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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M AMANDA VINICKY.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND RENEW THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.

>> ONE-ON-ONE WITH SENATOR DUCKWORTH ON GUN LEGISLATION IN THE WAKE OF THE HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTING AND MUCH MORE.

>> THE CONTENTIOUS HISTORY OF THE SUPREME COURT'S EVOLVING VIEW OF STATE'S RIGHTS AND THE POWERS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> I'M HOPING THAT MORE PEOPLE JUST SEE THE VISION AND COME ON OUT AND BE A PART OF IT.

>> GREENSPACE JOBS AND HOUSING ARE PART OF COMMUNITY EFFORTS IN CHICAGO'S PULLMAN AND WEST PULLMAN AREAS.

WE HAVE A LIVE REPORT.

>> CONSUMERS ARE FEELING THE IMPACT OF RECORD-HIGH INFLATION.

WE HEAR FROM LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES WORKING TO HELP FEED CHICAGO FAMILIES.

>> EXPLORING THE ARTWORKS OF PAUL CEZANNE WITH THE CURATORS OF THE SUMMER SHOW AT THE ART INSTITUTE.

>> AND BRANDIS, AMANDA, I'M IN PULLMAN AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

NOW, PULLMAN AND WEST PULLMAN WERE ONCE A PIONEERK COMPANY COMMUNITIES WITH A LONG RICH HISTORY BUT DEALT WITH THE LOSS OF JOBS AND DISINVEST: WE SPEAK WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS IN THE FOREFRONT HOW HELPING THE COMMUNITIES PERSEVERE AND PROVIDE NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

FIRST, I SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THE CHICAGO CUBS HALF BILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION OF WRIGLEY FIELD ALLEGEDLY VIOLATES THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

ACCORDING TO A LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE CUBS SEATING FOR THOSE IN WHEELCHAIRS PROVIDES WORSE SIGHT LINES THAN THE SEATING FOR PATRONS WHO CAN STAND.

THE FEDS SAY THE CUBS DID NOT INCLUDE A WHEELCHAIR SEATING OPTION FOR NEW GROUP AND PREMIUM CLUB SECTIONS.

WHEN THE CUBS REBUILT THE WRIGLEY THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.

THE CUBS DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT BUT ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THE TEAM FOLLOWED THE LAW AND THE CONFINES ARE MORE WELCOMING THAN EVER TO FANS WITH ACCESSIBILITY NEEDS.

>> THE LARGEST ABORTION PROVIDER ARE TEAMING UP A BORINGSES IN WISCONSIN ARE HALTED AS THE COURT'S DETERMINE WHETHER THE LAW WILL STAND.

ABORTION REMAINS LEGAL IN ILLINOIS.

WITH THE PARTNERSHIP DOCTORS AND OTHER MEDICAL STAFF FROM PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN WILL TRAVEL TO THE ORGANIZATION'S JAOQUIN OLIVER FACILITY TO -- WALK AN >> IT SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE PERSON TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR THEMSELVES.

THAT IS WHY IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING CARE AND THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, I AM ONE OF THE MANY PROVIDERS WHO HAVE DECIDED TO COMMUTE TO ILLINOIS TO PROVIDE ABORTION CARE.

>> AND WISCONSIN RESIDENTS CAN THEN GET THE REST OF THEIR CARE WITH THE SAME DOCTORS IN THEIR HOME STATE.

ORGANIZERS SAY THE COLLABORATION TOOK A YEAR OF PLANNING.

ALL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS INVOLVED ARE LICENSED IN BOTH STATES.

>> RESIDENTS OF CONDUCT ARE AGAIN AT A HIGH-RISK OF CONTRACTING COVID AS THE BA.5 IS SPREADING.

DATA FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SAYS THE COUNTY NOW HAS 256 CONFIRMED CASES PER 100,000 RESIDENTS COMPARED TO 193 FOR 100,000 LAST WEEK.

CHICAGO PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE URGING RESIDENTS TO WEAR MASKS INDOORS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

THE CITY AND THE COUNTY FACED A HIGH-RISK FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR WEEKS.

THE LAST TIME COOK COUNTY WAS AT LOW RISK WAS EARLY MAY.

>> UP NEXT, SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH TELLS US HER THOUGHTS ABOUT WRIGLEY FIELD, GUN LAWS AN BORINGS.

STAY WITH US.

AND ABORTION.

>> STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CELEBRATES PASSING BIPARTISAN GUN LEGISLATION AS SURVIVORS FROM HIGHLAND PARK AND UVALDE RALLY AT CAPITOL FOR FURTHER STRICTER GUN LAWS.

DEMOCRATS WILL HOLD VOTES THIS WEEK AND INFLATION HIT A 40 YEAR HIGH IN JUNE RAISING COSTS FOR CONSUMERS ABOUT 9%.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THAT AND MORE, SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH THANK YOU, SENATOR.

I WANT TO BEGIN EARLIER TODAY WE LEARNED THAT THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CHICAGO CUBS FOR VIOLATING AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT STANDARDS WHEN THEY RENOVATED THE CUBS STADIUM THERE AT WRIGLEY.

I'M CURIOUS, WHEN YOU HAVE VISITED DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY ACCESSIBILITIES ISSUES?

