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

VMENT I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> CONGRESS MAY BE PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPEACHMENT.

>> FALLOUT FROM THE BREACH OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING.

MEMBERS OF THE ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION WEIGH-IN ON WHETHER TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

>> WHEN PRESSED TO MOVE AND DENOUNCE THE VIOLENCE HE BARELY DID SO.

>> PLUS THE LEGAL AND POLITICAL MACHINATIONS BEHIND GROWING CALLS TO REMOVE THE PRESIDENT FROM OFFICE VIA THE 25TH AMENDMENT.

>> WE SAW A CLEAR FAILURE TO CARRY OUT EQUAL JUSTICE.

>> AFTER STORMING OF THE CAPITOL SOME POINTS WERE STARKLY DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSES COMPARED TO THE BLACK LIVES MATTER DEMONSTRATIONS WHY CAPITOL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPEARED TO BE SO UNPREPARED.

>> IT WAS HARD ENOUGH BEFORE THE PANDEMIC... >> STAVING OFF FORECLOSES AND SUPPORTING SENIORS, "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS BACK IN BELMONT CRAGIN.

>> THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO START THE NEW YEAR.

>> WE HEAR FROM THE DOCTOR WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN CHICAGO TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.

SHE GOT HER SECOND DOSE THIS WEEK.

>> WE UNDERSTAND PEOPLE HAVE OPINIONS.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE KNOW.

>> WHAT THEY KNOW ENOUGH TO BEAT THE SAINTS.

JAMES "BIG CAT" WILLIAMS GIVES US HIS TAKE ON THE BEARS WILDCARD MATCHUP.

>> AND THE PORTRAIT OF A RETIRED CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLTEACHER WHO DEDICATES HIMSELF TO ART PRINT MARKING IN THE MEXICAN TRADITION.

>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FACING CALLS OF IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVAL FROM OFFICE BY THE 25TH AMENDMENT THIS EVENING ISSUED A VIDEOTAPED MESSAGE CONDEMNING THE VIOLENCE YESTERDAY AND CALLING FOR A QUOTE SMOOTH ORDERLY TRANSITION OF POWER ON JANUARY 20TH.

>> THIS MOMENT CALLS FOR HEALING AND RECONCILIATION.

2020 HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING TIME FOR OUR PEOPLE.

>> WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THE FALLOUT FROM YESTERDAY THROUGHOUT THE BROADCAST INCLUDING LOCAL CONGRESS MEMBERS WEIGHING IN ON THE CALLS FOR IMPEACHMENT.

>> A CHICAGO AREA MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH YESTERDAY'S RIOTS AT THE U.S. CAPITOL.

CAPITOL POLICE SAY BRADLEY RUKSTALES OF NORTH WAS ARRESTED FOR UNLAWFUL INJURY AT THE CAPITOL BUILDING ACCORDING TO A RELEASE BY THE U.S. CAPITOL POLICE ALTHOUGH IT APPEARED TO HAVE PERHAPS MISSPELL HIS NAME.

ONE OTHER MAN WAS REPORTEDLY ARRESTED AND DOZENS OTHERS ARRESTED INCLUDING OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL ON THOSE AND OTHER CHARGES.

INCLUDING ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER AND CARRYING AN UNREGISTERED FIREARM.

>> STATE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT MORE THAN 8 SIGN00 NEW CASES -- 8700 NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS INCLUDING 177 DEATHS.

A GRIM MILE SPHON FOR ILLINOIS PASSING MORE THAN ONE MILLION CASES REPORTED.

THERE'S BEEN A TOTAL OF 17,272 DEATHS.

THE PRELIMINARY POSITIVITY RATE IS 9.8%.

>> A FORMER CHICAGO ALDERMAN IS GOING TO JAIL ALTHOUGH NOT FOR REASONS OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION.

A COOK COUNTY JUDGE ORDERED FORMER FIRST WARD ALDERMAN JOE MORENO HELD WITHOUT BAIL CALLING HIM A QUOTE A DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY.

AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY DROVE DRUNK LAST MONTH AND DAMAGED MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN VEHICLES.

MORENO IS AWAITING TRIAL ON FELONY CHARGES OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND INSURANCE FRAUD STEMMING FROM A CASE THAT BEGAN NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS AND REACTION TO YESTERDAY'S PROTESTS AND RIOTS FROM LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

PARIS?

>> BRANDIS, A YEAR AGO THIS MONTH THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAS TAKING PLACE AND NOW 12 MONTHS LATER AND AFTER YESTERDAY'S RIOTING ON CAPITOL HILL THE IDEA OF IMPEACHING THE PRESIDENT IS ONCE AGAIN GAINING SUPPORT AND JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPEACHMENT AND MORE IS CONGRESSMAN JESUS CHUY GARCIA A DEMOCRAT REPRESENTING ILLINOIS' FOURTH DISTRICT.

CONGRESSMAN BRAD SCHNEIDER A DEMOCRAT REPRESENTING ILLINOIS' 10TH DISTRICT AND CONGRESSWOMAN ROBIN KELLY A DEMOCRAT REPRESENTING ILLINOIS' SECOND DISTRICT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE SAFE.

YOU'RE HEALTHY.

CONGRESSWOMAN KELLY YOU WERE TRAPPED IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER AS RIOTERS STORMED IN.

TELL US WHAT HAPPENED INCOMES?

>> -- NEXT?

>> WELL, IT WAS VERY, VERY SCARY WE WERE SITTING ON ONE SIDE OF THE CHAMBER AND WE SAW EVERYONE ELSE LEAVE THE FLOOR.

REPRESENTATIVE SCHNEIDER WAS WITH ME AND THEY ASKED US TO COME AROUND TO THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE SO WE ARE GOING UNDER THE RAILS AND ACROSS THE STEPS AND THEN THEY WERE BARRICADING THE DOOR AND THE GUNS CAME OUT.

SO WE ALL KNEELED, BRAD WAS LAYING STRAIGHT OUT.

AND REALLY LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER.

BUT IT WAS VERY, VERY SCARY.

AS THE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION PERSON I JUST THOUGHT LIKE WOW THIS IS THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE?

I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY AM I GOING TO GO OUT THIS WAY?

BUT IT WAS VERY SCARY.

>> MENTIONED CONGRESSMAN SCHNEIDER WAS LAID OUT.

WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND WHILE THIS WAS TAKING PLACE?

>> WELL, I TOOK COMFORT KNOWING WE HAD THE CAPITOL POLICE IN THE CHAMBER BUT IT WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS OF COURSE FOR MY FAMILY AND MY WIFE AND KIDS AND MY PARENTS, THE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THE PEOPLE I WAS WITH KELLY MENTIONED WE WERE LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER.

AND FOR OUR COUNTRY.

SEEING WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE THAT SAW AMERICAN CITIZENS BULL RUSHING THE BARRICADES AND TRYING TO UNDERMINE OUR CONSTITUTION.

THE END OF THE STORE ARE IS A BLESSING.

THEY DID NOT SUCCEED.

WE REGATHERED OURSELVES AND CONGRESS CAME BACK AND FINISHED THE WORK WE STARTED.

>> CONGRESSMAN GARCIA YOU HAD TO FINISH YOUR WORK.

HAVE YOU HAD TIME TO PROCESS EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED?

>> STILL PROCESSING.

THERE'S MUCH TO UNPACK HERE BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FROM THIS DARK MOMENT WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT FORCES ENABLED AND ENCOURAGED THE DOMESTIC TERRORIST ATTACK TO OCCUR.

THE PRESIDENT BEARS MUCH OF THE RESPONSIBILITY BUT MOST IMMEDIATE NEED THINGS TO DO EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO PREVENT FURTHER HARM AND INSURRECTION THAT THE PRESIDENT CAUSED IN THE NEXT 13 DAYS.

