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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> THIS IS GOING TO HELP PREVENT CRIME AND SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE TO PICK UP A PAYCHECK INSTEAD OF A PISTOL.

>> THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT SPENT THE DAY IN WASHINGTON TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN ABOUT VIOLENCE.

>> WE DO NOT NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE A THIRD SHOT.

>> A POSSIBLE BOOSTER SHOT.

NEW CDC SCHOOL GUIDANCE.

WE BREAKDOWN THE LATEST COVID NEWS WITH AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR.

>> HOW CHICAGO COULD BE MORE VULNERABLE THAN SOME COASTAL CITIES TO THE DANGERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> AND THE BEST WEAPON AGAINST IGNORANCE IS EDUCATION.

>> ILLINOIS MAKES HISTORY BY REQUIRING PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO TEACH ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY.

>> I WAS ONCE A CHILD WITH A DREAM.

NOW I AM A NIGHT OWL IN A SPACESHIP.

>> THAT IS ENTREPRENEUR RICHARD BRANSON HE WINS THE RACE TO BE THE FIRST BILLIONAIRE TO RIDE HIS OWN SPACECRAFT TO SPACE.

>> THE ILLINOIS BASED MAKER OF WEBER GRILLS VOWS TO GO PUBLIC.

>> LATINOS HAVE A GREATER RISK OF DEVELOPING ALZHEIMER'S BUT ARE LESS LIKELY TO SEEK HELP.

WE EXPLORE WHY.

>> IT IS NOT THE OBJECTS IT'S ABOUT US PARTICIPATING TOGETHER.

>> AND HOW A NEW ART PROJECT AT A NEIGHBORHOOD GARDEN IN PILSEN IS REDEFINING COMMUNITY INPUT.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... AFTER 11 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN CHICAGO SHOOTING THIS WEEKEND AND MORE INJURED ANTIVIOLENCE IS AGAIN TOP OF MIND FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TODAY.

SENATOR DICK DURBIN VOICING SUPPORT FOR SEVERAL MEASURES BEFORE CONGRESS THAT ARE AIMED AT HELPING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ADDRESS RISING GUN VIOLENCE.

>> THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN WHICH PASSED THE UNITED STATES SENATE WITHOUT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTE IN SUPPORT, INCLUDED FUNDING THAT COMMUNITIES CAN USE FOR YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND OTHER STRATEGIES TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE.

>> DURBIN ADVOCATED FOR ENFORCING EXISTING LAWS LIKE NOT SELLING GUNS WITHOUT A BACKGROUND CHECK AND KEEPING GUNS AWAY FROM FELONS AND MENTALLY UNSTABLE.

ON A PROGRAMMING NOTE WE WILL HAVE SENATOR DURBIN ON THE SHOW TOMORROW NIGHT AND IN JUST A MINUTE, AMANDA VINICKY HAS MORE ON THE MEETING PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAD WITH SEVERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INCLUDING CHICAGO'S TOP COP, DAVID BROWN.

>> A FEW VACCINATED ILLINOISIANS ARE NOW 100,000 DOLLARS RICHER.

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ANNOUNCED THREE PEOPLE WON THE $100,000 DRAWING.

QUINCY, SPRINGFIELD AND CHICAGO.

THE FIRST DRAWING WAS LAST THURSDAY, AND WITH MORE ON THE WAY CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST.

>> AND NOW, PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

AND YOU MENTIONED THAT VIOLENT WEEKEND IN CHICAGO WITH 11 PEOPLE KILLED IN SHOOTINGS WITH THAT NEWS FRESH IN THE HEADLINES, CHICAGO'S TOP COP FLEW TODAY TO WASHINGTON D.C. WHERE HE WAS AMONG LEADERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO MET WITH PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

AMANDA, WHAT HAPPENED AT THIS MEETING?

>> PARIS THIS IS OF LITTLE SOLIS TO CHICAGOANS AND VICTIMS THIS IS A CRIME WAVE HITTING CITIES ACROSS THE NATION.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN LATE LAST MONTH UNVEILED HIS STRATEGY FOR FIGHTING IT.

IT IS A MULTITIERED STRATEGY AND TODAY HE HELD A MEETING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS AND MAYORS INCLUDING CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN TO TALK ABOUT IT IN MORE DETAIL.

MUCH OF WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS BUT NOT ALL OF IT.

>> WELL, THERE'S NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL APPROACH WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WORK AND THE FIRST OF THOSE THAT WORK IS STEMMING THE FLOW OF FIREARMS USED TO COMMIT VIOLENT CRIMES.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, MAYOR, BEFORE.

AND IT INCLUDES CRACKING DOWN ON HOLDING ROGUE GUN DEALERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATING THE FEDERAL LAW.

>> BIDEN'S PLAN INCLUDES FEDERAL FUNDING FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO USE TO PAY POLICE OVERTIME AND TO IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY POLICING STRATEGIES.

MONEY TO FUND COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS AND ALSO FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS.

>> FOURTHLY, OUR STRATEGY TO FUND OTHER VITALE SERVICES LIKE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER PROGRAMS, JOB TRAINING AND SUMMER JOB PROGRAMS.

THIS IS GOING TO HELP PREVENT CRIME AND SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE TO PICK UP A PAYCHECK INSTEAD OF A PISTOL.

>> SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS AFTERWARD, BROWN SAYS THEY DID TALK ABOUT LONG-TERM CONCEPTS FOR FIGHTING VIOLENCE LIKE STREET OUTREACH AND VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION.

BUT HE SAYS THE REAL FOCUS WAS ON IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS.

>> WE REALLY FOCUSED ON NEAR TERM MAKING SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES A THING THAT HAPPENS IN OUR CITIES WITH GUN TRAFFICKING.

THOSE WHO CREATE VIOLENCE IN OUR CITIES THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW THAT THERE IS A SENSE OF URGENCY FROM THE PRESIDENT AND HIS ADMINISTRATION AND BOTH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND WAS TALKING ABOUT A SENSE OF URGENCY WHAT CAN WE DO NOW ADDING RESOURCES NOW TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON VIOLENCE IN OUR CITIES.

>> AND UPON QUESTIONING FROM "THE SUN TIMES", WASHINGTON-BASED REPORTER LYNN SWEET BROWN SHARED HE HAD A ONE-ON-ONE WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND WHO GREW UP IN LINCOLNWOOD.

>> WE HAD COMMITMENTS FROM HIM TO HELP OUT WITH CHICAGO AND HE OFFERED WHATEVER WE NEEDED FROM THE DOJ WE WOULD GET THOSE RESOURCES INCLUDING TASK FORCE OFFICERS, INCLUDING PROSECUTIONS, AND FAST TRACKING CASES THE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE VIOLENCE IN OUR CITIES THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT IT WASN'T JUST A BLAND GREAT THING THAT YOU -- IT WAS SUBSTANTIVE >> NOW, PRESIDENT BIDEN HIMSELF WAS IN ILLINOIS LESS THAN A WEEK AGO.

AND HE THEN HAD HIS OWN ONE-ON-ONE CHAT WITH MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT WHEN AIR FORCE ONE LANDED AT O'HARE.

BIDEN FLEW IN AFTER THE DEADLIEST WEEKEND IN 2021 WHEN CHICAGO SAW MORE THAN 100 SHOOTINGS.

BOTH LEADERS' TEAMS SAY VIOLENCE WAS THE PRIME TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.

ANOTHER LEG OF THE STRATEGY IS DEPLOYING FIVE SO-CALLED STRIKE FORCES TO CITIES INCLUDING CHICAGO FOCUSED ON ENDING GUN TRAFFICKING.

THERE IS STILL NO OFFICIAL WORD ON WHEN THOSE STRIKE FORCES WILL BE DEPLOYED.