>> WELL, THE OLD WRIGLEY CERTAINLY HAD SIGNIFICANT ISSUES.

BUT REMEMBER IT WAS A VERY OLD BUILDING, VERY OLD FACILITY I WAS EXCITED THAT THE NEW FACILITY WAS BEING BUILT AND I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO.

I AM A CUBBY I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A NEW HOME FOR THE CUBBIES THAT WOULD BE ADA ACCESSIBLE.

IT IS DEEPLY TROUBLING TO ME THAT FOR A FACILITY OVERHAULED, THIS LONG AFTER THE PASS SANG OF THE ADA THAT THE DESIGN WAS NOT DONE IN SUCH A WAY THAT WOULD BE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THE ADA.

ALL CUBBIES RARLTSDZLESS OF WHETHER YOU HAVE MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT OR VISUAL IMPAIRMENT OR ABLE-BODIED DESERVE THE RIGHT TO JOIN AND SUPPORT OUR TEAM.

AND RIGHT NOW, THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

>> AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO HIGHLAND PARK.

YOU RECENTLY DID MEET WITH PARENTS ALONG WITH SENATOR DICK DURBIN ABOUT THE FOURTH OF JULY MASS SHOOTING THAT WAS EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT HE HAD THIS MEETING.

WHAT DID YOU HEAR FROM FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS?

>> WELL, WE SAT AND WE CRIED TOGETHER AND WE SHARED OUR GRIEF.

BUT ALSO OUR ANGER.

YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE MOMS WHO INITIATED THE MEETINGS AND THE EFFORTS MADE IT CLEAR THEY WANT AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN AND I AGREE WITH THEM WE NEED AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN BUT I REMINDED THEM WE ALSO NEED TO BAN HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES AS WELL AS THE ASSAULT WEAPONS.

AND I THEY WANT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND SENATOR DURBIN AND I MADE IT CLEAR WE ARE FULL SUPPORTERS OF THE BAN.

WE NEED TO GET SOME REPUBLICANS TO CLIMB ONBOARD BECAUSE WE NEED 60 VOTES TO PASS IT.

>> IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF THAT HAPPENING?

>> NOT RIGHT NOW THERE ISN'T.

IT TOOK US DECADES TO GET THE BILL PASSED THAT WE PASSED A MONTH AGO THAT OUTLAWED STRAW PURCHASERS AND PUT MONEY TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH.

IT WAS A PIECE OF GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION BUT IT WAS A SMALL FIRST STEP.

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND RENEW THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.

THERE WAS ONE IN PLACE FOR QUITE A WHILE.

AND IT WAS ALLOWED TO LAPSE.

THE NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM MASS SHOOTINGS HAS TRIPLED IN THIS COUNTRY.

WE NEED TO RENEW IT AND I ASKED THE MOMS AND DADS AND FAMILY MEMBERS THERE TO REACH OUT TO THE NETWORKS AND PRESSURE THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO SUPPORT THIS BAN AND VOTE YES ON IT.

>> BARRING LEGISLATION, WHAT CAN PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DO?

ANYTHING?

>> WELL, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE WHEN IT COMES TO THE SCOURGE OF GUN VIOLENCE.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE PASSED LAST MONTH WAS THE ENDING OF GUN TRAFFICKING OR STRAW PURCHASERS.

IT IS NOW ILLEGAL FOR SOMEBODY TO GO TO TRAVEL TO ANOTHER STATE AND BUY GUNS AND BRING IT BACK TO CHICAGO AND SELL IT ON THE STREETS TO PEOPLE THEY KNOW COULDN'T PASS BACKGROUND CHECKS THAT IS STRAW PURCHASING THAT IS NOW ILLEGAL.

I'M GLAD WE ARE ABLE TO CONFIRM A NEW HEAD OF THE A.T.F.

AND I HOPE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO VIR ROUSELY ENFORCE THE NEW LAW.

>> LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS, JULIANA STRATTON THIS WEEK TESTIFIED BEFORE THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE CALLING ON FEDERAL AID FOR STATES LIKE ILLINOIS, THAT ARE SHE CALLED IT ISLANDS FOR ABORTION CARE.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR THIS INFLUX OF ABORTION PATIENTS COMING TO YOUR STATE?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DOLLARS MADE AVAILABLE TO STATES PROVIDING SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR WOMEN LOOKING TO EXERCISE THEIR REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE.

IT WILL BE MORE THAN ABORTION.

IT'S QUICKLY GOING TO BE ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL AND IT COULD BE ABOUT IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION.

MANY OF THE WOMEN WHO ARE MOST IN NEED AND MOST IN NEED OF HELP ARE WOMEN WHO ARE OF LOWER CHICK STATUS AND -- LOWER ECONOMIC STATUS AND WE NEED TO ALLOCATE MONEY THROUGH MEDICAID SO PEOPLE CAN COME TO ILLINOIS AND WORKING WITH INSURANCE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR ACCESS TO ABORTION OR JUST CONTRACEPTION IS COVERED WHEN THEY COME TO ILLINOIS.