>> AND CONGRESSWOMAN KELLY THERE ARE BIPARTISAN TALKS OF AN IMPEACHMENT VOTE DO YOU THINK IT WOULD GET ANYWHERE WITH TWO-THIRDS OF SENATORS GETTING ONBOARD?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE TO TRY SOMETHING.

I WOULD FIRST LOOK AT IMPLEMENTING THE 25TH AMENDMENT.

BUT I WANT TO DO SOMETHING.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL WORKOUT.

BUT I WANT TO TAKE SOME ACTION WHETHER IT'S INVOKING THE AMENDMENT OR THE IMPEACHMENT.

AND I KNOW PEOPLE SAY IT'S ONLY 13 DAYS.

BUT HE CAN DO A LOT OF DAMAGE IN 13 DAYS.

>> AND SPEAKING OF INVOKING THE 25TH AMENDMENT HERE IS WHAT HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT TODAY.

>> I JOIN THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN CALLING ON THE VICE-PRESIDENT TO REMOVE THIS PRESIDENT BY IMMEDIATELY INVOKING THE 25TH AMENDMENT.

IF THE VICE-PRESIDENT AND CABINET DO NOT ACT, THE CONGRESS MAY BE PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPEACHMENT.

>> THAT IS THE OVERWHELMING SENTIMENT OF MY CAUCUS.

>> CONGRESSMAN SCHNEIDER THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CABINET LEVEL TALKS OF INVOKING THE 25TH AMENDMENT.

DO YOU THINK THOSE WOULD COME TO FRUITION?

ANOTHER REPORT SAYS [INAUDIBLE] >> I SAW THE REPORTS TODAY THAT THE VICE-PRESIDENT SAID HE WAS NOT KEEN TO DO THAT AS YOU SAY.

BUT, LOOK, THIS IS YES THERE'S NOW 12 DAYS LEFT.

BUT IT TAKES A LIFETIME TO BE BUILT CAN BE DESTROYED IN A DAY 244 YEARS OF AMERICAN HISTORY WAS UNDER ATTACK YESTERDAY AND THIS PRESIDENT CAN DO A LOT OF DAMAGE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS WAS 13 DAYS.

I AGREE WE THE VICE-PRESIDENT SHOULD INVOKE THE 25TH AMENDMENT.

THE PRESIDENT IS A THREAT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND OUR NATION.

>> CONGRESSWOMAN KELLY THERE'S SO MUCH NEWS HAPPENING REPORTEDLY THE CAPITOL POLICE CHIEF IS RESIGNING A CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER DEAD DO YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION HOW THIS WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN SO EASILY THIS KIND OF BREACH?

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN.

BUT IT APPEARS THAT HOPEFULLY WHEN THERE IS AN EVALUATION DONE THAT WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW THIS WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN.

BUT WHATEVER THE STRATEGY WAS, THIS DID NOT WORK AND IT APPEARS THAT THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES.

THEY NEEDED MANY, MANY, MANY MORE POLICE OFFICERS AND I HEARD ON THE NEWS THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE 20,000 PEOPLE AND IT WAS 40,000 PEOPLE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE MAYOR OF WASHINGTON D.C. DID NOT GET THE SUPPORT SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET FROM THE FEDS AND HAD TO RELY ON VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND AND AS FAR DOWN AS NEW JERSEY.

CLEARLY, SOMETHING WENT WRONG SOMEWHERE BECAUSE IT APPEARED TO ME, I KNOW A LOT OF THEM DID THEIR JOBS AND I APPRECIATE THE PROTECTION THEY GAVE US EVERYDAY BUT IT SEEMED CHAOTIC TO ME.

>> CONGRESSMAN SCHNEIDER WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THERE ARE REPORTS AND CALLS FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD TO BACKUP SOME POLICE WERE REBUFFED.

IT WAS KNOWN THIS WAS POSSIBLE THIS WAS ALL OVER CHATROOMS AND RIGHT-WING WEBSITES.

IT CAN'T BE THAT THEY DIDN'T PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS, CAN IT?

>> YES, NO, AND I SEE THREE BREAKDOWNS.

FIRST IT IS PREDICTABLE, PREVENTIBLE AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MANAGEABLE.

PREDICTABLE AS ROBIN TOUCHED ON.

THE PRESIDENT HAD BEEN CALLING FOR ACTION.

THE SOCIAL MEDIA PROUD BOYS AND OTHER WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS HAD BEEN EXTREMELY ACTIVE.

THIS WAS CLEARLY A MOMENT THAT WAS GOING TO BE FRAUGHT AND TENSE.

PREVENTIBLE, AND WE'VE SEEN IT IN OTHER ACTIONS THIS CITY KNOWS HOW TO RESPOND.

THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PEOPLE OUT IN FORCE AND BARRICADES FAR FROM THE CAPITOL AND IMMEDIATE DISTANCING AND CLOSE IN AND CONTINUOUSLY PLANS IF THERE WERE BREACHES AND IT APPEARED IN ALL CASES THAT DID NOT HAPPEN HERE.

WE NEED AN INVESTIGATION.

WE NEED A DETAILED INVESTIGATION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS AND TAKE STEPS TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

>> WE ARE HAPPY ARE YOU ALL SAFE AND OUR THANKS TO JESUS "CHUY" GARCIA BRAD SCHNEIDER AND ROBIN KELLY THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ALL THE BEST.

>> TO PHIL PONCE WITH MORE ON THE 25TH AMENDMENT.

PHIL?

>> PARIS, AS YOU'VE DISCUSSED CALLS ARE RISING TO REMOVE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FROM OFFICE AFTER HE INCITED A MOB AT THE U.S. CAPITOL YESTERDAY.

THOSE CALLS ARE COMING FROM PROMINENT DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS AND SOME REPUBLICANS.

TODAY, ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER CALLED ON VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AND MEMBERS OF THE CABINET TO INVOKE THE 25TH AMENDMENT AGAINST TRUMP.

>> ALL INDICATIONS ARE AT THAT TIME THE PRESIDENT HAS BECOME UNMOORED NOT JUST FROM HIS DUTIES OR HIS OATH BUT FROM REALITY ITSELF.

IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT I CALL FOR THE VICE-PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE CABINET TO INSURE THAT THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ARE SAFE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WE HAVE A SAFE CAPTAIN AT THE SHIP.

>> THE TERM IS SET TO EXPIRE IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS.

JOINING US WITH MORE ARE HEIDI KITROSSER, A VISITING PROFESSOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AT NORTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL.

AND AZIZ HUQ, PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

AND WELCOME BOTH OF YOU BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

AZIZ HUQ THERE'S TALK OF THE 25TH AMENDMENT FOR 48 HOURS REMIND US, BULLET POINTS AND HOW IT WORKS?

>> THE 25TH AMENDMENT WAS ENACTED INTO LAW IN THE WAKE OF THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION.

IT HAS A NUMBER OF PROVISIONS.

THE ONE THAT IS RELEVANT HERE ALLOWS THE VICE-PRESIDENT TO CALL FOR A VOTE OF THE CABINET MADE UP OF 16 PEOPLE ON WHETHER THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE BECAUSE HE OR SHE IS UNABLE TO DISCHARGE HIS DUTY.

>> SO AS WE'VE MENTIONED AND AS HAS BEEN WIDELY BELIEVED MANY ACCUSE THE PRESIDENT OF CAUSING YESTERDAY'S ASSAULT ON THE CAPITOL BASED ON WHAT HE SAID EARLIER IN THE DAY.

AND LET'S LISTEN TO PART OF WHAT HE SAID.

>> WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP.

WE WILL NEVER CONCEDE.

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

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

OUR COUNTRY HAS HAD ENOUGH.

