.

BUT WE'RE APPROACHING IT IN AN UNUSUAL WAY; I THINK OR MAYBE IT SHOULD BE MORE USUAL AND THAT IS JUST A REAL RELATIONAL ON THE GROUND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.

OUR VOLUNTEER EVA AND OTHERS ARE OUT HERE MEETING OUR UNHOUSED SIBLINGS LEARNING THEIR STORIES THEIR NAMES.

DELIVERING GOODS TO THEM.

AND WE'VE BROUGHT THE PROVIDERS FROM THE CITY WHO ARE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO HELP US LEARN HOW TO WORK WITH THEM TO CONNECT OUR SIBLINGS.

>> ARE A LOT OF THE STORIES ROOTED SOMEHOW IN THE CORONAVIRUS?

OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A LOT THAT LIES DEEPER BUT IT IS A PAINFUL TIME FOR A LOT OF FOLKS?

>> WE UNDERSTAND THAT HOMELESSNESS IS ON THE RISE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN FACT, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS WE'RE BRACING OURSELVES FOR A STEEPER AND VULNERABLE TIME.

TODAY WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NIGHT MINISTRY MEETING WITH OUR UNHOUSED SIBLINGS AS WELL AS THE HEARTLAND ALLIANCE.

AND THOSE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO GIVE HEALTH COUNSEL AND REFERRAL FOR FOLKS WHO MIGHT HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE VIRUS SPECIFICALLY.

WE DELIVERED MASKS AS WELL AS FOOD AND HYGIENE KITS.

>> YOU TALKED ABOUT REALLY BUILDING BRIDGES, BUILDING CONNECTIONS.

WE'VE GOT A MINUTE LEFT.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE AND YOU HELP RACIAL HEALING CIRCLE IN THE END OF 2020.

>> YES.

ALONG WITH OTHERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MEMBERS WE HOSTED AN ON-LINE CONVERSATION WITH THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FACILITATING THESE.

WE ARE FOCUSED ON BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN A WAY THAT HONORS SHARING STORIES AND RESPECTING OTHER PEOPLE'S VALUES.

WE MAY NOT AGREE ON EVERYTHING.

BUT MY CONGREGATION IS LEADING THE WAY WITH OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS WHO CARE ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SOLVE PROBLEMS EVEN WHEN WE DON'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND YOUR SERVICE.

YOUR BRIDGE BUILDING ONCE AGAIN.

THAT WAS EDEN UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST PASTOR JACKI BELILE.

BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.

>> IMPORTANT WORK THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, AN ENCORE EDITION OF "ASK GEOFFREY".

FIRST A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... [♪♪♪] >> AN ICONIC COMMITTEE BUILDING COULD SOON BE FACING AN IDENTITY CRISIS.

GEOFFREY BAER IS HERE WITH THE BACK STORY OF A PROMINENT AND SOMETIMES UNDERRATED OF CHICAGO'S SKYLINE.

>> HI, BRANDIS.

>> THINK QUESTION IS... >> WELL, ACTUALLY, THE SIGN IS STILL THERE.

I'M NOT SURE WHY IT DIDN'T APPEAR IN THE IMAGE THAT OUR VIEWER SAW BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS BECAUSE THE TIMING IS INTERESTING.

IN FACT, THAT SIGN MIGHT NOT BE THERE MUCH LONGER DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF A LAWSUIT OVER NAMING RIGHTS.

AND WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES.

THE PRUDENTIAL BUILDING IN QUESTION IS THE OLDER OF TWO TOWERS THAT TOGETHER FORMED PRUDENTIAL PLAZA.

AND IT'S NEVER REALLY BEEN ON THE TOP 10 LIST OF THE ARCHITECTURAL GEMS BUT IT'S POPULAR WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

THE PRUDENTIAL BUILDING WAS THE TALLEST IN THE CITY WHEN IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1955.

AND IT WAS THE FIRST HIGH-RISE BUILT IN CHICAGO AFTER MORE THAN A 20-YEAR LONG GAP IN SKYSCRAPER CONSTRUCTION THAT STARTED DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND CONTINUED BEYOND WORLD WAR II.

ONE REASON BEHIND THE POPULARITY WAS ITS OBSERVATION DECK AND RESTAURANT.

PEOPLE OF A CERTAIN AGE IT OVERLOOKED GRANT PARK AND LAKE MICHIGAN.

HERE IS A HOME MOVIE THAT WAS SHOT FROM UP THERE IN THE LATE 1950s.

THE TRIBUNE REPORTED THAT 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE VISITED THE OBSERVATION DECK IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS.

BUT IT ACTUALLY CLOSED MANY YEARS AGO.