REMEMBER THAT FORMS OF CONTRACEPTION LIKE IUD'S ARE POTENTIALLY OUTLAWED IN STATES THAT DEFINE AS LIFE AS THE BEGINNING OF THE FERTILIZATION OF AN EGG.

>> GIVEN THE PARTISAN BREAKDOWN OF THE SENATE, THE LOW PROSPECTS OF LEGISLATION WHEN IT COMES TO GUN CONTROL GETTING THROUGH THAT HOLDS AS WELL FOR ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE CARRIE LATED ISSUES DOESN'T THAT FUNDING REQUIRE ALSO A VOTE?

AND IS THERE THEREFORE ANY PROSPECT OF ILLINOIS SEEING THAT MONEY?

>> WELL, WE WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN.

I THINK YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF OUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES SCRAMBLE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THESE NEW LAWS ARE VERY UNPOPULAR WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

IN FACT, A MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SUPPORT REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE AND SUPPORT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE UTERUSES TO HAVE ACCESS TO EITHER ABORTIONS OR BIRTH CONTROL AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PRESSURE THEM AT THE LEAST TO PROVIDE MORE FUNDING FOR ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE SUCH AS FOR BIRTH CONTROL AND POTENTIALLY WITH IVF AS WELL.

>> THANKS TO SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH.

>> THANK YOU, TAKE CARE.

>> NOW, BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.

>> AMANDA, THANK YOU.

A HOST OF RECENT ACTIONS BY THE SUPREME COURT HAS SENT CERTAIN POWERS BACK TO THE STATES.

ABORTION, GUN CONTROL AND VOTING RIGHTS AMONG THEM WITH MORE DECISIONS EXPECTED IN THE COURTS NEXT TERM.

THE CONCEPT OF FEDERALISM, THE IDEA AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY IS LIMITED IS A CORNERSTONE OF MODERN CONSERVATISM.

BUT HISTORICALLY STATES' RIGHTS HAVE BEEN USED AS COVER TO ALLOW SOUTHERN STATES IN PARTICULAR TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS STATES' RIGHTS AND THE SUPREME COURT ARE JOSEPH MORRIS, PARTNER AT THE LAW FIRM MORRIS AND DE LA ROSA AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AT THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTE.

AND WE SHOULD NOTE HE IS THE CHAIR OF WTTW'S COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD.

HAROLD KRENT, PROFESSOR OF LAW AT CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW.

KRENT WAS THE LONG TIME DEAN OF THE LAW SCHOOL BEFORE STEPPING DOWN FROM THAT ROLE IN 2019.

AND ALVIN TILLERY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE SHOULD SAY CLARIFY THE 10TH AMENDMENT DETERMINES THE RELATION AND POWERS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATES.

IT SAYS QUOTE... ALVIN TILLERY, WHEN YOU HEAR THE TERM STATES' RIGHTS AS A SCHOLAR OF POLITICS AND AMERICAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT WHAT DOES THAT TERM BRING TO MIND FOR YOU?

>> IT BRINGS TO MIND THE 10TH AMENDMENT AND THE BROADER CONTEXT WHICH DETERMINES OUR POLITICAL LEXICON.

THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR MOVEMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHEN THE TERM STATES RIGHTS HAS GAINED MOTEN TUM AND STATES HAVE ACTED TO SUPPRESS BLACK FREEDOM FROM THE FOUNDING OF THE CONSTITUTION WHICH LED TO FOUR CLAUSES IN THE CONSTITUTION TO THE CIVIL WAR TO THE COUNTER RECONSTRUCTION MOVEMENT BETWEEN 1874 AND 1876.

AND THE MODERN STATES RIGHTS MOVEMENT LED BY STROM THURMAN AND GEORGE WALLACE IN OPPOSITION TO THE DECISION IN BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF EDUCATION TO DESEGREGATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

>> AND YOU'VE DONE IT LIKE TAKING US THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY HOW THE NOTION OF STATES RIGHTS HAS BEEN USED TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND OTHERS.

JOSEPH MORRIS IF THE NOTION OF STATES RIGHTS PERMITTED STATES TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND OTHERS, DOES THAT INVALIDATE IT AS A LEGAL THEORY?

>> HARDLY.

I THINK HE OVERLOOKED AN IMPORTANT AREA.

PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR.

WHERE IT WAS STATES RIGHTS THAT WERE CONTRARY STATES RIGHTS WERE CONTRARY TO SLAVERY.

THE FREE STATES DID NOT WANT TO ENFORCE THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACTS THAT RECOGNIZED THE PROPERTY RIGHTS CLAIMS OF PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH TO OWN SLAVES.

WHEN AFRICAN-AMERICANS ESCAPED OR ARRIVED IN THE FREE STATES THE FREE STATES WANTED TO APPLY THEIR OWN LAWS OF CITIZENSHIP AND NEGATE THE PROPERTY CLAIMS OF SLAVE HOLDERS.

THEIR ASSERTION OF STATES RIGHTS WERE FRUSTRATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH INSISTED ON ENFORCING THE FEDERAL FUGITIVE SLAVES ACT TO ENFORCE THE PROPERTY THE RIGHTS CLAIMS UNDER STATE LAW OF THE SLAVE OPENERS IN THE SOUTH.