WE WILL NOT TAKE IT ANYMORE AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

>> HEIDI KITROSSER, DOES THAT STATEMENT AND OTHER STATEMENTS HE MADE BEFORE THE MARCHERS OR THE TERRORISTS I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY, WENT TO THE CAPITOL?

DOES THAT ESTABLISH WHAT ONE MIGHT CONSIDER A PRIMA FACIA CASE THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE 25TH AMENDMENT?

>> I THINK THERE IS A GOOD ARGUMENT FOR THAT.

IN TRIGGERING THE 25TH AMENDMENT IT'S NOT A TERRIBLY SORT OF LEGALISTIC CRITERION IN THE SENSE THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO ACTUALLY SHOW THAT THE ELEMENTS OF A CRIME CAN BE PROVEN BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT OR AS THE PROFESSOR SAYS THAT THE PRESIDENT IS UNABLE TO DISCHARGE THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF HIS OFFICE.

AND I CERTAINLY THINK BOTH THAT THERE IS A GOOD CASE TO BE MADE THAT THE PRESIDENT DID, IN FACT, INCITE THE VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED.

BUT BEYOND THAT, THAT THAT SPEECH AS WELL AS HIS CONTINUED STATEMENTS DURING THE DAY AS WELL AS WHAT HE REFUSED TO SAY AFTER IT WAS APPARENT THAT VIOLENCE WAS BREAKING OUT MAKE A GOOD CASE THAT HE IS UNABLE TO DISCHARGE THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF HIS OFFICE.

>> AZIZ HUQ, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS IN THE PRESIDENT'S TERM.

IS THE 25TH AMENDMENT A REALISTIC OPTION AT THIS POINT?

>> I THINK THAT IT IS EXCEEDINGLY UNLIKELY WE WILL SEE A REMOVAL USING THE 25TH AMENDMENT MOSTLY BECAUSE THE AMENDMENT CLEARLY REPOSES THE DECISION ABOUT WHETHER TO REMOVE A PRESIDENT FOR INCAPACITY WITH HIS VICE-PRESIDENT.

THIS IS A CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION THAT IS MEANT TO PREVENT OR MEANT TO DISALLOW DECISIONS ON REMOVAL MEANT TO BE CO-PARTISAN.

AND UNDER THE PROVISION, IT REALLY IS IN THE DISCRETION OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT AND THE CABINET WHETHER TO MAKE THE REMOVAL EFFECTUAL.

AT LEAST GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR, THE CHANCES THAT THE CABINET WILL TAKE THAT STEP SEEM VERY LOW.

>> HEIDI KITROSSER, WE KNOW NOW THAT SPEAKER PELOSI AND SENATOR SCHUMER TRIED TO REACH OUT TO VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AND HE WOULD NOT TAKE THEIR CALL.

GIVEN THAT, THE UNLIKELIHOOD THAT THE VICE-PRESIDENT WOULD LEND HIS NAME TO THIS EFFORT, HOW ABOUT IMPEACHMENT?

HOW LIKELY IS THAT?

>> YEAH, I THINK THAT IT IS CERTAINLY QUITE PLAUSIBLE THAT WE COULD SEE THE HOUSE INITIATE PROCEEDINGS.

I THINK IT'S PLAUSIBLE WE COULD SEE THE HOUSE GIVEN ITS COMPOSITION AND THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, HAVE ANOTHER IMPEACHMENT VOTE ECHOING THE ONE FROM LAST JANUARY AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.

WHETHER YOU COULD ACTUALLY GET A CONVICTION OR REMOVAL A DISALLOW ANSWER OF FUTURE OFFICE HOLDING IN THE SENATE GIVEN ITS COMPOSITION AND GIVEN THE REQUIREMENT OF THE TWO-THIRDS VOTE I THINK IS UNLIKELY.

I WOULD SEE PROCEEDINGS AND A VOTE IN THE HOUSE.

>> AZIZ HUQ THE PRESIDENT RELEASED A VIDEO ABOUT AN HOUR AGO IN WHICH HE CONDEMNED THE VIOLENCE AT THE CAPITOL AND CONCEDED TO JOE BIDEN AS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT.

IS THERE AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE THAT EITHER THE 25TH AMENDMENT OR IMPEACHMENT COULD MAKE A BAD SITUATION EVEN WORSE AND MAKE HIM A MARTYR TO FOLLOWERS?

>> CERTAINLY THE POSSIBILITY OF NEGATIVE POLITICAL FALLOUT.

I THINK ONE POSITIVE THING TO COME FROM YESTERDAY'S EVENT IS VERY, VERY PUBLIC DENOUNCEIATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S AUTHORITARIAN STYLE THAT HAVE COME NOT JUST FROM THE OPPOSING PARTY BUT FROM CO-PARTISANS INCLUDING THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER.

I THINK THAT AN EFFORT TO REMOVE THE PRESIDENT NOW PARTICULARLY THROUGH IMPEACHMENT BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE INSTANTANEOUS.

IT DOESN'T JUST RISK UNDERMINING THAT FRAGILE POLITICAL CONSENSUS, IT ALSO RISKS PROVOKING THE PRESIDENT INTO SOME FURTHER PRECIPITOUS ACTION THAT MAY ENDANGER OTHER LIVES OR ENDANGER PARTS OF OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS.

>> HEIDI KITROSSER IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT IF NO ACTION IS TAKEN, EITHER THE NEITHER THE 25TH AMENDMENT OR IMPEACHMENT THAT THIS COULD NORMALIZE WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE AND THEREFORE HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE BEHAVIOR OF FUTURE PRESIDENTS?

>> THERE ABSOLUTELY IS THAT WORRY.

AND THAT IS ACTUALLY MY BIGGEST WORRY.

I DO AGREE THAT ON THE OTHER HAND THERE IS RISK OF BACKLASH OF MARTYRDOM.

BUT I DO THINK THE BIGGER RISK IS NORMALIZATION.

AND ASSUMING THAT [INAUDIBLE] IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS INITIATED OR THEY DID NOT GO ANYWHERE AND YOU DO NOT HAVE THE 25TH AMENDMENT INVOKED, THEN I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS SIMPLY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CONCERNED, CERTAINLY, POLITICAL ACTORS WHO ARE CONCERNED, CONTINUING TO SORT OF SPEAK ABOUT WHAT WAS WRONG, WHAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE, WHAT WAS AUTHORITARIAN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO PREVENT IT FROM BECOMING NORALIZED IN THE JUDGMENT OF HISTORY.

>> AND THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

THANKS TO AZIZ HUQ AND HEIDI KITROSSER.

THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW BRANDIS, WE THROW IT BACK TO YOU.

>> PHIL, THANK YOU.

ON THE DAY THAT ILLINOIS REACHED THE UNFORTUNATE MILESTONE OF SURPASSING ONE MILLION CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS, WE VISIT ONE OF THE CHICAGO COMMUNITIES BEARING THE BRUNT OF THIS PANDEMIC.

WHEN WE LAST VISITED BELMONT CRAGIN IN MAY, IT WAS AN EPICENTER WITH NEARLY 2,000 CASES IN ITS MAJOR ZIP CODE.

STATE DATA SHOWS NOW THE 60639 ZIP CODE TO CLOSE TO 12,000 CASES.

AMANDA VINICKY IS IN BELMONT CRAGIN AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

>> BRANDIS IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT NOBODY WANTS COVID BUT WHAT IS BAD IS GETTING IT AND HAVING NO WAY OF KNOWING AND THAT WAS A PROBLEM EARLY ON.

PEOPLE SAID THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TESTING.

NOT ANYMORE SAYS GILBERT VILLEGAS WHO I SPOKE WITH OUTSIDE OF CAREER ACADEMY.