BUT BOTH BROWN AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT TODAY SAID THAT THEY INDICATED IT WILL BE COMING SOON PERHAPS WITHIN DAYS.

THE MAYOR, HOWEVER, THIS AFTERNOON, REBUFFED A SUGGESTION THAT BIDEN SHOULD ALSO BRING IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.

>> I DON'T THINK THE NATIONAL GUARD IS THE RESOURCE THAT WE DO NEED.

WHAT WE NEED ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAINED IN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THAT IS FOLKS LIKE AFT, D.E.A.

AND F.B.I.

THOSE ARE THE RESOURCES THAT WOULD HAVE MAXIMUM IMPACT AT THIS TIME.

>> CHICAGO PASSED THE THON -- PASTOR ANTHONY WILLIAMS WALKED TO WASHINGTON TO BRING HIS ATTENTION TO ANTIVIOLENCE EFFORT.

HIS SON WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN 2018.

WILLIAMS SAYS AMERICA IS IMPLODING WITH CRIME THAT NOBODY IS SAFE.

YES, HE SAYS THAT ANYONE WHO HAS AN ILLEGAL GUN SHOULD BE ARRESTED AND PUNISHED.

BUT HE SAYS THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO VIEW DEALING WITH CRIME FROM ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE.

SPECIFICALLY HE SAYS VIEWING VIOLENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

AS A NEW ILLINOIS LAW NOW DOES.

WILLIAMS WANTS BIDEN TO DO THE SAME.

>> THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO HEAR ANOTHER VOICE IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND I THINK IN ILLINOIS WE HAVE BEEN THE VOICE IN TERMS OF GETTING HOUSE BILL 158 PASSED.

SO I WOULD TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT IN TERMS OF TALKING ABOUT SOLUTIONS AND TALKING OF UNDERSTANDING THE SYMPTOMS OF VIOLENCE VERSUS IT'S JUST A GUN.

IT'S NOT THE GUN.

I'VE NEVER SEEN A VIOLENT GUN BUT I SEE VIOLENT PEOPLE.

>> MEANWHILE, LIGHTFOOT SAYS THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE JOHN CATANZARA WAS PREMATURE WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THE CITY AND THE POLICE UNION HAD REACHED A NEW DEAL ON A POLICE CONTRACT AFTER FOUR-YEAR HOLD OUT OF NEGOTIATIONS.

LIGHTFOOT THIS AFTERNOON SAYING THERE IS NO DEAL.

BUT SHE SAYS SHE AND HER TEAM DO HAVE A PROPOSAL TO EVALUATE AND ONCE IT IS REVIEWED SHE WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT IT.

WITH THAT BACK TO YOU.

>> THE STATEMENT THAT THE FOP PRESIDENT PUT OUT WAS CRYPTIC HE SAID THERE WAS A DEAL ON THE FINANCIAL PART.

BUT THERE ARE ALL THE OTHER ASPECTS INCLUDING -- >> A LOT MORE.

>> BUSY DAY IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND CHICAGO THANK YOU.

AND NOW TO BRANDIS AND WHETHER OR NOT SOME PEOPLE NEED A COVID BOOSTER SHOT.

>> AND PARIS, THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION WARNS THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON CORONAVIRUS VACCINE COULD LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK OF A RARE AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER AS DEBATE RAGES OVER WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE SHOULD BE GETTING A BOOSTER SHOT OF THE PFIZER VACCINE AND THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION PUTS OUT NEW GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS THAT CALLS FOR A FULL REOPENING.

JOINING US TO BREAKDOWN THE LATEST COVID NEWS IS Dr. SUSAN BLEASDALE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HEALTH.

Dr. BLEASDALE SPECIALIZES IN DIAGNOSING AND TREATING INFECTIONS AND WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

AS WE MENTIONED THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION HAS ISSUED THIS WARNING ABOUT THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE BEING LINKED TO THIS RARE NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS?

>> SO, WE HAD SOME INFORMATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET MORE FORMAL DETAILS IN THE COMING DAYS.

BUT THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME CASES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE THE SAME VACCINE WITH THIS RARE CONDITION CALLED GUILLIAN-BARRE.

IT IS AN IMMUNE RESPONSE THAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS AFTER INFECTION.

PRIMARILY STOMACH AND GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT INFECTIONS IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN WITH THE KIND OF FULL IMMUNE RESPONSE IN RESPONSE TO AN INFECTION AND RARELY HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH SOME VACCINATIONS IN THE PAST.

SO THERE IS A SIGNAL THAT SUGGESTS THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE.

HOWEVER, WE'LL GET MORE DETAILS ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THAT DATA IN THE COMING DAYS.

>> THE ROLLOUT OF THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN BUMPY.

WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHEN DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT THAT THEY WANT TO TRY TO ACCESS?

>> THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO BE AWARE OF THE DATA THAT IS OUT THERE.

THERE'S BEEN BUMPS AS THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE WAS ROLLED OUT AND CONCERNS ABOUT ONE OF THE MANUFACTURING THAT WAS ADDRESSED.

AND OVERALL THAT IS NOT AN ONGOING CONCERN.

THERE WAS PREVIOUSLY SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE WITH THIS POTENTIAL RISK FOR AGAIN, AN IMMUNE MEDIATED RESPONSE THAT CAUSED THE CLOTTING DISORDER.

THE NUMBERS WERE VERY LOW BUT TO BE AWARE THIS IS A VERY SMALL BUT RARE RISK AND MAY BE ASSOCIATED.

IT WAS REVIEWED AND QUICKLY REINSTATED AND WE CONTINUED TO GIVE THIS VACCINE JUST SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE POTENTIAL RISK BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT AN ASSOCIATION THIS IS THE SAME THING WE'RE SEEING.

THIS SYNDROME CAUSE BIDE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM MAY BE RELATED TO JOHNSON & JOHNSON BUT WE SEE SOME CASES OF THIS EVERY YEAR.

AND THERE IS 100 CASES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ASSOCIATED WITH THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE RIGHT NOW.

BUT WE TYPICALLY SEE IN THE SEVERAL THOUSAND EVERY YEAR FROM VARIOUS REASONS.

WE'LL GET MORE INFORMATION.

IF YOU ARE MAKING A DECISION ABOUT JOHNSON & JOHNSON KNOWING WHAT IS THERE AND TALKING WITH YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT IT AND DECIDING IS THIS THE RIGHT VACCINE?

AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MY COMMUNITY?

IS THERE A BENEFIT OF A ONE DOSE VACCINE VERSUS THE OTHER TWO CANDIDATES AVAILABLE TO HELP MAKE THAT DECISION ABOUT USING THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE FOR YOU.

>> THE DAILY AVERAGE OF COVID CASES IS BACK ON THE RISE AND ON TOP OF THAT WE KNOW CHICAGO'S POSITIVITY RATE IS ESCALATING AGAIN AS WELL THIS TIME LAST MONTH THE RATE WAS 0.6% POSITIVITY RATE NOW IT'S UP TO 1.1%.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT DRIVING THIS INCREASE BOTH HERE AND NATIONALLY?

>> WELL, PROBABLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING NATIONALLY THE OVERALL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES IS PRIMARILY FUELED BY THE DELTA VARIANT.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS BECOMING MORE PROMINENT AND YOU CAN SEE POCKETS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IN PARTICULAR IN REGIONS AND AREAS WHERE THERE IS MUCH LESS ACCEPTANCE OF VACCINATION.

UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE SEEING MORE CASES AND THERE'S MORE SPREAD WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IN LIGHT OF THIS INFORMATION AROUND JOHNSON & JOHNSON THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING TOWARDS GETTING AS MANY PEOPLE VACCINATED WITH THE CANDIDATE VACCINES THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE THERE IS DATA THAT THE VACCINES DO PROVIDE PROTECTION AGAINST THE DELTA VARIANT AND WILL DECREASE YOUR RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH.