THE TRADITION OF STATES RIGHTS CUTS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

AND IT IS AN IMPORTANT SAFEGUARD EVEN TODAY FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND ALL OF US IT IS AT THE LEVEL OF THE STATES WHERE THE WONDERFUL RIGHTS NOT IN THE 9TH AMENDMENT ARE DETERMINED.

EVEN TODAY IN LITIGATION IN FEDERAL COURTS OVER PROPERTY RIGHTS AND LIBERTY RIGHTS, THE FEDERAL COURTS HAVE TO LOOK TO STATE LAW AND DETERMINE WHAT THE RIGHTS ARE.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO RETURN THE FOCUS TO THE LIBERTY AND PROPERTY NOTIONS OF STATE LAW AND GET OUR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS PROTECTED BY THE STATES.

THAT IS THE FIRST LEVEL OF DEFENSE.

IT IS A [INAUDIBLE] IT IS WRONG THAT THE FEDERAL IS OVERARCHING PROTECTER OF EVERYBODY'S CIVIL RIGHTS WE MUST LOOK TO THE STATES TO DEFINE AND PROTECT CIVIL RIGHTS AND IF WE DO THAT, WE ARE SAFER AND OUR RIGHTS ARE MORE SECURE.

>> HAROLD KRENT WHAT DO YOU MAKE HOW THE COURT USED STATES RIGHTS AS THE JUSTIFICATION FOR OVERTURNING WAS 50 YEARS OF PRECEDENT WITH THE DOBBS DECISION THAT OVERTURNED ROE?

>> STATES RIGHTS IS ANOTHER NAME FOR FEDERALISM OUR BASIC STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT THAT ALLOCATES SOME POWER TO THE STATES OR AND SOME TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THE IDEA OF HAVING A CHECK AND BALANCE AND MAKING SURE ALL POWER IS NOT DEVOLVED IN ONE ENTITY.

IT CAN BE USED FOR GOOD AND BAD REASONS.

STATES RIGHTS HAS BEEN USED AGAINST THE RACIAL JUSTICE FOR YEARS BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO FEDERAL FLOOR.

SO THE BIG DECISION HAS BEEN WHEN DOES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COME IN AND SAY THERE IS A FLOOR OF PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND WHEN IT DOESN'T.

AND THAT IS CONTESTABLE.

THIS COURT HAS SAID THERE IS A FEDERAL FLOOR WITH RESPECT TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT BUT NOT WITH RESPECT TO ABORTION.

THERE IS A FEDERAL FLOOR WITH RESPECT TO VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT OF RELIGION.

BUT NOT WITH RESPECT TO ECONOMIC OR RACIAL JUSTICE.

SO THESE ARE THE LINES THAT HAVE BECOME ARE BEING DETERMINED BY THE COURT.

BECAUSE THE COURT CAN SAY DOES THE CONSTITUTION BY ITSELF DECIDE THAT THERE IS SWEEPING POWER OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT A CERTAIN RIGHT AND, OF COURSE, THERE IS THE POWER IN CONGRESS TO DO SO IN TERMS OF PROTECTING ABORTION RIGHTS.

BUT THEY HAVE HELD RECENTLY THAT THAT RIGHT DOES NOT EXIST IN THE DOBBS CASE DOES NOT EXIST IN THE CONSTITUTION ITSELF.

SO THIS COURT IS STILL LOOKING AT WHERE THE STATES RIGHTS EXIST AND THE FEDERAL RIGHTS EXIST AND THEY HAVE COME DOWN AND SAYING THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION FOR ABORTION.

SO THEREFORE IT HAS TO BE PROTECTED ON STATE BY STATE BASIS.

JUST AS IT DID BEFORE ROE VS. WADE.

>> ALVIN TILLERY, THE SUPREME COURT'S INDICATED THAT THEY WILL HEAR A CASE FROM NORTH CAROLINA INVOLVING THE INDEPENDENT STATE LEGISLATURE THEORY.

COURT WATCHERS ARE CONCERNED THAT THE COURT MAY DECIDE THIS CASE IN A WAY THAT WOULD UNDERMINE ELECTIONS IF SOME STATES HAVE A LOT FREE REIN.

ALVIN TILLERY WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS THEORY?

AND WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE SUPREME COURT WILL DO?

>> FIRST I WILL SAY IN RESPONSE TO Mr. MORRIS, THAT I DID NOT OVERLOOK THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT IN FAILING TO ENFORCE THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT.

I DID NOT FIGHT IT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT AS ROBUST AS THE OTHER FOUR MOVE.

S THAT I DID SITE.

AND I CHALLENGE HIM TO NAME A MOVEMENT THAT WAS THAT ROBUST IN THE MODERN ERA.

AND SECONDLY I SUSPECT THAT THE ROBERTS COURT WILL TAKE UP THE INDEPENDENT STATE LEGISLATURE THEORY AND WILL RULE IN FAVOR OF THE STATE LEGISLATURES GIVING THEM POWER OVER FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

THAT IS WHAT I'M EXPECTING TO HAPPEN.

>> AND WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT THEORY?

>> IT'S IN THE TEXT.

I AM NOT A PURE TEXTUALIST BUT I PREFER TEXTUALISM TO ORIGINALISM.