GILBERT VILLEGAS SAYS HE FOUGHT TO GET TRAINING PROGRAMS AT THE ACADEMY INCLUDING ONE THAT WAS GOING TO TRAIN ADULTS INSTEAD AND THAT IS ON HOLD BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND FOSTER CAREER ACADEMY IS ONE OF THE SEVERAL PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET TESTED FOR COVID-19.

>> ANYBODY THAT TALKS ABOUT TESTING, BRING THEM TO THE WARD BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET AS MANY TESTED.

THE ALDERMAN'S OFFICE WE ARE DOING CITY SERVICES AND DURING THE PANDEMIC WE'VE HAD TO PIVOT AND NOW SOCIAL SERVICE THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE WITH UNEMPLOYMENT, FOOD, MASKS.

>> WHY ARE COVID CASES HIGHER HERE?

HE SAYS IT IS BECAUSE THE AREA HAS A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND ALSO INTER GENERATIONAL HOUSING IN THIS LATINO COMMUNITY.

>> BELMONT CRAGIN HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF LATINOS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO IN ANY COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LATINOS YOU THINK OF LITTLE VILLAGE, PILSEN BUT IT'S BELMONT CRAGIN.

BELMONT CRAGIN IS MADE OF HARD-WORKING MEN AND WOMEN ESSENTIAL WORKERS THAT TAKE PRIDE IN HOMEOWNERSHIP, MIDDLE CLASS.

>> BUT THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE THINGS TOUGH SAYS ULISES ALANIS WHO DESCRIBES HIS RESTAURANT AS A TASTE OF MEXICO CITY IN CHICAGO.

IT'S KNOWN FOR ITS FRESH HANDMADE FOOD.

>> LIKE THEY CALL IT LIKE A FORM AND MADE OF FRESH CORN AND BEANS INSIDE.

YOU PRESS IT ON A PRESS.

AND THEN YOU PUT IT ON THE GRILL.

>> HE'S BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 30 YEARS BUT LATELY HAS HAD TO CUT BACK ON THE HOURS THE RESTAURANT IS OPEN.

AND WHILE HE IS GLAD WHENEVER PEOPLE ORDER INCLUDING ON-LINE, HE SAYS HE WISHES THEY WOULD CALL OR STOP BY THE RESTAURANT DIRECTLY BECAUSE THIRD PARTY FOOD DELIVERY APPS EAT UPWARDS OF 25% AND THAT IS MONEY THAT COULD HELP DURING THIS SLOW TIME.

STILL, HE WANTS PEOPLE TO BE SAFE.

>> A LOT OF HISPANICS HAVE BEEN INFECTED AND WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL.

WE HAVE TO BE SMART.

CAN YOU NOT JUST GO OUT THERE AND GO TO A PARTY, 20, 100 PEOPLE.

YOU HAVE TO STAY HOME.

>> AS DIRECTOR OF OLDER ADULT PROGRAMS AT THE NORTHWEST SIDE HOUSING CENTER, LINDA PETERS KNOWS SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD AND SADLY SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SUCCUMBED TO COVID-19.

PETERS SAYS MOST OF BELMONT CRAGIN'S 80,000 RESIDENTS ARE LATINO NEARLY 30% ARE ELDERLY.

AND MANY ARE LOW INCOME AND SAYS THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN DEVASTATING FOR THOSE SENIORS.

>> MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, FINANCIALLY, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEIR FAMILIES WERE SUPPORTING THEM AND NOW THEIR FAMILIES ARE UNEMPLOYED.

HAVE FOOD INSECURITY.

SO THAT TRICKLES UP TO THE GRANDPARENTS.

WHO NOW ARE FACING HUNGER LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

>> SHE SAYS THANKFULLY PROGRAMS LIKE THOSE SHE IS INVOLVED WITH ARE PRO HE HAD VIEDING -- PROVIDING FOOD AND MEALS TO SENIORS AND A LITTLE BIT OF FUN IN EVERY LUNCH BOX IS A NEWSLETTER OR A CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

ALSO OVER THE HOLIDAYS THEY HOSTED AN UGLY SWEATER CONTEST AND THEY WILL HAVE SOMETHING FUN FOR VALENTINE'S DAY.

AND THERE IS A TRAINED BILINGUAL OUTREACH TEAM THAT REACHES OUT TO 400 OLDER ADULTS EVERY WEEK.

>> THEY ARE CALLING, THEY ARE CONNECTING THEM WITH RESOURCES THEY ARE HEAR BEING THEIR FAMILIES.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DEATHS IN THE PREVIOUS MONTHS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

SO THAT LIFELINE THAT THE CALLERS ARE MAKING WITH THE OLDER ADULTS REALLY IS LIFE CHANGING.

>> ANOTHER AREA ORGANIZATION IS HELPING PEOPLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES THROUGH BILINGUAL COUNSELING AS WELL AS THROUGH MONETARY RELIEF TO HELP PEOPLE BEHIND ON THEIR RENT OR MORTGAGE.

THE SPANISH COALITION FOR HOUSING IS AGGRESSIVELY EDUCATING TENANTS AND LANDLORDS ABOUT THE EVICTION MORATORIUM AND THAT IS JUST TEMPORARY.

SO EVENTUALLY, ANY OVERDUE RENT MONEY DOES HAVE TO BE PAID BACK.

>> OFTENTIMES HERE IN THE COMMUNITIES LIKE BELMONT CRAGIN IT IS A SMALL LANDLORD, TWO-FOUR UNIT PROPERTY OWNER WHO RELIES ON THE RENT PAYMENTS TO MAKE THEIR PAYMENT.

IT'S A TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT WHEN FOLKS ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY RENT AND SMALL LANDLORDS ARE RELYING ON THE INCOME.

THERE IS AN AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR PROPERTY FROM FORECLOSE.

>> HE IS HOPING FOR AN EXTENSION ON THE EVICTION MORATORIUM AND ALSO AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, CITY, STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEED TO COME THROUGH WITH RELIEF.

BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, A PREVIEW OF THIS SUNDAY'S PLAYOFF MATCHUP BETWEEN THE BEARS AND THE SAINTS.

STICK AROUND.

>> LATINOS WHO MAKEUP ONE-THIRD OF THE POPULATION CONTINUE TO POWER A CITY THAT WORKS.

>> THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING THREE JOBS, KNOWING THAT COVID IS OUT THERE.

THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE HELP AND WE SHOULD HELP THEM.

>> DESPITE A 35-16 LOSS TO THE PACKERS THE BEARS ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS THANKS TO AN ARIZONA CARDINALS LOSS.

THEY WILL FACE THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS IN A WILDCARD MATCHUP A TEAM THEY LOST TO IN OVERTIME EARLIER THIS SEASON.

[♪♪♪] JOINING US WITH HIS TAKE IS FORMER CHICAGO BEARS OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, JAMES "BIG CAT" WILLIAMS.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

GREAT TO SEE YOU.

WE SAW REACTION FROM PLAYERS AROUND THE NFL TO WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, THE RIOTS ON CAPITOL HILL INCLUDING BEARS RECEIVER ALLEN ROBINSON CALLING THE RIOTERS TERRORISTS.

MATT FORTY TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN TREATED DIFFERENTLY IF THEY WERE BLACK.

HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO GO ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THIS DRAMATIC HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY?

>> WELL, PARIS, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU ARE AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON OUTSIDE THE FACILITY.

IT IS SUCH A BIG STORY.

IT IS SUCH A BLACK EYE TO THE UNITED STATES, TO THE GOVERNMENT.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE.

AS AN ATHLETE, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO BLOCK IT OUT A LITTLE BIT.

NOT REALLY BLOCK IT OUT.

BUT YOU HAVE TO GET PAST IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH YOUR LIVELIHOOD HERE AS FAR AS FOOTBALL GOES.