NOW, NOTICE THAT WHAT IS TODAY MILLENIUM PARK WAS THEN A AHUGE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD YARD.

IN FACT THE PRUDENTIAL BUILDING WAS BUILT ON TOP OF THE TRACKS USING AIR RIGHTS WHICH IS THE SAME THING FOR VIRTUALLY ALL OF ILLINOIS CENTER TODAY BUILT ON AIR RIGHTS.

THE PRUDENTIAL BUILDING STOOD OUT ON CHICAGO'S SKYLINE BACK WHEN IT WAS BUILT ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE LOOKING NORTH OR EAST FROM THE LOOP.

LOOK AT THIS SHOT FROM OUTSIDE THE ART INSTITUTE AND OUT EMPTY THE SURROUNDING AREA IS.

TODAY, OF COURSE, THAT AREA IS FULL OF SKYSCRAPERS AND CONDOS.

SO MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST 65 YEARS.

2 PRUDENTIAL PLAZA THE POINTY TOP TOWER OPENED IN 1990.

AND THEN THERE'S THE SIGN.

AN HISTORIC PHOTOS YOU WILL NOTICE THE ORIGINAL SIGN WHATS THIS MID-CENTURY MODERN RED AND IT WAS A FONT WHEREAS THE CURRENT SIGN IS BLUE AND IT'S ACCOMPANIEDED BY THE PRUDENTIAL LOGO.

BRANDING TRUMP STYLE SADLY.

THE TRIBUNE REPORTS THAT THE SIGN WAS SWAPPED OUT IN 1998.

HERE YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE LETTERS BEING HOISTED BY HELICOPTER TO THE TOP OF THE BUILDING.

>> WOW.

THAT IS COOL TO SEE THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEN AND NOW.

GEOFFREY THERE IS ANOTHER BIT OF PRUDENTIAL BRANDING I'M GUESSING IS GOING TO BE HARDER TO ALTER?

>> RIGHT.

LITERALLY ETCHED IN STONE.

THIS FAMOUS CARVING OF PRUDENTIAL'S LOGO THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR.

THIS BIG WAS DESIGNED BY A FAMOUS LOCAL SCULPTOR.

YOU CAN SEE THE INSTALLATION IN PROGRESS IN 1955.

IT'S POSSIBLE ONE OF THE MEN IN THE PHOTO IS THE SCULPTOR HIMSELF BECAUSE HE WAS ON-SITE FOR THE FINAL TOUCH-UPS TO THE PIECE.

HE HAD COME TO CHICAGO TO WORK WITH FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT ON MIDWAY GARDENS A BIG ENTERTAINMENT CLUB OUTDOOR BEER GARDEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE HE DESIGNED STATUES INCLUDING THE FAMOUS SPRITE'S THAT DECORATED THE GROUNDS LIKE MANY OTHERS HE CLASHED WITH WRIGHT AND THEY NEVER WORKED AGAIN TOGETHER.

BUT HE DID STAY IN THE CHICAGOER AREA AND SETUP A STUDIO IN PARK RIDGE AND DESIGNED EVERYTHING FROM HIS SUNBEAM COFFEE POT TO PUBLIC COMMISSIONS IN CHICAGO AND ELSEWHERE NOTABLY AT THE ADLER PLANETARIUM.

HE CREATED BRONZE 12 ZODIAC SIGNS AND OTHERS ARE IN THE INTERIOR SINCE IT WAS WRAPPED WITH THE GLASS ADDITION IN 1999.

>> YOU MENTIONED THAT THE SIGNAGE OF THE PRUDENTIAL SIGN IS TIED UP IN A LAWSUIT?

>> INDEED.

PRUDENTIAL HAS OWNED THE BUILDING SINCE 2,000 BUT THEY HAVE GOT SOME OFFICES IN THE BUILDING AND THEY LEASED THE NAMING RIGHTS IN A DEAL THAT RAN OUT EARLIER THIS YEAR.

SO AT THAT POINT, PRUDENTIAL OPTED TO ACCEPT A $10 MILLION BUYOUT OF THE EXPIRED NAMING RIGHTS BUT THE BUILDING'S OWNER HAS NOT PAID THE MONEY AND DEMANDED THAT THE SIGNAGE BE REMOVED.

WE WILL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

BUT LIKE MANY CHICAGO HIGH-RISES IN RECENT YEARS THE HANCOCK BUILDING, THE SEARS WILLIS TOWER IT MIGHT TAKE A FEW YEARS BEFORE CHICAGOANS START CALLING THE PRUDENTIAL BUILDING ANYTHING ELSE.

>> OLD HABITS DIEHARD.