THERE IS A STRONG ARGUMENT FOR A TEXTUALIST THAT IS ONE WAY THAT THE LAW MAY BE CONSTRUED.

WE HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY CONSTRUED IT THAT WAY.

SO I WILL LEAVE IT TO PROFESSOR KRENT WHO PROBABLY HAS GREATER EXPERTISE THAN I DO.

>> AND BEFORE WE GO BACK TO PROFESSOR KRENT, JOSEPH MORRIS YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN A CHALLENGE BUT I DO WANT TO HEAR WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE SUPREME COURT TO DO WITH THE CASE?

>> I HOPE THEY SAY THE CONSTITUTION IS WHAT IT SAYS THE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE ELECTIONS ARE ASSIGNED TO THE STATES.

AND TEXT SUPPORT THE FEDERAL ROLE IN ENFORCING RELIGION RIGHTS THERE IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

AND TEXT IS SUPPORTS THE FEDERAL ROLE IN ENFORCING GUN RIGHTS.

THE TEXT SUPPORTS EQUALITY OF THE LAW AND THE 13TH AND 14TH AMENDMENTS.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER AREAS WHERE THE TEXT DOES NOT SUPPORT FEDERAL AUTHORITY AND THE 10TH AMENDMENT ASSIGNS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE STATES.

THAT IS WHAT THE TEXT SAYS AND THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD DO.

WITH RESPECT TO THE QUESTION OF STATE'S RIGHTS IN THE 19TH CENTURY, I THINK THAT REALLY IT DID COME TO A CRUX IN A ROBUST WAY IN THE SCOTT DECISION WHERE IN DREAD SCOTT, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HELD THAT FEDERAL LAW WAS GOING TO SUPERSEDE STATE LAW ON THE QUESTION OF SLAVERY.

IT WAS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.

THE COURT HELD RATHER AKIN TO ROE VS. WADE THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS WERE SUBHUMAN.

THEY WERE NOT PERSONS.

AND UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

AND NOT WITHSTANDING WHAT STATE LAW AND THE STATES MIGHT HAVE SAID.

THAT DECISION BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HAD TO BE OVERRULED AND IT WAS OVERRULED BY WAR.

IT WAS NOT UNTIL AFTER THE WAR WE ENACTED THE 13TH AND 14TH AMENDMENTS TO MODIFY THE TEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION.

THANK GOD IN THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY WE HAVE OVERRULED THE DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IN ROE VS. WADE THAT UNPREBORN PEOPLE ARE SUBHUMAN WITHOUT WAR.

WE'VE DONE IT BY OVERRULING A WRONG HEADED SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT TOOK THE MATTER AWAY FROM THE STATES AND PROPERTY RIGHTS -- LIBERTY RIGHTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RETURNED TO THEM.

WE WOULD HAVE MORE PEACEFUL LAST HALF CENTURY IN THE DECISION HAS NOT BEEN THE PREVAILING LAW.

>> AND THE DOBBS DECISION IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE COURT HAS UNDONE SOMETHING IT HAS DONE IN THE PAST.

HOW FAR DO YOU THINK THE COURT WILL GO IN ASSERTING THE POWER OF THE STATES?

>> BRIEFLY, THE CONSTITUTION PROVISIONS ARE NOT CLEAR.

SECOND AMENDMENT NO ONE KNEW WHAT IT MEANS.

WE'VE CHANGED IT RADICALLY.

NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT HAS CHANGED.

THE IDEA THIS IS WRITTEN IN STONE I THINK IS A FICTION AND THAT IS THE SAME THING TRUE WITH THE IDEA OF THIS VOTING RIGHTS CASE OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA.

BECAUSE WHAT THE COURT IS ASKED TO SAY IS THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE MUST DECIDE A KIND OF VOTING ELIGIBILITY DESPITE WHAT THE STATE CONSTITUTION SAYS AND THE STATE JUDICIARY SAYS.

WELL, THAT IS NOT CLEAR.

WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?

THAT IS PRIVILEGING ONE PART OF THE STATE AS OPPOSED TO THE OTHER THAT IS NO COHERENT THEORY OF FEDERALISM THAT I AM AWARE OF.

THESE ARE SUBJECTIVE VALUE JUDGMENTS WE WISH DID NOT HAPPEN BUT DO HAPPEN AT THE HALLS OF THE HIGHEST COURT.

AND THE HIGHEST COURT IS TAKING US IN A VERY RIGHT WARD DIRECTION AND THE QUESTION IS WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO STOP.

AND PUT ON YOUR SEATBELTS.

>> TIME WILL TELL.

THAT IS A ROBUST DISCUSSION GENTLEMEN THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

ALVIN TILLERY, HAROLD KRENT AND JOSEPH MORRIS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> CHICAGO'S PULLMAN AND WEST PULLMAN AREAS WERE ONCE INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES WHERE WORKERS LIVED AND WORKED.

THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE FAR SOUTH SIDE HAVE EXPERIENCED AN ECONOMIC DOWNFALL.