AND THE PREPARATIONS THEY HAVE TO MAKE DURING THE WEEK, IT'S ALL VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

AND YOU HAVE TO BE FOCUSED ON IT.

THIS IS YOU ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS NOW.

THIS IS ONE AND DONE.

IT IS GOING TO AFFECT THEM A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY BRING INTO THE FACILITIES WHETHER IT'S THE BEARS OR THE SAINTS OR THE STEELERS OR ANY OTHER TEAM.

>> CERTAINLY IT IS A LOT TO PROCESS AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT GAME BIG CAT.

A TOUGH LOSS TO THE PACKERS.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU TOOK FROM THAT GAME THAT WOULD GIVE YOU HOPE THEY CAN BEAT THE SAINTS?

>> YEAH, I MEAN YOU LOOK AT THE GAME AND YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST DRIVE OF THE GAME AND TALK ABOUT AN OFFENSE THAT HAS SPUTTERED THE MAJORITY OF THE SEASON AND STARTED BETTER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS BUT THAT DRIVE IS WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU EXPECT OUT OF THAT BEARS' OFFENSE.

FOR THEM TO PUT UP A 14-POINT DRIVE TOGETHER AND EAT UP 60 YARDS AND SEVEN-AND-A-HALF MINUTES OF THE CLOCK, THAT IS -- THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO NEED AGAINST THE SAINTS.

AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE JUST OFFENSIVELY.

THEY ARE GOING TO NEED, OFFENSE, DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS IN ORDER TO WIN.

>> AND THEY WERE IN THE GAME UNTIL YOU SEE THIS INTERCEPTION THROWN BY TRUBISKY HE HAS HAD GOOD GAMES, LAST WEEK WASN'T SUCH A GOOD GAME.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIM WHEN HE IS PLAYING WELL VERSUS THE WAY HE PLAYED LAST WEEK?

>> WHEN HE IS PLAYING WELL, YOU ARE SEEING THEM PUT IN MOTION THINGS THAT HE DOES WELL.

RUNNING THE BALL DEFINITELY HELPS.

WHEN YOU HAVE MONTGOMERY RUNNING FOR YARDS, THE OFFENSIVE LINE ABLE TO BLOCK FOR HIM THEY ARE ABLE TO USE THAT PLAY ACTION THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT.

BOOTLEGS, CUTTING OFF HALF THE FIELD SO HE DOESN'T HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE THING.

IT'S WHEN HE DROPS BACK IN THE POCKET AND THEY ARE ASKING HIM TO READ THE FIELD DIAGNOSE AND ALL THAT TOGETHER IS JUST PROVED TO BE TOO MUCH FOR HIM.

>> HE IS STILL STRUGGLING WITH THAT.

THE LAST TIME THE BEARS PLAYED THE SAINTS IT WAS CLOSE THEY LOST IN OVERTIME.

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHEN LOOKING AT THE CHALLENGES GOING UP AGAINST THE SAINTS?

>> WELL, YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST GAME AND IT WAS A GOOD GAME.

IT WENT DOWN TO ALMOST TWO MINUTES LEFT IN THE OVERTIME FOR SAINTS WERE ABLE TO SEAL THE GAME.

SO THEY'VE PLAYED A GOOD GAME DEFENSIVELY.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE TO GET BACK TO.

THE SAINTS ARE A GET THE BALL OUT OF THEIR HAND QUICK, QUICK THROWS TO THE BACKS TO THE RECEIVER AND LET THOSE PLAYERS MAKE THE PLAYS.

YOU THROW A SWING PASS AND THE BEARS DON'T TACKLE HIM THAT SWING PASS COULD GO FOR TWO OR THREE YARDS NOW GOES FOR 15, 20 YARDS.

>> CAMERA, MIGHT MISS THE GAME HE HAS AN INJURY.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE RULED HIM IN OR OUT.

THE DEFENSE HAS BEEN STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT.

WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO TO GET BACK TO THE WAY THAT WELL, THEY WERE A YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO?

CAN THEY DO THAT?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN GET BACK TO THAT POINT.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LATE IN THE SEASON SO YOU'RE DEALING WITH NOT ONLY ON THE BEARS BUT EVERY TEAM THAT IS IN THE PLAYOFF HUNT IS DEALING WITH GUYS THAT ARE HURT, INJURED, YOU KNOW, PLAYING WITH SOMETHING GOING ON.

SO EVERY TEAM IS HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS.

BUT YOU LOOK AT THE BEARS TEAM AND THEY ARE A LITTLE MORE BANGED UP.

THAT IS WHAT WORRIES ME ABOUT SUNDAY'S GAME.

PLAYERS BEING OUT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT HE IS ABLE TO DO ON THE FIELD.

YOU CAN'T JUST HAND THAT OVER TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND ASK THEM TO STEP IN.

>> SMITH A KEY PART OF THAT DEFENSE.

AND WAS INJURED LAST WEEK.

SO YOUR BOLD REALISTIC PREDICTION?

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

>> MY BOLD, REALISTIC PREDICTION...

THE BEARS HAVE A CHANCE.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN STOP WHAT THE SAINTS ARE GOING TO BRING.

IF THOMAS IS HEALTHY AND IS ABLE TO PLAY EVEN IF HE IS NOT FULLY HEALTHY BUT IF HE IS HEALTHY ENOUGH TO PLAY, IF CAMERA PLAYS THEY SAID HE PRACTICED TODAY.

THOSE ARE GOING TO BE BIG THINGS THAT THE BEARS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH.

THE SAINTS ARE A TEAM THAT THEY CAN MOVE THE BALL UP AND DOWN THE FIELD BUT YOU GOT TO STOP THEM FROM GETTING IN THE END ZONE.

AND WE'LL SEE HOW A DEPLETED, INJURY PRONE TEAM CAN DO IT THIS WEEKEND.

>> WELL, AFTER A VERY EMOTIONAL AND SAD WEEK IN THE NATION IT WILL BE GOOD TO WATCH THE BEARS AND PLAYOFF FOOTBALL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A COUPLE YEARS.

BIG CAT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANKS, PARIS HAVE A GOOD ONE.

>> YOU, TOO.

AND THE BEARS ARE SET TO TAKE ON NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY AT 3:40.

WE'LL HAVE JAMES "BIG CAT" WILLIAMS BACK NEXT WEEK TO RECAP THE SEASON OR TALK ABOUT THE BEARS NEXT PLAYOFF GAME.

LET'S HOPE IT'S THE LATTER.

THE ER DOCTOR THE FIRST PERSON IN CHICAGO TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 TELLS US ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE.

>> AFTER YESTERDAY'S STORMING OF THE CAPITOL PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN AND OTHERS POINT TO STARKLY DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSES SEEN AT BLACK LIVES MATTER DEMONSTRATIONS.

WHY CAPITOL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPEARED TO BE SO UNPREPARED?

>> AND THE MEXICAN TRADITION OF PRINTMAKING IS ALIVE AND WELL RUN BY A RETIRED PUBLIC SCHOOLTEACHER.

>> CHICAGO AREA NATIVE MERRICK GARLAND WAS FORMALLY INTRODUCED AS PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN'S PICK FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL TODAY.

GARLAND IS FROM NORTH SUBURBAN SKOKIE AND IS A GRADUATE OF NILES WEST HIGH SCHOOL AND NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA TO SERVE ON THE SUPREME COURT BUT WAS NEVER GIVEN A HEARING BY MITCH McCONNELL BACK THEN.

GARLAND TODAY SPOKE ABOUT THE GRAVITY OF YESTERDAY'S ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL AND SAYS HIS GOAL IS TO RESTORE THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

>> ENTERING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL BE A KIND OF HOMECOMING FOR ME.

MY VERY FIRST JOB AFTER SERVING AS A JUDICIAL LAW CLERK WAS TO WORK AS A SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THEN ATTORNEY GENERAL.

>> HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN COOK COUNTY STROGER HOSPITAL BEGAN GETTING FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 TODAY.

BOARD PRESIDENT TONI PRECKWINKLE WAS ON HAND AS THE HOSPITAL STAFF MEMBERS GOT THEIR SECOND DOSE OF THE COVID VACCINE.

PARTICIPANTS SAY THEY WERE EXCITED TO BECOME FULLY IMMUNIZED AND FOCUSED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF VACCINATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC LATINO COMMUNITIES.

>> BOTH COMMUNITIES THAT ARE A LOT OF THEM ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND HAVE NO OTHER WAY OF QUARANTINE OR DISTANCING THEMSELVES ALL THE TIME AND ACCESS IS IMPORTANT TO THEM.

SO THE VACCINE PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, GO OUT AND GET THE VACCINE.

>> THAT WAS AN EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN THERE WHO GOT HER SECOND DOSE.

AND NOW WE GO BACK TO BRANDIS AND ONE OF THE FIRST LOCAL DOCTORS TO GET BOTH DOSES OF THAT COVID VACCINE.

BRANDIS?

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

Dr. MARINA DEL RIOS AN EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL WAS THE VERY FIRST PERSON IN CHICAGO TO GET VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.

AND THEN ON TUESDAY SHE GOT HER SECOND DOSE OF THE PFIZER VACCINE.

Dr. MARINA DEL RIOS JOINS US NOW TO TALK ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE WITH THE VACCINE AND OF BEING AN ER DOCTOR AMID THIS PANDEMIC.

Dr. DEL RIOS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

FIRST, TELL ME A BIT ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE OVER THESE LAST 10 MONTHS OF BEING AN EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR ON THE FRONTLINE OF THIS PANDEMIC.

WHAT HAS THAT BEEN LIKE?

>> IT'S BEEN THE MOST STRESSFUL YEAR I'VE HAD IN MY CAREER.

IT'S DIFFERENT DEALING WITH HEART ATTACKS AND TRAUMAS AND YOU KNOW THAT WHILE IT'S VERY SAD TO SEE PATIENTS IN THOSE SITUATIONS, YOU, YOURSELF, MAY NOT BE AT RISK.

BUT THAT ADDED RISK OF CONSTANTLY FEELING LIKE TAKING CARE OF PATIENTS IS ALSO A THREAT TO MY OWN WELL-BEING TO MY COWORKERS AND MY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT MIGHT BE TAKING CARE OF THE FOLKS TOO THAT IS AN ADDED LAYER OF STRESS THAT IS VERY HARD TO DEAL WITH.

>> WE'VE SEEN CASES SURGING ACROSS THE COUNTRY SINCE THANKSGIVING.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE SITUATION AT YOUR HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW?

ARE YOU NOTICING AN INCREASE IN CASES AS WELL?

>> WE SAW A SURGE A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER THANKSGIVING.

AND THEN THE NUMBERS STARTED TO DROP A BIT.

WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A CLIMB AND I'M EXPECTING THAT WE WILL PROBABLY SEE A PEAK IN A WEEK OR TWO WHICH WOULD BE TWO WEEKS POST THE MOST RECENT HOLIDAYS.

>> ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECT ARE DR. NGOZI EZIKE ON WEDNESDAY SHE TALKED ABOUT THE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT OF THE VIRUS ON BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AND THE NEED TO MAKE VACCINES AVAILABLE TO THEM.

HERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT THE STATE'S VACCINE OUTREACH.

>> OUR OUTREACH EXTENDS TO ALL POPULATIONS IN ILLINOIS.

BLACK POPULATION, WHITE, LATINX, ASIAN, IMMIGRANTS ALL GROUPS INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED.

AND UNDOCUMENTED INDIVIDUALS WILL NOT BE TURNED AWAY WHEN THEY PRESENT FOR VACCINATION.

>> AND Dr. DEL RIOS WE KNOW THAT BLACK AND LATINX COMMUNITIES HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN SKEPTICAL AND MISTRUSTFUL OF MEDICAL OFFICIALS YOU VOLUNTEERED TO BE VACCINATED EARLY AND YOU WERE THE FIRST PERSON IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE.

AS A LATINA DOCTOR HOW IMPORTANT WAS IT FOR YOU TO GET THIS VACCINE TO SHOW SO THAT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LATINX AND BLACK COMMUNITIES COULD SEE YOU?

>> LOOK, I THINK THAT PEOPLE MODEL THE BEHAVIOR THAT THEY OBSERVE.

AND SO IF I'M GOING TO ASK MY PATIENTS TO GET VACCINATED, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY SEE I MYSELF AM OK GETTING VACCINATED AND I FEEL SAFE AND IT IS AN EFFECTIVE VACCINE.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAYS OF CONVINCING PEOPLE TO ADOPT A BEHAVIOR IS BY ADOPTING IT YOURSELF.

SO THAT IS WHY I'VE DECIDED THAT I NOT ONLY HAPPY TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST BUT I WILL BE A VOCAL ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> AND WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE FOLKS WHO HAVE CONCERNS AND MISTRUST FOR THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY?

>> I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE DON'T JUDGE PEOPLE'S MISTRUST AND WE LISTEN AND WE ASK QUESTIONS AND GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY TO ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS THEY NEED TO, TO COME UP WITH THE BEST DECISION FOR THEMSELVES.

THERE IS A LOT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE THAT MEDICAL PROVIDERS AND TRUSTED SOURCES HAVE TO ADDRESS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE NARRATIVE THAT IS OUT THERE IS CHANGED.

AND WITH VACCINES THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MIXED MESSAGING REGARDING HOW QUICKLY THE VACCINE WOULD BE DEVELOPED FOR EXAMPLE AND WHAT KIND OF SIDE EFFECTS PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE AFTER THE VACCINE.

SO IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO INSURE THAT THE CORRECT INFORMATION IS GOING TO PEOPLE.

SO YOU KNOW, I'VE TOLD PEOPLE GIVEN THEM MY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AND TOLD MY FAMILY MEMBERS, FEEL FREE TO SHARE MY POST.

BECAUSE, AGAIN, I THINK THE ONLY WAY TO CONVINCE OTHER PEOPLE IS TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO HAVE THE INFORMATION AT HAND SO THEY CAN MAKE THE DECISION FOR THEMSELVES.

>> HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED ANY SIDE EFFECTS?

>> YEAH, THE FIRST SHOT WAS UNEVENTFUL.

I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF SORENESS ON MY ARM THE DAY AFTER AND THEN THAT WAS GONE.

THIS TIME, THE SORENESS WAS THERE BUT YESTERDAY EVENING ABOUT 24 HOURS POST MY SHOT, I STARTED FEELING A LITTLE ACHEY.

LIKE WHEN YOU ARE STARTING TO GET THE FLU.

BUT NOTHING THAT I COULD NOT MANAGE WITH A DOSE OF IBUPROFEN AND A GOOD NIGHT'S REST AND TODAY I FEEL BACK TO NORMAL.

>> WE'VE READ STORIES SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES RESISTANT TO GETTING THE VACCINE.

OBVIOUSLY IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DID NOT HAVE RESERVATIONS AS A PROFESSIONAL IN THE INDUSTRY WHAT RESERVATIONS MIGHT SOMEONE HAVE?

>> WELL, EVEN WITHIN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP REGARDING HOW QUICKLY THIS VACCINE WAS DEVELOPED.

SO I THINK IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THE INITIAL MESSAGE WAS WE WON'T HAVE AN EFFICACIOUS VACCINE FOR A YEAR, YEAR-AND-A-HALF AND HERE WE ARE SIX MONTHS AFTER SOME OF THE STUDIES OR NINE MONTHS AFTER THE STUDIES WERE STARTED.