AND THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS IN SOME AREAS WHERE THERE IS SIGNIFICANT TRANSMISSION THEY ARE SEEING INCREASES IN HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS.

NOT SEEING THAT IN CHICAGO THANKFULLY.

>> Dr. ANTHONY FAUCI SPOKE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A BOOSTER SHOT.

HERE IS WHAT HE SAID.

>> GIVEN THE DATA AND THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, WE DO NOT NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE A THIRD SHOT A BOOST.

SUPERIMPOSED UPON THE TWO DOSES YOU GET WITH THE MRNA AND THE ONE DOSE WITH J & J.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE STOP THERE.

THEY CONTINUE.

THERE ARE STUDIES BEING DONE NOW ONGOING AS WE SPEAK ABOUT LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY ABOUT IF AND WHEN WE SHOULD BE BOOSTING PEOPLE.

>> Dr. FAUCI YESTERDAY MORNING.

BUT THERE IS CONFUSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT A BOOSTER WILL BE NEEDED AS COMPANIES LIKE PFIZER ARE PLANNING TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL SHOT.

WHY IS THIS A DEBATE?

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S CONFUSING BECAUSE YOU ARE HEARING DIFFERENT THINGS AS PFIZER IS PROPOSING THIS BOOSTER.

BUT I WOULD SAY Dr. FAUCI HAS OUTLINED WE HAVE SOME DATA RIGHT NOW THAT SHOWS THERE MAY BE EVIDENCE OF LONG-TERM IMMUNITY.

THE DATA IS BASED ON THE PFIZER VACCINE AND IS LIKELY ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE MODERNA VACCINE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE SAME MECHANISM.

AND THEN RIGHT NOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONCERN IS THAT ESPECIALLY IN ISRAEL WHERE THEY HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE VACCINATED AND THEY ARE IN THE MIDST OF AN INCREASE IN CASES RELATED TO THE DELTA VARIANT.

THAT THEY ARE SEEING INCREASED CASES.

HOWEVER, IT SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED THAT THE PRELIMINARY DATA SUGGESTS THOSE THAT ARE HAVING SYMPTOMATIC DISEASE THAT ARE FULLY VACCINATED WITH THE DELTA VARIANT ARE NOT HAVING AS SEVERE DISEASE.

SO THE VACCINE MAY NOT BE AS FULLY EFFECTIVE FOR -- >> BUT SOUNDS LIKE IT LESSENS OBVIOUSLY THE OPPORTUNITY THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE SEVERELY SICK.

REALLY QUICK, NEW GUIDANCE ON SCHOOLS.

IN A FEW SECONDS WHO DO SCHOOLS NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT AS WE GET TOWARDS REOPENING.

>> PRIORITY IS GETTING OUR KIDS BACK IN CLASSES AND DO IT SAFELY.

WE HAVE DATA THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT IN POCKETS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

STORM SURGES NOT WITHSTANDING THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT WORST CASE SCENARIO IF YOU ARE ON THE EAST COAST, THE OCEAN BEING 8 FEET HIGHER AT THE END OF THE EXCEPT INDUSTRY THAN IT IS TODAY.

YOU LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO LAKE MICHIGAN IN SEVEN YEARS, IT WENT UP SIX FEET IN SEVEN YEARS AND THERE IS NO PHYSICAL LAW THAT SAID IT WOULD STOP.

FORTUNATELY, IT TOPPED OUT AT RECORD SUMMERTIME HIGHS LAST YEAR AND IT'S DROPPING BACK THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE SUSTAINED SITUATION.

IT COULD POP BACK UP OR IT COULD GO DOWN TO THE RECORD LOW OF 2013 AND BELOW.

CHICAGO UNLIKE COASTAL CITIES BASICALLY HAVING TO CHASE IS IN A POSITION OF POTENTIALLY HAVING TO CHASE ITS SHORELINE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS HARD TO IMAGINE.

>> AND YOU WRITE SATELLITE IMAGES IN THAT ARTICLE SHOWING THE HISTORICALLY LOW LAKE LEVELS.

THERE IS NORTH AVENUE BEACH 2012 AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN 2017.

AND THEN IN 2020 SO QUICKLY FROM HISTORIC LOWS TO HISTORIC HIGHS WHERE IT USED TO TAKE CENTURIES TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.

IS THIS FLUCTUATION DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE?

>> YEAH, I MEAN IT WAS MORE DECADES THAN CENTURIES.

MULTIPLE DECADES.

BUT, YEAH I'M NOT -- I AM A REPORTER BUT THE PEOPLE I TALK TO SAY THAT YEAH, THE CHANGE IS THE BEST EXPLANATION FOR WHAT IS GOING ON IS CLIMATE CHANGE AND IT'S WARMER WEATHER.

THE REGION'S GOT UP 1.2 FAHRENHEIT SINCE ' 91.

AND PROBABLY NOT COINCIDENTALLY OUR PRECIPITATION HAS GONE UP.

ANY FIVE YEAR SEGMENT THE LAST IS THE WETTEST ON RECORD.

THE FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO THAT ARE THE WETTEST.

AND THE FIVE YEARS PRYER TO THAT ARE THE WETTEST.

SO THERE'S MORE THAN A QUIRK GOING ON PRECIPITATION-WISE.

>> THAT SEEMS LIKE IT KEEPS BREAKING RECORDS IN SPRING ESPECIALLY IN MAY AND YOU WRITE ABOUT THAT VERY MEMORABLE RAIN EVENT LAST YEAR.

WE ALL REMEMBER THE WAVES CRASHING UP AGAINST THE SHORELINE AND ERODING THE SHORELINE.

BUT THE OTHER ISSUE HERE WAS WHEN THE RIVER RISES TO A HIGH LEVEL AND THEN ENGINEERS OPEN THE LOCKS TO PUT THAT OUTFLOW INTO LAKE MICHIGAN IT DID NOT WORK AS PLANNED.

HOW PERILOUS WAS THAT SITUATION?

>> WELL IT WAS NEW AND IT WAS DICEY.

AND THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

IT WAS BASIC MATH.

THE RIVER NEEDED TO BE HIGHER THAN THE LAKE.

I MEAN IF YOU OPENED UP NORMALLY THEY OPEN UP THE RIVER AT A CERTAIN THRESHOLD.

BUT THEY GOT ABOUT A FOOT BEYOND THAT THRESHOLD BEFORE THEY COULD OPEN UP THE GATES BECAUSE HAD THEY DONE IT PRIOR TO THAT THE LAKE WOULD HAVE TUMBLED INTO THE RIVER AND TUMBLED INTO DOWNTOWN.

YOU HAD THE CITY WALK WAS LIKE A CITY WADE OR A CITY SWIMMING PARK.

WHACKER WAS LIKE A RIVER.

WILLIS TOWER BASEMENT WAS LIKE A SWIMMING POOL KNOCKED POWER OUT TO THE WHOLE PLACE.

AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE WONDERING WHY AREN'T WE SENDING THE WATER INTO THE LAKE?

BECAUSE THE LAKE WOULD BE SENDING ITS WATER INTO CHICAGO.

AND THAT WAS NEW AND A SIGNATURE MOMENT AND FOCUSED ON THINKING ABOUT HOW TO CONSTRUCT THIS STORY.

>> THE BASIC ISSUE IS THE FLUCTUATIONS IF THE LAKE IS LOW IT COULD REVERSE THE FLOW OF THE CHICAGO RIVER AND HAVE WASTEWATER INTO THE LAKE AND IF THE LAKE IS TOO HIGH THEN THEY CAN'T OPEN THE LOCKS AND DRAIN THE RIVER INTO THE LAKE DURING THE HEAVY RAIN EVENTS AND THEN THAT RISKS FLOODING DOWNTOWN.