BUT OVER THE YEARS PEOPLE PUSHED FOR GROWTH TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" JOANNA HERNANDEZ00 NICK BLUMBERG SPENT THE DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

AND JOANNA JOINS US WITH MORE.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE RIGHT BY THE PULLMAN NATIONAL MONUMENT.

>> BEHIND ME IS THE PULLMAN FACTORY AND NOW THE CITY'S FIRST NATIONAL MONUMENT IT IS STUNNING.

THE FACTORY IS A REMINDER OF THE AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT AND THE FIGHT TO CREATE CHANGE AND THAT FIGHT CONTINUES AS RESIDENTS FIGHT AGAINST QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE.

THERE IS AN EFFORT TO REVITALIZE THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE SPOKE WITH SHOMARI NICHOLES AND HE SHARES WHAT HIS FAMILY MOVED INTO THE AREA HIS WIFE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT TURNING AN EMPTY LOT INTO A COMMUNITY URBAN GARDEN.

>> A LOT OF THE LOTS HAVE BEEN OVERGROWN FOR DECADES.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICED THAT ONCE WE STARTED -- CLEANED THIS UP AND STARTED WE ONLY HAVE FOUR BY FOUR RAISED BEDS.

THERE WAS NOT A TON GOING ON BUT PEOPLE KEPT STOPPING.

SOMEBODY IS DOING SOMETHING.

AND EXCITEMENT AROUND THAT SO THE PARLAYED INTO MORE SUPPORT AND MORE PASSERSBY STOPPING AND ASKING QUESTIONS AND WE STARTED TO FEEL LIKE WE WERE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

>> THE COUPLE TOOK AN IDEA AND TURNED INTO THE WE SOW WE GROW PROJECT TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED BY TEACHING THEM HOW TO GROW FOOD AND BUILD COMMUNITY.

THEY ARE WORKING ON EXPANDING AND RAISING FUNDS TO TURN THREE EMPTY LOTS INTO MORE GARDEN SPACES.

BUT ALSO AREAS WHERE PEOPLE CAN GATHER AND LEARN THROUGH CLASSES AND SUMMER PROGRAMS.

>> IT'S NOT JUST TO BEAUTIFY IT.

THAT IS PART OF IT.

BUT MORE THAN THAT IT'S TO SEE SOMETHING GROWING.

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THAT YOU GO, IT'S POSSIBLE HERE.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN A TRANSITION BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO REBUILD THE ENTIRE THING BUT WE WANT TO EXPAND AND SORT OF BUILDUP.

THIS CORNER IS AN OASIS.

>> ON THE SAME BLOCK HABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHICAGO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH FAMILIES LIKE TO BECOME HOMEOWNERS.

THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 70s AND SINCE 2012 ONE OF THE FOCUSED AREAS HAS BEEN WEST PULLMAN.

>> WE ACTUALLY WERE STARTING WITH 16 LOTS ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME.

THE PLAN WAS TO BUILD OUT THE 16 LOTS AND AS WE GOT MORE INVOLVED, WE WANTED TO BUILD AND INVEST IN THE LARGER COMMUNITY.

THERE'S GREAT ASSETS IN WEST PULLMAN AND WE CAN MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT IF WE DO MORE THAN THE HOUSING WE DO.

>> IT IS A HANDS ON EFFORT WHERE HOME BUYERS HELP BUILD THEIR HOME WHILE TAKING CLASSES TO LEARN THE PROCESS OF OWNING A HOME.

THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS LOANS IN A AFFORDABLE MORTGAGE.

A LOAN CAN GO FROM $200,000.

THE JENNIFER PARKS SAYS WHEN THEY ARE DONE 38 HOMES WILL BE BUILT IN THE AREA AND EMPHASIZES THE WORK THEY DO STARTS WITH THE RESIDENTS WITH THE GOAL OF DEVELOPING AND INTEGRATING NEW HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON IS GREATER DIVERSIFY NEIGHBORHOODS IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S 90% AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND YES WE SEE PARTS OF WEST PULLMAN ARE GROWING IN TERMS OF LATINO REPRESENTATION.

WE WOULD LIKE TO GROW THAT IN TERMS HOW DO WE EXPAND THE DIFFERENT RACE, ETHNICITY AND INCOMES.

WEST PULLMAN HAS INCOME DIVERSITY.

PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT.

>> THE POPULATION OF WEST PULLMAN AND PULLMAN IS MOSTLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN BUT IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT.

RESIDENTS REMEMBER NEIGHBORS WERE GERMAN, ITALIAN AND POLISH.

A RESIDENT ANTOINE DOBINE REMEMBERS WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THRIVING.

HE'S DEDICATED HIS WORK TO HELP YOUTH AND FAMILIES BY CREATING SPORTS PROGRAMS.

TO UPLIFT THE YOUTH AND HELP RESIDENTS.

>> TRUTH BE TOLD YOU HAVE A LOT OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE RUN BY MOMS.

MOMS GOT TO WORK TWO JOBS.

WHO IS WATCHING THE KIDS?

NOBODY.

KIDS ARE GOING TO RUN WILD.

I CREATED A PROGRAM I WILL TAKE THE YOUNG KIDS AND I WILL KEEP THEM BUSY WHILE MOM IS AT WORK.

AND IT GREW FROM OUTSIDE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE FAR SOUTH CHICAGO.