WE HAVE WHAT SEEMS LIKE AN EFFECTIVE VACCINE ON ITS FACE.

SO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BATTLE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ON A ONE-ON-ONE BASIS IN MY DEPARTMENT AND I'M GLAD TO REPORT AND SAY THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONVINCE AND ONE OF OUR CUSTODIAL WORKERS APPROACHED ME AND SAID I HEARD YOU ON TV I'M SO PROUD OF YOU AND I SIGNED UP TO GET MY SHOT.

AND OTHERS I TOLD THEM ASK ME QUESTIONS.

ASK OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR DEPARTMENT WHO IN OUR INSTITUTION WHO HAVE GOTTEN THE SHOT AND ASK THEM HOW THEY FEEL?

AND WHAT THEY THINK?

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL CONVINCE 100% OF PEOPLE BUT HOPEFULLY A GOOD PORTION OF PEOPLE THAT THE POPULATION WILL BE PROTECTED.

>> Dr. MARINA DEL RIOS THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> AFTER PROTESTORS RIOTERS AND LOOTERS STORMED THE CAPITOL YESTERDAY MANY WERE LEFT WONDERING WHY CAPITOL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPEARED SO UNPREPARED?

AND SOME ARE POINTING TO STARKLY DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSES SEEN AT BLACK LIVES MATTER DEMONSTRATIONS SAYING THE INSURRECTION REVEALS A DOUBLE STANDARD AND THIS EVENING WE LEARNED THAT THE U.S. CAPITOL POLICE CHIEF IS RESIGNING.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THAT AND MORE ARE RUE EN MILLER, PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATION AND AUTHOR OF THE FOURTH COMING BOOK HALFWAY HOME, RACE, PUNISHMENT AND THE AFTER LIFE OF MASS INCARCERATION.

AND MATT DOHERTY SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF THREAT AND VIOLENCE RISK MANAGEMENT AT HILLIARD BEHIND IN CHICAGO A SECURITY RISK MANAGEMENT FIRM A JENSON HUGHES COMPANY AND A RETIRED U.S. SECRET SERVICE SPECIAL AGENT WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE THREAT ASSESSMENT CENTER.

GENTLEMEN WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

MATT LET'S START WITH YOU.

GIVEN YOUR ROLE IN THE SECRET SERVICE WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE STORMING OF THE CAPITOL YESTERDAY?

>> PRIOR TO THAT I WAS A U.S. CAPITOL POLICEMAN AS A YOUNG KID OUT OF COLLEGE.

APPALLING I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.

OBVIOUSLY WHATEVER CONTINGENCY PLANS THAT WERE IN PLACE INCLUDING FOR THE MAYOR CALLING FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD AND GOT THEM TWO DAYS PRIOR, IT WAS APPALLING THAT THE ENTIRE PERIMETER SECURITY BROKE DOWN.

THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A CONTINGENCY PLAN AND WHATEVER PLAN WAS IN PLACE, UTTERLY FAILED THAT IS MY FIRST IMPRESSION.

>> TODAY PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN SPOKE ABOUT YESTERDAY'S EVENTS.

HERE IS A CLIP OF THAT.

>> NO ONE CAN TELL ME THAT IF IT HAD BEEN A GROUP OF BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTING YESTERDAY THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TREATED VERY, VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN THE MOB OF THUGS THAT STORMED THE CAPITOL.

>> RUBEN MILLER WE SPOKE WITH YOU IN JUNE AMID THE CIVIL UNREST WHAT DIFFERENCES DO YOU SEE BETWEEN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE AND PREPARATION WE SAW OVER THE SUMMER COMPARED TO WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY?

>> WELL, IT'S NOT ONLY WHAT WE SAW ON THE NEWS, BUT WHAT HAS BEEN VERIFIED.

POLICE RESPOND VERY DIFFERENTLY TO ANTI-POLICING PROTESTS THAN THEY DO TO OTHER PROTESTS.

AND WE KNOW THAT POLICE RESPOND VERY DIFFERENTLY TO BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS THAN THEY HAVE TO RIGHT-WING PROTESTS.

FOR EXAMPLE THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE PERHAPS I THINK THE LATEST NUMBER AROUND 68 ALTOGETHER ARRESTS THAT HAPPENED IN AND AROUND THE WHAT WE'RE CALLING AN INSURRECTION.

68 ARRESTS AND THERE WERE 300 AT THE LAST BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND THIS MIRRORS IN STARK WAYS THE 5 TO ONE RACIAL DISPARITY THAT WE KNOW EXISTS IN INCARCERATION RATES IN THE UNITED STATES.

SO THE DIFFERENCES IS POLICE MEET BLACK PROTESTORS WITH GREATER FORCE.

POLICE MEET BLACK PROTESTORS WITH A DIFFERENT KIND OF SENSE OF VITRIOL AND THE COVERAGE OF BLACK PROTESTS LOOK DIFFERENT.

WE CALLED THEM RIOTS AND LOOTING AND THINGS WERE STOLEN OUT OF THE CAPITOL WINDOWS WERE BROKEN BUT WE HAVE NOT USED THAT LANGUAGE WITH THE SAME SPEED IN RELATION TO THESE PROTESTORS.

>> MATT, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RESPONSE?

THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FORCES DEPLOYED YESTERDAY VERSUS ANY BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST?

>> I THINK RUBEN BRINGS UP GREAT POINTS.

THE SECRET SERVICE HAS PRIDED THEMSELVES ON BEING APOLITICAL.

I PUT MY LIFE ON THE LINE FOR A YEAR IN THE 80s PROTECTING REVEREND JACKSON AS HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT THERE ARE GOOD POINTS THERE.

MORE OF MY THEME IS WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN?

WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN WAS AN INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS OF DEMONSTRATIONS.

OBVIOUSLY BLACK LIVES MATTER HAS A PEACEFUL MISSION OF REFORMING POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

THE TRUMP RALLY HAD A LOT OF VITRIOL AND A LOT OF ESCALATION BUT THOSE WERE LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS, TOO, WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANALYSIS OF WHAT I WILL CALL INFILTRATORS IN DEMONSTRATIONS, THEY TOTALLY DISRUPT THE PEACEFUL MISSION AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT AND BLACK LIVES MATTER JUST LIKE A TRUMP RALLY HAS A RIGHT FOR A PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY AS GUARANTEED IN THE CONSTITUTION.

I THINK THERE WAS A LACK, A SEVERE FAILURE A LACK OF INTELLIGENCE GATHERING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THERE WERE PEOPLE WITH VIOLENT TENDENCIES IN THAT TRUMP RALLY AND MARCHING UP TO THE CAPITOL CERTAINLY THE RHETORIC DID NOT HELP ANY.

VALID POINTS BY RUBEN HERE.

>> FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA RELEASED A STATEMENT ABOUT HER THOUGHTS ON YESTERDAY'S EVENTS.

ALSO COMPARE TO GO TO BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS WHICH WERE OVERWHELMINGLY PEACEFUL.

SHE SAID IN PART QUOTE... RUBEN, HOW WAS THE TREATMENT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT DIFFERENT YESTERDAY?

>> I THINK WE SAW A LENIENCY FROM THE SHOTS THAT'S WERE CAPTURED ON BEHALF OF CAPITOL POLICE.

AS WE DISCUSSED A SECOND AGO, THE SHEAR NUMBER OF ARRESTS.

IF WE THINK ABOUT I AM PETITION RICKLY HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST WE SEE STARK DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE CASES.

>> MATT, IT WAS HORRIBLE YESTERDAY.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.

BUT DO TERRORISTS NO MATTER WHAT DO THEY SEE VULNERABILITIES?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

AND JUST FROM A SECURITY PERSPECTIVE THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOT A PUBLIC HOUSE.