ARE THERE ANY STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS TO WHAT APPEARS TO BE VERY QUICK FLUCTUATIONS TO COME OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

THE GOAL OF WHAT I SPENT THE LAST NINE MONTHS DOING AWAS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO, ITS VULNERABILITIES AND ITS EXPOSURE.

ITS REALLY HARD TO PUSH WATER AROUND BUT CHICAGO'S BETTER AT IT THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER PLACE PARTICULARLY IN NORTH AMERICA THEY HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF DOING IT.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.

WHEN THAT LAKE TOPPED OUT SIX FEET ABOVE WHERE IT WAS IN 2013, IT WAS GOOD THAT IT TOPPED OUT.

HAD IT GONE ANOTHER FOOT OR TWO AND HAD THAT SAME STORM COME IN MAY 2020, WHO KNOWS WHO WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

IF THE STORM SURGE WERE HIGH ENOUGH IT COULD HAVE GONE TO THE TOP OF THE LOCK GATES AT NAVY PIER AND SENT WATER INTO DOWNTOWN.

AND INTO THE RIVER CHANNEL.

SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REAL SWITCH YOU CAN FLICK RIGHT NOW.

THERE IS NO WE MUST DO THIS BUT I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF WE MUST TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THIS COULD BE HEADED.

>> FASCINATING ARTICLE AND DAN EGAN THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> AND UP NEXT, A BLOSSOMING COMMUNITY GARDEN AND WHAT IT HAS TO OFFER LOCAL RESIDENTS.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

MUCH MORE AHEAD INCLUDING A LOOK AT THE BILLIONAIRE SPACE RACE.

DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE EL PASEO GARDEN COMMUNITY GARDEN SERVED AS A HOME AWAY FOR HOME AND NOW WITH THE CITY BACK OPEN LEADERSHIP IS LOOKING HOW THEY CAN BETTER UTILIZE THE SPACE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THAT SURROUNDS IT.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU INTRODUCES US TO AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE WHO IS CREATING A NEW PIECE FOR THE GARDEN.

>> IT'S LIKE A PHYSICAL PLACE OF ABUNDANCE WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE CARE TAKING TOGETHER.

>> ARTIST AND RESIDENCE MARCELLA TORRES IS BRINGING PILSEN'S COMMUNITY TOGETHER IN A PROJECT AT THE EL PASEO GARDEN.

>> EARLIER IN THE YEAR I WAS WORKING ON THE PROJECT THAT HAD TO DO WITH MESS SO AMERICAN AFTER LIFE AND THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH JUST CONTINUES?

AND AFTER COVID WE'RE THINKING ABOUT A LOT OF WAYS OF GRIEVING AND HOW IS THIS PROCESS CULTURAL AND SPECIFIC TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND ALSO GIVES MOMENTS OF CELEBRATION AND JOY.

WE ARE MAKING A TOBACCO GARDEN AND HAVING THE CERAMIC VESSELS AND RITUAL OFFERING SPACES AND THE OTHER SITE IS AN ADOBE BRICK MONUMENT.

>> THE PIECE ALSO SIT NEAR THE GARDEN'S ENTRANCE.

TORREZ BELIEVES INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY IS CRUCIAL.

>> PILSEN WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT PLACE TO COME AND DO THIS PROJECT.

WE KNOW THAT THIS SPACE IS CHANGING.

IT'S BEEN GENTRIFIED.

BUT STILL LIKE HAVING THIS CULTURAL SITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER AND EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT LATINX OR BROWN, YOU CAN STILL LIKE GIVE RESPECT TO THESE BELIEF SYSTEMS.

>> PAULA ACEVEDO AGREES.

AS CODIRECTOR SHE SAYS THE SPACE WORKS TO SERVE EVERYONE THAT'S WHY THE ART CLASSES ARE JUST THE BEGINNING.

>> WE OFFER SEVERAL WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED.

ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE ALL BACKGROUNDS ALL AGES.

AND SO THERE'S THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP WHICH COULD BE A MEMBERSHIP FOR BEEKEEPING, MEMBERSHIP FOR GARDENING, GARDENING WE OFFER BEDS OR THE COLLECTIVE GARDENING BEDS WHICH INCLUDES THE SHARED BEDS THE COMMUNITY FREE FOOD BEDS AND A SMALL INCUBATOR FARM AREA.

WE HAVE ALMOST OVER AN AGE ACRE OF LAND THAT WE ARE STEWARDS OF.

EVERYTHING IS VOLUNTEER MANAGED, VOLUNTEER MAINTAINED.

WE ALSO HAVE NOW A BRAND NEW WELLNESS COALITION WHICH IS WORKING ON PROVIDING A LOT MORENO GEORGIA AND MEDITATION, WE HAVE FLAMINGO FRIDAYS AND WE HAVE OFFERING A COMMUNITY DRAWING CLASS.

THEY WERE INVITED TO DO A COMMUNITY PAINTING.

>> AND WHILE THEY WORK TO SECURE MORE FUNDING TO CREATE MORE PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES, THEY WANT THE COMMUNITY GARDEN TO BE A GATHERING SPACE THAT THE FAMILY CAN BE PROUD OF.

>> WE ARE AN OUTDOOR COMMUNITY CENTER.

THE SKY IS THE LIMIT AS LONG AS THERE'S PEOPLE WILLING TO PUT THE WORK IN OR OFFER SOMETHING ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, THE SPACE IS FOR EVERYONE.

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

>> THOSE TWO NEW GARDEN EDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY EARLY FALL.

THE EL PASEO GARDEN OFFERS FREE PROGRAMS FROM DRAWING CLASSES TO BEEKEEPING AND EVERYTHING IN-BETWEEN.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION HOW TO SIGN UP.

STILL COULD COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", CITY OFFICIALS ARE SHUTTING DOWN A GARAGE AFTER CONCERNS AFTER THE SURFSIDE, FLORIDA TRAGEDY.

VERGE BEGIN GALACTIC FOUNDER RICHARD BRANSON WINS THE RACE TO BE THE FIRST BILLIONAIRE TO RIDE INTO SPACE.

KIND OF.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SIGNS A LAW REQUIRING ILLINOIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO TEACH ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY WE HEAR FROM TWO LEADERS BEHIND THE BILL.

>> AND LATINOS ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE THAN NON-LATINO WHITES BUT LESS LIKELY TO SEEK HELP.

WE EXPLORE WHY.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... FIRST 27 BUSINESSES ARE GETTING A FINANCIAL BOOST FROM THE CITY'S NEIGHBORHOOD OPPORTUNITY FUND.

THE CITY ANNOUNCED THE FINALISTS RANGING FROM A SHARED KITCHEN IN GRAND CROSSING TO A JUICE BAR IN HUMBOLDT PARK THEY WILL RECEIVE GRANTS RANGING FROM 47,000 TO 1.5 MILLION.

IT CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE THE BUSINESS AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SAYS THE GRANT PROGRAM USES FUNDS FROM DOWNTOWN CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN UNDER INVESTED NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> THESE GRANTS ARE AN UNAPOLOGETIC EFFORT OF THE CITY TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD BY REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH GENERATED AT THE CENTER OF OUR CITY TO THE SOUTH, THE SOUTHWEST AND THE WEST SIDES.

SO, FOLKS, THIS IS ABOUT EQUITY.

>> AND THE CITY HAS DETECTED THE FIRST MOSQUITOES CARRYING THE WEST NILE VIRUS.

THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS SEVERAL TESTED POSITIVE IN THE O'HARE AND BEVERLY COMMUNITIES IT'S TYPICALLY SPREAD THROUGH HUMANS THROUGH MOSQUITO BITES THOUGH MOST SNEAKS DO NOT CARRY THE VIRUS.

THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL SYMPTOMS.

AND FOR MORE HOW TO AVOID WEST NILE VIRUS, VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS FOR SOME OF TODAY'S TOP BUSINESS HEADLINES.

>> THANKS.

A CHICAGO PARKING GARAGE IS BEING SHUTDOWN FOR LONG DELAYED REPAIRS IN THE WAKE OF SURFSIDE, FLORIDA TRAGEDY.

THE MAKER OF WEBER BARBECUE GRILLS FILES TO BRK PUBLIC.

HERE TO GO BEHIND THE HEADLINES IS REPORTER DANNY ECKER.

GOOD TO SEE YOU WITH THAT FIRST STORY, THE CITY IS CLOSING THE PARKING GARAGE AT 111 EAST CHESTNUT STREET AFTER CRAIN'S REPORTED IT WAS LONG DUE FOR REPAIRS.

OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE HAVE THE SURFSIDE, FLORIDA TRAGEDY IN THEIR MINDS.

WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON WITH THIS FACILITY.

>> THE PARKING STRUCTURE IS AT THE BOTTOM OF A 57-STOREY CONDO TOWER AND ONE OF THE REPORTER PUT A SPOTLIGHT LAST WEEK ON THE FACT THAT AN ENGINEERING CONSULTANT BACK IN 2018 ISSUED A REPORT THAT SAID THAT THE CONCRETE SUPPORT COLUMNS OF THIS GARAGE HAD TO BE REPAIRED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

IT WAS A SAFETY HAZARD.

AND AFTER THE RECENT BUILDING COLLAPSE IN SURFSIDE, FLORIDA THE RESIDENTS IN THIS BUILDING WERE TELLING CRAIN'S THAT THEY FEARED FOR THEIR SAFETY AND THE SAME ENGINEERING FIRM WROTE TO THE ASSOCIATION THAT OWNS THE GARAGE SAYING LOOK YOU HAVE TO GET THIS DONE.

THIS IS STILL A HAZARD.

AND OVER THE WEEKEND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT SAID THE ASSOCIATION AGREED TO SHUTDOWN THE GARAGE AND DO THE REPAIRS.

THAT WORK IS BEING DONE.

THIS WAS A CLOSE TO HOME IMPACT OF THE TRAGEDY IN FLORIDA AND CERTAINLY SAFETY AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE RIGHT NOW ARE TOP OF MIND GIVEN THE NEWS ESPECIALLY FOR ANYBODY THAT LIVES IN AN OLDER HIGH-RISE.

>> CONDO ASSOCIATIONS AND INSPECTORS PAYING CLOSER TO ATTENTION TO THAT.

CRAIN'S REPORTED WEBER GRILLS, THE COMPANY FILED FOR AN IPO WHY DID IT DECIDE TO GO PUBLIC AND HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH?

>> WELL IT COULD BE BETWEEN 4-6 BILLION, ACCORDING TO BLOOMBERG AND THE COMPANY SALES HAVE BEEN ON FIRE.

WEBER REPORTED A BILLION DOLLARS ALMOST IN SALES IN THE SIX MONTHS ENDING IN MARCH.

THAT WAS 60% HIGHER THAN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, PREPANDEMIC.

SO PEOPLE ARE BUYING GRILLS LIKE THEY ARE SPENDING MORE MONEY ON OTHER THINGS RELATED TO HOME LIFE.

SPENDING MORE TIME AT HOME AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST SHAREHOLDERS IS A CHICAGO INVESTMENT FIRM SO THEY COULD BE IN LINE FOR A NICE WINDFALL IF THE IPO GOES AS PLANNED.

>> PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME AND GRILLING FROM HOME BENEFITING WEBER.

A SAN FRANCISCO INVESTMENT FIRM BOUGHT A TWO TOWER APARTMENT COMPLEX IN STREETERVILLE.

WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THIS PURCHASE?

>> IT'S McCLURE COURT AN 1100 UNIT PROPERTY AND SOLD FOR CLOSE TO $200 MILLION WHICH WOULD MAKE IT THE BIGGEST SALE OF A CHICAGO MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY THIS YEAR.

THE SIGNIFICANCE IS IT'S ONE OF THE MOST VISIBLE SIGNS THAT THE DOWNTOWN MARKET IS RECOVERING QUICKLY FROM THE PANDEMIC.

OCCUPANCIES AND RENTS AT DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS HAVE BEEN GOING AT A DECENT CLIP AFTER THEY PLUNGED EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC AND IT'S GIVING INVESTORS MORE CONFIDENCE IN FUTURE DEMAND FOR DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS WHICH IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT INDICATOR WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE HEALTH AND VIBRANCY OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD.

>> HOME SALES UP AND NOW APARTMENT OCCUPANCY GOING WELL.

GOOD SIGNS FOR THE ECONOMY.

DANNY ECKER THANK YOU AS ALWAYS.

>> THANKS A LOT.

>> VERGE BEGIN GALACTIC FOUNDER RICHARD BRANSON BECAME THE FIRST BILLIONAIRE TO FLY HIS OWN SPACECRAFT.

THE WINGED ROCKET SHIP WAS CARRIED BY A MOTHER SHIP TO 50,000 FEET BEFORE DETACHING AND BLASTING TO A PEAK ALTITUDE OF 57 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH AND THEN IT RETURNS TO LAND ABOUT AN HOUR LATER BACK HERE.

BUT BEYOND BEING THE JOYRIDE WILL COMMERCIAL SPACE TRAVEL TAKE OFF AS AN INDUSTRY ACCESSIBLE TO THE REST OF US.

JOINING US ARE SCIENTIST AND SPACE ENTHUSIAST MARK HAMMERGREN, ALLEN ROOT SENIOR WRITER AT BARRONS WHERE HE WRITES ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY AND PHIL MCALISTER NASA'S DIRECTOR OF COMMERCIAL SPACE FLIGHT.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU GENTLEMEN TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

ALLEN ROOT HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS ACHIEVEMENT?

RICHARD BRANSON AND THREE CREW MEMBERS REACHING 57 MILES IN THEIR OWN VERGE BEGIN GEORGIA LATINO O-O VIRGIN GALACTIC SPACESHIP?

>> I DIDN'T WANT TO THROW COLD WATER ON THIS SO I PUT IT LIKE THIS.

IN MAY 2020 ELON MUSK THE FIRST U.S.

LAUNCH CRUDE U.S.

LAUNCHED THE SPACE SHUTTLE WAS RETIRED.

HE TOOK TWO PEOPLE TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

I CALLED THAT A 10 OUT OF 10 ON THE EXCITEMENT METER.

THIS TO ME WAS SORT OF A 6 OUT OF 10 ON THE EXCITEMENT METER.

IT'S SIGNIFICANT, VERY IMPRESSIVE.

THAT'S NOT TO DENIGRATE WHAT HAPPENED.

IT WAS COOL.

IF WE CALL THE BRANSON FLIGHT A 6 A NORMAL DAY IN THE STOCK MARKET IS A ONE OR TWO.

IT WAS AN AMAZING STEP IN THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY.

THAT IS WHERE I PUT IT ON MY LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT.

>> AND PHIL MCALISTER, WE MENTIONED ELON MUSK SpaceX AND THE WORK IT'S BEEN DOING WITH NASA.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR NASA TO CONTRACT WITH COMPANIES LIKE SpaceX TO DO THIS ESSENTIAL WORK?

>> WELL, IN THAT CASE, FOR THE SPACECRAFT THAT WE LAUNCH OUR ASTRONAUTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE THEY ARE VERY TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED SYSTEMS SO WE FELT LIKE THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT DOING THAT WAS THROUGH A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WHERE NASA COULD BRING OUR EXPERTISE OF 50 YEARS OF HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT PARTNERING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR CONSCIOUS OF SPEED AND COST EFFICIENCY AND INNOVATION AND GET THE BEST OUT OF BOTH WORLDS.