>> ANTOINE'S WIFE NINA STONER-DOBINE SAYS THE CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS BACK IN 2013 DRASTICALLY IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE WEST PULLMAN.

THE FOCUS IS TO COMBAT GUN VIOLENCE BY GIVEN THE YOUTH THE SIMPLEST INGREDIENT.

>> TAKING CARE OF A CHILD YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT PASSION AND THAT LOVE.

AND THAT IS ALL THEY WANT IS THAT LOVE.

THAT UNDERSTANDING NOT BEING JUDGED.

JUST LOVE.

THESE KIDS NEED LOVE.

THEY NEED JUST TO BE ABLE TO TRUST YOU.

AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT RIGHT THERE.

>> SHE PARTNERED WITH LAKESHIA BELL FOUNDER OFLE EMPTIES I OWE ELEMENTS OF COACHING AN INITIATIVE TO BRING MOMS TOGETHER BY CREATING ACTION PLANS TO BETTER THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEY ARE WORKING ON A BLOCK PARTY.

>> THE BLOCK PARTY THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IS ALMOST LIKE OUR SHIP GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT BLOCKS LETTING PEOPLE KNOW HEY WE ARE HERE WE ARE COMING FOR A CHANGE AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH RESOURCES AND SUPPORT.

A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT IS SAYING THERE'S NO JUDGMENT AND HOW CAN WE MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE?

WHAT ARE YOUR NEEDS?

WHAT SUPPORT ARE YOU LACKING?

WHAT ARE THE AREAS THAT YOUR FAMILY MAY NEED TO GROW?

A LOT OF TIMES IF YOU KNOW BETTER YOU DO BETTER.

>> AND THE BLOCK PARTY IS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK ON JULY 23.

THERE WILL BE GAMES, FOOD AND RESOURCE BOOTHS FOR ALL AGES.

AND WE SPEAK WITH THE LOCAL ALDERMAN.

I SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THAT IS A GREAT SPOT YOU ARE IN.

I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS A PAINTING IF THE WIND WEREN'T BLOWING.

AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", EFFORTS TO INCREASE COMMUNITY COHESION AND DECREASE FOOD INSECURITY IN PULLMAN AND WEST PULLMAN.

FOOD PRICE INFLATION IS HITTING CHICAGOANS HARD.

WE TALK WITH LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES HOW THEY ARE WORKING TO HELP FEED FAMILIES.

AND COLOR, FORM AND SPACE CREATE HARMONY IN THE PAINTINGS OF CEZANNE FEATURED IN THE SUMMER SHOW AT THE ART INSTITUTE.

BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> ILLINOIS IS EXPANDING HEALTHCARE COVERAGE TO MORE PEOPLE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AGED 65 AND OLDER HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS SIMILAR TO MEDICAID.

NOW UNDOCUMENTED ILLINOIS RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UPSTARTING AT AGE 42.

AND INDIVIDUALS INCOME MUST BE LESS THAN $19,000 TO QUALIFY.

THE SAME THRESHOLD FOR THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ADULT PROGRAM.

>> SOME REPUBLICANS HAVE PUSHED BACK ON ILLINOIS SPENDING ON IMMIGRANTS WITHOUT LEGAL PAPERWORK.

>> THE CITY OF CHICAGO LAUNCHING THE EQUITY AND RESILIENCY PLAN CALLED WE WILL CHICAGO.

THE FRAMEWORK SETS 40 GOALS AND 150 OBJECTIVES INTENDED TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHICAGOANS PARTICULARLY THOSE IMPACTED BY SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES IN HEALTH, ECONOMIC STABILITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD LIVEABILITY.

THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNERED WITH THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING COUNCIL FOR THE $4 MILLION PLANNING PROCESS WHICH WILL INVOLVE MORE THAN 150 SUMMER EVENTS FOR RESIDENTS CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE PLAN.

>> UNEMPLOYMENT HAS REACHED AN HISTORIC LOW IN ILLINOIS.

THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY SAYS CLAIMS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ARE AT THE LOWEST THEY HAVE BEEN SINCE THE SERIES OF BENEFITS WERE OFFERED IN 1987.

THE PREVIOUS LOW WAS ABOVE 70,000 CLAIMS CONTINUED FOR 10 WEEKS.

RECENT DATA SHOWS CONTINUED CLAIMS ARE AROUND 65,000.

THE STATE SAYS IT REFLECTED A STRONG LABOR MARKET AND PANDEMIC RECOVERY BUT MANY EMPLOYERS SAY THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND HELP.

ILLINOIS STILL OWES ALMOST $2 BILLION TO THE FUND THAT PAYS OUT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

A DEBT ACCUMULATED WHEN JOBLESS CLAIMS SOARED WHEN COVID FIRST HIT.

AND TO JOANNA HERNANDEZ WHO HAS SPENT THE DAY IN PULLMAN AND WEST PULLMAN AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

JOANNA?

>> AMANDA, THANK YOU.

WE ARE HERE WITH 9TH WARD ALDERMAN ANTHONY BEALE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> WE ARE RIGHT BEHIND THIS BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC MONUMENT.