GEOFFREY BAER THANK YOU.

>> YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PRUDENTIAL PLAZA AND SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS TO GEOFFREY BAER.

>> THE CHICAGO DANCE HISTORY PROJECT IS LIVING UP TO ITS NAME IN ITS FIRST EVER INTERVIEW MARATHON.

COMPRISED OF MORE THAN 40 DANCERS, CHOREOGRAPHERS AND DIRECTORS.

ANGEL IDOWU SPOKE WITH A FEW OF THE CHICAGO BASED COMPANIES TO GIVE US AN IDEA WHAT CAN BE EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY'S MARATHON.

>> IN A SEVEN-HOUR LIVE INTERVIEW MARATHON DANCERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL REFLECT ON CHICAGO'S IMPACT OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR DANCE CAREERS.

>> THE POINT IS TO AMPLIFY VOICES THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY HEARD AND TO SPOTLIGHT TOPICS OR PEOPLE WORKING IN THE FIELD TIRELESSLY FOR DECADES.

>> IT IS AN ORAL HISTORY INITIATIVE COORDINATED BY JANAI OF THE CHICAGO DANCE HISTORY PROJECT.

THE PURPOSE IS TO NOT ONLY SHARE THE STORIES OF DANCERS THAT IMPACTED THE CITY BUT DOCUMENT IT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

IT STARTED BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF DANCE IN THE CITY.

AND SO I SEE THE PROJECT AS LEARNING ALONGSIDE EVERYBODY ELSE WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF DANCE THEY THINK OF DANCE IN NEW YORK.

BUT IT REALLY COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.

CHICAGO HAS BEEN A HUB OF DANCE ACTIVITY FOR QUITE SOMETIME.

>> A BLACK TAP DANCE COMPANY IS ONE OF THE FEATURED INTERVIEWS.

>> TAP DANCE GIVE ME A LIFE.

BORN AND RAISED ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO.

AND IF IT WASN'T FOR TAP DANCE I'M NOT SURE WHAT MY LIFE WOULD HAVE TURNED INTO AND I TURNED AROUND AND GAVE THAT BACK.

LIKE THE MAD RHYTHM IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THE GOAL SINCE ME AND TRAY STARTED THIS COMPANY 20 YEARS AGO.

IS TO STAY ROOTED AND CONNECTED IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO ALWAYS LIKE WE NOW HAVE 20 YEARS LATER WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS WHO STARTED IN OUR SCHOOL AS CHILDREN AT 5 AND 6 YEARS OLD AND THEY ARE A PROFESSIONAL COMPANY.

WE CREATED A PIPELINE.

>> FOUNDER LOU CONTE WILL SHARE HOW HE GOT HIS START LEADING UP TO HOW HE FOUNDED THE COMPANY.

>> THAT'S WHEN I CAME BACK TO CHICAGO IN 1972 AND STARTED DECIDED TO MAKE CHICAGO MY HOME.

BECAUSE I HAD BEEN IN AND OUT OF CHICAGO MANY TIMES SINCE I HAD BEEN 18.

I WAS 2 FINE WHEN I CAME BACK THAT -- 29 WHEN I CAME BACK.

10 YEARS I WAS IN AND OUT.

NATIONAL COMPANY OF CABARET, SUMMER STOCK, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT WORK THINGS.

AND ALWAYS LOVED CHICAGO.

I JUST ALWAYS LOVED CHICAGO.

>> WITH ADDITIONAL 15-MINUTE CONVERSATIONS GEARED TOWARD GROUP DISCUSSIONS, CDHP INTENDS TO TOUCH ON DANCE EDUCATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THE VALUE OF ARTISTIC DIRECTING AND THE FUTURE OF DANCE IN CHICAGO.

>> I HOPE THAT ALSO THAT INTERVIEW MARATHON ILLUSTRATES ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME THAT WE'RE STILL HERE EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT BE PERFORMING ON STAGES AND GATHERING TOGETHER IN THAT WAY JUST YET BUT WE ARE KEEPING THE TRADITIONS OF DANCE ALIVE BY PASSING ON THE HISTORY AND PASSING ON THE STORIES ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER LIKE WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> AND AFTER REPORTING THIS STORY, CHICAGO DANCE HISTORY PROJECT ASKED ANGEL IDOWU TO INTERVIEW KUTCHER AS PART OF SUNDAY'S EVENT.

IT CAN BE LIVE STREAMED SUNDAY STARTING AT 11:00 A.M. AND YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.

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AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7:00 P.M. FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW".

AND WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH MORE FROM MAD RHYTHM AND HIS TAP DANCING.

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

THANKS FOR WATCHING AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.