IT WAS EFFECTIVE.

WE NOW HAVE THE SpaceX SYSTEM THAT CAN LAUNCH PEOPLE INTO ORBIT AND THE SPACE STATION AND NOW WE'VE SEEN MISSIONS FOR THEM TO SELL COMMERCIALLY TO ORBIT.

THAT WAS A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY FOR US TO INTERACT WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

FOR THE SPACECRAFT THAT FLEW YESTERDAY AND ONE LATER THIS MONTH, BLUE ORIGIN THOSE WERE DEVELOPED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

>> I WAS SAYING THAT IS JEFF BEZOS' COMPANY, CORRECT?

>> YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

THOSE SYSTEMS WERE DEVELOPED ENTIRELY BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

NASA DID NOT PARTNER WITH THOSE.

THERE IS NO ONE WAY FOR NASA TO INTERACT WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS.

IT DEPENDS ON THE MISSION OR THE PARTICULAR PRODUCT OFFERING THAT NEEDS TO GET DEVELOPED.

>> MARK HAMMERGREN WE HAVE MENTIONED THREE BIG PUBLIC FACES OF THE PRIVATE SPACE COMPANIES, RICHARD BRANSON, ELON MUSK AND JEFF BEZOS.

WHAT ARE THEIR ULTIMATE AMBITIONS WITH THESE ENDEAVORS?

>> WELL, THEY DIFFER AND IT'S INTERESTING.

YOU LOOK AT RICHARD BRANSON HE IS PROBABLY THE MOST FLAMBOYANT OF THE CREW.

AND HIS GOALS APPEAR TO BE THE MOST GROUNDED NOT TO USE THAT PUN.

HE'S DEFINITELY LOOKING AT COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF VIRGIN GALACTIC.

IT IS DUE TO HIS ECCENTRIC BILLIONAIRE POCKETS THAT IT WAS ABLE TO TAKE ALMOST 20 YEARS TO GET HIM INTO SPACE.

AND THE OTHERS JEFF BEZOS AND ELON MUSK, THEY SEEM TO BE MORE ORIENTED TOWARDS GETTING HUMANS INTO A PERMANENT PRESENCE IN SPACE.

ELON MUSK HAS MADE MUCH OF GETTING HUMANS TO COASTLINENIZE MARS TO SPREAD HUMANITY TO ANOTHER PLENET.

BUT JEFF BEZOS HAS SIMILAR GOALS GETTING HUMANITY INTO SPACE.

>> AND THOSE ARE THE LONG-TERM GOALS.

BUT ALLEN ROOT, I MEAN THERE ARE OTHER REASONS THAT THESE COMPANIES WANT TO EXPAND INTO THIS BUSINESS ESPECIALLY IN LOW EARTH ORBIT IT IS NOT JUST SPACE TOURISM FOR THE RICH THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS THAT THEY CAN BE A PART OF, CORRECT?

>> RIGHT.

THE WAY I WOULD BREAK IT DOWN, TAKE THE INDUSTRIAL SPACE INDUSTRY AND THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY.

YOU HAVE A VARIETY OF BUSINESSES LIKE SpaceX, LAUNCH SERVICES SMALL SATELLITES THEY WANT TO DO EARTH IMAGING AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AND LOW COST WI-FI ACROSS THE GLOBE ARE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF REUSABLE ROCKETS AND THOSE ALSO HAVE BENEFITS IN THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OR THE CONSUMER BUSINESS.

AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO BECOME ASTRONAUTS.

NOW, NOT EXACTLY THE QUESTION BUT WHAT I WOULD HOPE AND THINK WOULD BE A GREAT FUTURE IS NOT NECESSARILY IT ONLY BE LIKE A 250,000 TICKET FOR PEOPLE TO GET UP INTO SPACE BUT FOR THAT TO COME DOWN AND BECOME LIKE A VACATION OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE PEOPLE.

BUT YOU HAVE SORT OF LOWER COSTS ENABLING LIKE A WHOLE BUTCH OF NEW BUSINESSES WE'LL CALL IT ON THE NONCONSUMER SIDE AND A RICHARD BRANSON TYPE ENTERPRISE ENABLING A BUSINESS ON THE CONSUMER SIDE.

>> AND PHIL MCALISTER, NASA HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL TO RESEARCH AND SO MANY OF THESE THINGS THAT WE JUST MENTIONED.

WHAT KINDS OF THINGS DOES NASA PLAN TO PARTNER WITH THESE COMPANIES AND OTHER COMPANIES NOW AND IN THE FUTURE TO CONTINUE THIS KIND OF RESEARCH?

>> WE'RE JUST STARTING TO SCRATCH THE SURFACE ON THAT.

THESE CAPABILITIES WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO NASA PRIOR TO JUST THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE JUST BEGUN A PROGRAM TO DETERMINE WHAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO USE THE ORBITAL SPACECRAFT FOR.

YOU CAN IMAGINE DOING SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS AND DO IT FOR SORT OF POOLED DEVELOPMENT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A TOOL OR MECHANISM UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND MAKE SURE IT WORKS IN MICRO GRAVITY.

YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT UP IF IT DOESN'T WORK.

YOU CAN USE THE THREE OR FOUR MINUTES OF MICRO GRAVITY AND MAKE SURE THE TOOLS WORK AND SEE IT FOR CREW TRAINING.

WE HAVE A VERY GOOD TRAINING PROGRAM FOR NASA ASTRONAUTS.

BUT YOU COULD SEE MAYBE USING THIS THREE OR FOUR MINUTES TO PRACTICE PUTTING ON A SPACE SUIT OR A GLOVE OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF CREW ACTIVITY.

SO THERE IS A MYRIAD OF WAYS WE THINK WE COULD LEVERAGE THE CAPABILITIES AND THE GOOD THING WAS NASA DID NOT HAVE TO DEVELOP THIS OURSELVES THAT IS WHAT I THINK WE AT NASA REALLY SEE THIS AS BEING ADVANTAGEOUS.

PREVIOUSLY WE HAD TO BUILD EVERYTHING OURSELVES IT DIDN'T EXIST NOW WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TAKING ON THIS RESPONSIBILITY AND DEVELOPING THESE CAPABILITIES THEMSELVES WE CAN BUY A TICKET LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE AND WE THINK THAT IS COOL.

>> AND THE COMPANIES DEEP POCKETS AND A LOT OF INNOVATIONS THAT CAN HAPPEN.

MARK HAMMERGREN, ALLEN ROOT MENTIONED IT'S 250,000 TO FLY ON THE FLIGHT, AND JEFF BEZOS SOLD A TICKET FOR $28 MILLION.

DO YOU THINK IT WILL COME DOWN?

>> LOOKING AT VIRGIN GALACTIC, VIRGIN ATLANTIC IS A GOOD COMPARISON.

PEOPLE CAN SPRING FOR INTERNATIONAL PLANE TRAVEL THAT IS THE REALM OF ORDINARY PEOPLE.

THEN YOU GO TO LIKE SPECIALTY CRUISES.

MAYBE AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE 10 TIMES THE COST.

THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPRING FOR.

AND 10 TIMES THAT TO $100,000 THAT BEGINS TO BE VERY, VERY RAREFIED.

I THINK THE PRICE IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME DOWN BY AT LEAST A FACTOR OF 10 IF NOT MORE THAN THAT TO BE REALLY OPENING UP TO THE PUBLIC.

>> SO IT'S NOT JUST A RACE TO SPACE BUT A RACE TO BRING THAT PRICE DOWN AND INNOVATE SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN ENJOY THE FEW MINUTES UP IN LOW -- MICRO GRAVITY AS YOU PUT IT.