YOU HAVE TO GET TOURS AND THEY HAVE TO BE BY APPOINTMENT AND THEY RUN YOUR NAME AND OUR LEGISLATURE IS A PUBLIC HOUSE SO IT IS A PUBLIC FACILITY.

I THINK THAT PREDOMINANTLY FOR THE CAPITOL THEY WILL INSIST IT STAY OPEN BUT, AGAIN, IT WAS APPALLING HOW THE OUTER PERIMETER AND INNER PERIMETER IT IS NOT LOST THAT YOU DID NOT SEE THE NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYED UNTIL THERE WAS A RESPONSE.

AND I THINK I CAN AGREE WITH RUBEN I WOULD HAVE WANTED TO SEE MORE ARRESTS 0 ON THE OUTER PERIMETER FOR THAT UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY AND NOW BY MEDIA REPORTS THERE'S FOUR DEATHS.

CLEARLY, UNCALLED FOR.

LACK OF A SECURITY PLAN AND POLICE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD BE THE PUBLIC SAFETY, THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF PEACEFUL LAW-ABIDING PEOPLE THAT ARE ASSEMBLING AS IS THEIR RIGHT IN THE CONSTITUTION.

AND I DO THINK THE CAPITOL POLICE ON THE INNER PERIMETER THEY WERE HEROIC.

ONCE THE INNER PERIMETER BREAKS DOWN IN SECRET SERVICE TECHNOLOGY AND THE GUNS COME OUT THE SECURITY HAS FAILED BUT THEY WERE HEROIC IN EVACUATING PEOPLE AND INSURING CONGRESSMEN AND THE STAFF WERE NOT HARMED BUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE LAST YEAR NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.

BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO BE PROTECTED AS THEY ARE LAWFULLY ASSEMBLING IN THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

NONE OF US ARE CONDONING ANY OF THELE LEGAL ACTIVITY BY SOME PEOPLE OUT OF THE MANY THAT ARE PEACEFULLY ASSEMBLING.

>> I'M SURE THERE IS A LOT OF SECURITY TO CONSIDER AS WE APPROACH ININAUGURATION.

MY THANKS TO RUBEN JONATHAN MILLER AND MATT DOHERTY FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, THE STORY OF A C.P.S.

TEACHER TURNED PRINT MAKER.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> A CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLTEACHER TOOK AN EARLY RETIREMENT TO CONTINUE IN THE LONG LINE OF MEXICAN ARTISTS WHO EXCEL AT PRINTMAKING.

FROM DEPICTING THE SKULLS SEEN IN THE DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION TO PURSUING THEMES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, RENE ARCEO IS THE HEIR APPARENT TO A TRADITION.

MARC VITALI HAS A PORTION OF A CHICAGOAN WHO HAS RECOMMITTED HIMSELF TO HIS ART AND CULTURE.

[♪♪♪] >> WHEN WE VISITED HIS STUDIO IN PREPANDEMIC DAYS HE WAS WORKING ALONE.

AND THIS ARTIST HAS A TALENT FOR COLLABORATION.

>> I AM A PRINT MAKER.

I HAVE COLLABORATIVE PLACE WHERE I PUBLISH PRINTS WITH ARTISTS FROM NOT ONLY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES BUT FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.

THERE'S SOMEBODY FROM COSTA RICA, PUERTO RICO, CANADA, IN SPAIN AND FRANCE.

THERE'S SEVERAL SOUTH AMERICAN ARTISTS THAT ARE LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE COLLABORATED SOME VENEZUELAN, ARGENTINIAN, PERUVIAN.

>> FROM SILKSCREENS TO WOODEN GRAVINGS PRINTMAKERS NEED A WIDE RANGE OF SKILL SETS.

WE LEARNED ABOUT THE PRESS WHEN THE CENTER HOSTED AN EXHIBIT OF WORK BY RENE ARCEO AND THE ARTISTS HE WORKS WITH.

THAT SHOW WAS CALLED THE BORDER CROSSED US.

RENE ARCEO GREW UP NEAR QUAD LA HARRA AND TOLD US THE STORY OF HIS BORDER CROSSING IN 1979 WHEN AS 19 HE LEFT MEXICO AND CAME TO THE U.S. HIS FAMILY HIRED A COYOTE TO GUIDE HIM, HIS BROTHER AND A COUSIN.

>> I REMEMBER GOING FROM TIJUANA AND COYOTE TOOK A GROUP OF US IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IT WAS AROUND 2:00 A.M. WE CROSSED THE BORDER.

AND WE SAW SOME OF THE HELICOPTERS FLYING OVERHEAD.

AND DOWN THE HILL WE SAW GROUPS THAT WERE BEING CAUGHT.

WE JUST STAYED PUT UNTIL FOR A FEW HOURS I DON'T REMEMBER HOW LONG UNTIL THERE WERE NO MORE HELICOPTERS FLYING AROUND.

AND THEN THE GROUP LEADER TOOK US AND WE WERE WALKING I DON'T KNOW FOR HOW LONG UNTIL SUNRISE.

AND AFTER THAT, THAT AFTERNOON THEY PUT US IN A TRUNK OF A CAR, A BIG CAR.

THERE WERE FIVE OR SIX OF US.

AND FROM THERE THEY TOOK US OUT PAST US THROUGH A CHECKPOINT.

AND THEN FROM THERE WE WENT TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF LOS ANGELES I FEEL LUCKY.

AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SOMETHING OF MYSELF WHILE COMING TO THE STATES.

>> RENE ARCEO CAME TO CHICAGO, MARRIED AND BECAME A U.S. CITIZEN HE STUDIED AT THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE AND WORKED AT WHAT LATER BECAME THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART.

AND HE TAUGHT AT A CHICAGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR 20 YEARS THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> WE DID DO VIRTUAL TEACHING FOR A FEW MONTHS ACTUALLY.

IT WAS A LOT MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE MOST OF THE KIDS WERE NOT GETTING CONNECTED.

A LOT OF THEM DID NOT HAVE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HUMBOLDT PARK DID NOT HAVE DEVICES AND ACCESS TO THE INTERNET IT WAS DIFFICULT.

>> FOR YEARS HE HAD BEEN PLANNING TO RETIRE TO FOCUS ON HIS ART.

HIS WORK IS PART OF THE HERITAGE OF MEXICAN PRINTMAKING THAT STARTED IN THE LATE 1800'S INCLUDING WORKS.

>> AND THE USE OF THE SKELETONS THAT ARE DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS NOT IN THE BLOODY SPOOKY WAY LIKE HALLOWEEN BUT THEY ARE DOING ACTIVITIES AS IF THEY WERE ALIVE.

TO US IT IS AN EXTENSION OF LIFE AND IT IS WHAT REMAINS OF THE BODY ONCE WE DIE.

>> RENE ARCEO'S ARTISTIC OUTPUT IS ALIVE WHILE HIS EARLY WORKS WERE POLITICAL HIS LATEST WORK CONCENTRATES ON PEOPLE.

ONE IS A TRIBUTE TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO COVID-19 AND INCLUDES A BAT TAKING FLIGHT.

>> I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET MY ARTWORK OUT THERE.

AND AT THE SAME TIME I CONTINUE TO PRODUCE EVERYTHING.

I'M HAPPY THAT I AM ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO ESSENTIALLY GETTING READY TO UNTIL THE PANDEMIC IS OVER SO THAT I CAN DO MORE DISPERSING OF MY WORK THROUGH EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER ARTISTS AS WELL.

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

>> RENE ARCEO RECENTLY SETUP A ETSY SHOP TO SELL WORKS THAT GO BETWEEN 25 AND 300.

FIND OUT MORE AND SEE MORE OF HIS WORK ON OUR WEBSITE.

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

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