FASCINATING.

THANKS TO MARK HAMMERGREN, PHIL MCALISTER AND ALLEN ROOT.

>> NICE TO TALK TO YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT ILLINOIS MAKES HISTORY BY REQUIRING PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO TEACH ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY.

PLEASE STAY WITH US.

ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY WILL NOW BE TAUGHT IN ILLINOIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE TEACHING EQUITABLE ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY HISTORY ACT INTO LAW ON FRIDAY MAKING ILLINOIS THE FIRST STATE IN THE U.S. TO DO SO.

THIS COMES AMID A RISE IN ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIMES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE LEGISLATION ARE STATE REPRESENTATIVE WHO WAS THE CHIEF SPONSOR OF THE BILL AND GRACE PAI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ASIAN-AMERICAN ADVANCING JUSTICE IN CHICAGO WHICH SUPPORTED THE LEGISLATION.

WELCOME BACK.

GRACE PAI LET'S START WITH YOU.

THE U.S. HAS SEEN A RISE IN ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIMES AND VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.

DID IT SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS LEGISLATION?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THE RISE IN ANTI-ASIAN RACISM WAS A MOTIVATING FACTOR WHY WE INTRODUCED THIS LEGISLATION AND WHEN WE GO AND WE SAW A GROUND SWELL OF SUPPORT IN GETTING IT PASSED.

WE HAVE SEEN SUCH A RISE IN VIOLENCE PEOPLE ARE FEELING AFRAID TO GO OUT INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE WE DOING TO COMBAT THAT VIOLENCE.

FOR US REQUIRING ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY TO BE TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS A PRO-ACTIVE [AUDIO INTERRUPTION] AND COMBATING THE HARMFUL STEREOTYPES AND DISCRIMINATION THAT CAN LEAD TO VIOLENCE.

>> GRACE WHAT DOES IT SAY TO YOU THAT ILLINOIS IS THE FIRST TO DO IT?

>> YOU KNOW HONESTLY I'M SO PROUD THAT ILLINOIS CAN BE THE FIRST THAT WE IN THE MIDWEST ARE LEADING ON THIS ISSUE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECT COASTAL STATES WITH LARGER ASIAN-AMERICAN POPULATIONS TO BE LEADING BUT THAT SPEAKS TO HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ILLINOISIANS, TO REALLY BE THE MOST INCLUSIVE TO TAKE LEADERSHIP AND MAKING SURE WE ARE TEACHING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THE FULL AND INCLUSIVE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> AT THE SIGNING OF THE BILL FRIDAY, ILLINOIS STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION CARMEN AYALA SPOKE ABOUT WHAT SHE SAID HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF HISTORY LESSONS.

>> BUT FOR TOO LONG, HISTORY EDUCATION THE OFFICIAL LEDGER OF THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS HAS BEEN INCOMPLETE AND THEREFORE HAS BEEN INACCURATE.

CULTURALLY INCLUSIVE AND RESPONSIVE EDUCATION EMPOWERS ALL OUR STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE OUR STATE SO GREAT.

>> AND REPRESENTATIVE, YOU INTRODUCED THE LEGISLATION IN JANUARY.

HOW DO YOU THINK IT WILL IMPACT STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICAN HISTORY?

>> YEAH, SO TEACHING FUNDAMENTALLY AT ITS CORE ABOUT BUILDING EMPATHY.

EMPATHY COMES FROM UNDERSTANDING.

WE CANNOT EXPECT TO DO BETTER UNLESS WE KNOW BETTER AND WHEN ASIAN-AMERICANS ARE MISSING FROM OUR CLASSROOMS WHAT FILLED THAT VOID ARE STEREOTYPES.

AND OTHERS START TO ACT ON THOSE HARMFUL STEREOTYPES.

SO TEACHING THEM ABOUT TEACHING ABOUT WHO ASIAN-AMERICANS ARE.

SO THAT FUNDAMENTALLY WE BUILD EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING.

>> AND OF COURSE WHEN YOU SAY TEACH THAT IS THE ACRONYM FOR THE LAW TEACHINGET WITNESSABLE ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY ACT.

AND THAT IS WHAT YOU GET.

FRIDAY, STATE CENTER RAM VILLIVALAM SAID AS A STUDENT IN ILLINOIS GROWING UP HE REMEMBERS THE IMPACT OF NOT LEARNING ASIAN-AMERICAN STORIES.

HERE HE IS.

>> I WAS THE ONLY YOUTH IN MY CLASS THAT WAS ASIAN-AMERICAN AND I HAD THOSE QUESTIONS MYSELF AND MY PEERS DID, OF WHO AM I?

WHO IS MY COMMUNITY?

WHAT ARE WE ABOUT?

WHAT IS OUR HISTORY HERE?

AND AS WAS MENTIONED THOSE QUESTIONS WERE LEFT UNANSWERED AND SOME CASES AND THEN OTHER CASES WRONG ASSUMPTIONS WERE MADE.

>> AND BACK TO YOU REPRESENTATIVE, WHAT IMPACT DO YOU HOPE THIS LEGISLATION WILL HAVE ON THE ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS IN ILLINOIS?

>> WELL, WHAT I CAN SAY FROM MY OWN PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE IS LEARN BEING ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY HELPED ME CAMPAIGN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHO I AM.

AND WHERE I FIT IN THE LARGER CONTEXT OF AMERICAN HISTORY IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY.

BUT DESPITE BEING A GRADUATE OF ILLINOIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS I DIDN'T LEARN ANYTHING ABOUT ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY UNTIL I WAS IN LAW SCHOOL WHEN I STUDIED THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT AND THE INCARCERATION OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS IN THE 1940s.

TEACHING ABOUT ASIAN-AMERICAN THE TEACH ACT IS MAKING SURE THAT THE NEXT GENERATION OF ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS WILL NOT NEED TO ATTEND LAW SCHOOL TO LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR HERITAGE.

>> AND GRACE, ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ARE OFTEN SEEN AS A MONOLITHIC GROUP.

WHAT IMPACTS DO THOSE MYTHS AND STEREOTYPES HAVE ON ASIAN-AMERICANS?

>> WELL, IT REALLY HIDES THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE IS THIS COMMON PERCEPTION OF ASH NAN AMERICANS WE ARE ALL ONE THING AND WE ARE ALL FOREIGNERS AND NEVER BELONG OR ALL GOOD AT MATH AND SMART IT'S IMPORTANT TO INTERROGATE WHY THOSE MYTHS HAVE COME TO BE AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE NOT ALL THE SAME.

WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT RICH HISTORIES AND REASONS THAT OUR FAMILIES CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AND CONTRIBUTIONS WE HAVE MADE THROUGHOUT HISTORY.

THE MORE WE ARE ABLE TO ILLUSTRATE THAT IN THE CLASSROOMS, THE MORE EMPATHY STUDENTS WILL BUILD AS REPRESENTATIVE WAS SAYING AND THE MORE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO RELATE TO PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.

>> BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 65 EVAN TON SKOKIE SCHOOL DISTRICT FACING A LAWSUIT FROM A TEACHER ABOUT THE RACIAL EQUITY BASED TEACHING INITIATIVES.

THERE HAVE BEEN SIMILAR INSTANCES OF THESE IN THE NEWS AS OF LATE.

HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT THE PUSHBACK TO THESE EFFORTS?

>> WELL, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE DETAILS OF THIS LAWSUIT BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE CREATE AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS WHERE EVERY STUDENT HAS THE ABILITY TO THRIVE AND THAT IS WHAT TEACH IS ABOUT.

AND I KNOW IT'S FAIR TO SAY THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME PEOPLE MORE COMFORTABLE TEACHING A NARROWER VERSION OF AMERICAN HISTORY BUT THE NEXT GENERATION WILL BE BETTER SERVED BY LEARNING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICAN HISTORY ONE WHERE EVEN MARGINALIZED VOICES ARE INCLUDED IN THAT HISTORY.

EMPATHY COMES FROM UNDERSTANDING.

AND WE CANNOT EXPECT TO DO BETTER UNTIL WE KNOW BETTER AND THE BEST WEAPON AGAINST IGNORANCE IS EDUCATION.

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

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, A LOOK AT WHY LATINOS ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE A CONVERSATION FROM SATURDAY'S "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" WITH HOST ALEX HERNANDEZ OF UNIVISION.

PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> LATINOS ARE 50% MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE THAN NON-LATINO WHITES.

YET, THEY ARE FAR LESS LIKELY TO SEEK TREATMENT OR HELP THE BRAIN DISEASE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO CURE.

IT TAKES A TERRIBLE TOLL ON THOSE WHO HAVE THE DISEASE AND THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM.

AND AS THE LATINO POPULATION AGES BY 2060, SOME 3.5 MILLION LATINOS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AFFLICTED WITH THE DISEASE.

JOINING US NOW TO SHARE THEIR INSIGHTS ARE DAVID MARQUEZ PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF KINESIOLOGY AND NUTRITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO AND LEADER OF THE LATINO CORE OF THE RUSH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CENTER AND Dr. MARIA CAROLINA MORA PINZON, A PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE PHYSICIAN AND SCIENTIST AT THE WISCONSIN ALZHEIMER'S INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN.

WELCOME BOTH THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I WANT TO STREET WITH YOU MARIA CAROLINA MORA PINZON, OBVIOUSLY THERE IS MUCH THAT WE STILL NEED TO LEARN AND KNOW ABOUT THE DISEASE.

BUT WHAT DO WE KNOW AS TO WHY LATINOS SEEM TO BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO GETTING THE DISEASE?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW ABOUT THIS DISEASE IS THAT IT HAS THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT AFFECT IT AND THE RISK OF FOR LATINOS WE HAVE HIGHER RISK OF HAVING DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD SUGAR, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND MORE LIKELY TO HAVE DISEASES NOT CONTROLLED.

WE KNOW THAT HIGHER RISK OF CARDIAC DISEASES INCREASES THE RISK OF HAVING ALZHEIMER'S BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER FACTORS ABOUT HOW WE GROW OLD THAT AFFECTS THE RISK.

>> PROFESSOR, I READ THAT LATINO FAMILIES ARE LESS LIKELY TO PUT A LOVED ONE WITH DEMENTIA IN A NURSING HOME.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?

IS IT CULTURAL OR ISSUE OF LACK OF HEALTHCARE ACCESS?

>> FOR THE MOST PART WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT IT IS CULTURAL.

BUT WE HAVE DATA WITH OTHER LATINOS WHO IS HAVE TAKEN CARE OF A LOVED ONE WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS NOBODY CAN CARE FOR MY LOVED ONE THE WAY WE CAN.

AND A LOT OF THAT IS CULTURAL FROM THE CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE FAMILY.

THE STRONG BONDS THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN.

AND IT'S ALSO WITH THE CARE FACILITIES.

IF IT'S THE PERSON IS MONOLINGUAL SPANISH MAYBE THERE ARE NOT FACILITIES THAT CAN APPROPRIATELY CARE FOR THEM.

OR UNDERSTANDING THE PERSON'S BACKGROUND WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM.

THOSE CAN ALL INFLUENCE WHETHER OR NOT SOMEBODY ENTERS A CARE FACILITY.

>> DOCTOR FOR A FAMILY MEMBER THAT SUSPECTS THAT PERHAPS THEIR SPOUSE MAYBE THEIR MOTHER OR FATHER MIGHT BE SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER'S HOW DO THEY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ALZHEIMER'S RELATED MEMORY LOSS AND THE MEMORY LOSS THAT IS JUST PART OF THE AGING PROCESS?

>> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION FOR THE FAMILY.

SOMETIMES IT IS NOT I FORGOT WHERE I PUT MY GLASSES.

THE PROBLEM IS WHEN THESE TYPE OF MEMORY ISSUES ARE HAPPENING EVERYDAY TO THE POINT THAT THEY ARE AFFECTING ABILITIES TO DO ACTIVITIES OR TO GET OUT IN THE WORLD AND CONNECTING WITH OTHERS.

IF AT ANY POINT THINGS LIKE HEY, I LEFT THE STOVE OPEN ON OR I GOT LOST I WENT TO THE MARKET AND FORGOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO GET WHEN THOSE THINGS HAPPEN REGULARLY IT IS A SIGN TO ALARM THAT WE SHOULD TALK TO A DOCTOR AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING.

>> AND SEEK HELP.

PROFESSOR GOING BACK TO YOU, THERE IS NO CURE FOR ALZHEIMER'S AT THE TIME AS WE KNOW.

WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE DISEASE?

WHAT KIND OF TREATMENTS OR THERAPIES ARE AVAILABLE?

>> AT THE FRONT END, I WOULD SAY PREVENTION OR REDUCING OUR RISK OR OUR CHANCE OF GETTING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.

THE MORE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THAT WE DO, THERE IS A LOT OF DATA THAT IT REDUCES OUR RISK OF GETTING ALSO HIMENTERS DISEASE.

AND -- ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.

AND NUTRITION AND THE THINGS WE EAT.

THE MIND DIET FOR EXAMPLE.

WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF A MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND THE DASH DIET FOR HYPERTENSION FOCUSING ON GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES AND BERRIES AND NUTS AND BETTER OILS.

ALL OF THESE THINGS HELP REDUCE THE CHANCE THAT WE WILL GET ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.

>> DOCTOR, SPEAKING ABOUT TREATMENTS A NEW DRUG FOR ALZHEIMER'S THAT SUPPOSED TO SLOW COGNITIVE DECLINE HAS FACED CRITICISM THIS WEEK THEY'VE CHANGED THE GUIDANCE ON WHO SHOULD GET THE DRUG.

THE FDA NOW SAYS IT'S ONLY APPROPRIATE FOR PEOPLE WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS DRUG?

>> ONE.

THINGS IS THAT THE CONTROVERSY ASSOCIATED WITH WHO WAS PART OF THE STUDY.

WE ALL AGREE THAT WE WANT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN OFFER OUR PATIENTS WE WANT SOMETHING TO GIVE HOPE BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT STUDIES ARE THERE WE NEED MORE DATA HOW THE MEDICATION WORKS AND WE NEED MORE DATA ON THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS AND WE NEED MORE PARTICIPATION OF LATINOS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS, NATIVE-AMERICANS IN THE STUDIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MEDICATIONS PROVIDE THE EFFECTS AND THE BENEFITS TO EVERYBODY AND NOT JUST A SMALL GROUP.

>> PROFESSOR LESS THAN 30 SECONDS, THIS LAST QUESTION, WHAT HELP IS THERE AVAILABLE FOR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WE KNOW ALSO SUFFER FROM THE DISEASE?

>> I WOULD SAY LOOK INTO RESOURCES THAT POTENTIALLY OFFER BILINGUAL RESOURCES.

HOMECARE AIDES MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH WORK AROUND THE HOUSE.

OTHER RESPITE CARE WHERE A CAREGIVER CAN GET SOMETIME ON THEIR OWN.

>> DAVID MARQUEZ AND Dr. MARIA CAROLINA MORA PINZON THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

>> BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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>> JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. DICK DURBIN IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT VOTING AND POLICE REFORM BILLS PLUS AN UPDATE ON INFRASTRUCTURE NEGOTIATIONS.

AND A TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENT ADDS SOUTH AMERICAN RHYTHMS TO A MODERN JAZZ COMBO.

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