HOW CAN THAT RECOGNITION DRAW ATTENTION AND RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY?

>> WELL, IT'S ALREADY BRINGING RESOURCES IN ALL KIND OF AMENITIES TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A 1--ROOM HOTEL THAT WASN'T IN THE WORKS AND WE HAVE 1700 JOBS WE HAVE CREATED WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND WE HAVE 300,000 PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE GYM EVERY YEAR NOW AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF GROWING IT AND THE COMMUNITY IS EXCITED ABOUT IT.

>> THERE WAS ONCE A HOTEL?

>> THERE WILL BE ANOTHER HOTEL BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE WE ARE WORKING ON AND WE WANT TO GET THE HOTEL FLORENCE BACK ON-LINE.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?

>> WE NEED THE INFUSION OF CASH WE NEED 20-30 MILLION TO FINISH THE CLOCK TOWER THIS IS THE FIRST NATIONAL MONUMENT HERE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND EXCITED THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA DESIGNATED THIS THROUGH EXECUTIVE ORDER.

AND SO WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW.

THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN EMBRACING THIS THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND IT'S BRINGING JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY TO THE AREA.

IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER AS TIME GOES ON BUT WE NEED ANOTHER INFUSION OF 20-30 MILLION TO FINISH IT.

BUT THE FIRST PHASE, THE FIRST 10 MILLION IS SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY IS PROUD OF.

>> FUNDS ARE MUCH-NEEDED?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> YOU TALKED ABOUT THE YOUTH PLAYING SPORTS INSIDE.

NOW WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER.

WHAT ARE SUMMER PROGRAMS HERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOUTH SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE?

THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS PEOPLE TALK ABOUT COMBATING VIOLENCE.

>> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 1700 PEOPLE THAT GO THROUGH THE PULLMAN COMMUNITY CENTER EVERY WEEK AND THAT IS A SAFE HAVEN IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S $23 MILLION COMMUNITY CENTER AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IT'S DOING FOR KIDS.

WITH THE HOTEL COMING TO THE AREA THAT WILL DRAW MORE PEOPLE INTO OUR AREA.

BUT WE ARE HAVING SOCCER TOURNAMENTS, BASEBALL, BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTS AND WE HAVE THE AMENITIES AS WELL AS THE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND VISIT AND LEARN THE HISTORY OF WHAT GEORGE PULLMAN DID BACK IN THE DAY.

>> WE DID TALK TO NEIGHBORS AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, AND THEY MENTIONED THEY WANTED TO SEE PEOPLE WALKING MORE.

THEY SEE THE CHANGE IN PULLMAN PEOPLE WALKING MORE SPENDING TIME WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

DO YOU SEE THAT MORE NOW?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

WE KNOW THE CITY IS PLAGUED WITH CRIME THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF AND PEOPLE ARE NOT WALKING AS MUCH AS THEY SHOULD BE WALKING.

WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE CHALLENGES AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO VISIT BECAUSE THIS IS A HIDDEN GEM ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO AND PEOPLE ARE STILL LEARNING ABOUT IT AND THE NATION KNOWS ABOUT IT.

WITH THE TOURISM COMING INTO THE AREA WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE COMMUNITY THEY FEEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE AND THEY HAVE A PLACE TO EAT AND SLEEP.

>> THE CITY BUDGETING PROCESS IS GETTING STARTED SOON.

WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY?

>> VIOLENCE PREVENTION THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO FUND AND DOUBLE DOWN ON.

WE HAVE GREAT PROGRAMS HERE.

ARNIE DUNCAN ARE SPENDING $10 MILLION IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH IS HELPING CURB THE CRIME IN THE AREA.

AND WE NEED TO BUILD UPON THAT.

HAVING THE COMMUNITY CENTER BRINGING THE JOBS ON-LINE AND WORKING WITH VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO COMBAT THE PROBLEMS.

>> AND TALKING ABOUT CRIME WE HEAR ABOUT CRIME ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES DO YOU SEE THE CRIME GOING DOWN?

>> CRIME WAS GOING DOWN.

CRIME WAS DOWN TREMENDOUSLY IN THE PULLMAN AREA UNTIL SUPERINTENDENT BROWN TOOK THE POLICE AND REALLOCATED THE POLICE DOWNTOWN AND NOW WE'RE SHORTHANDED LIKE EVERY OTHER COMMUNITY IN CHICAGO.

WE NEED TO GET THE OFFICERS BACK ON THE STREETS SO WE CAN PUT THE PLAN BACK IN PLACE THAT WE HAD WAS WORKING BEFORE THE SUPERINTENDENT CAME IN AND DISMANTLED EVERYTHING WE HAD IN PLACE.

>> THIS IS CALLED IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD I HAVE TO ASK YOU WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?

>> BEING BORN AND RAISED HERE I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT MY COMMUNITY AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I RAN FOR ALDERMAN.

I SAW THE COMMUNITY WAS NOT GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION I STEPPED UP TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

I'M REALLY PROUD OF MY COMMUNITY.

MY COMMUNITY IS PROUD OF THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE.

NOT TOO MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES CAN SAY THEY'VE BROUGHT OVER A BILLION DOLLARS OF PUBLIC PRIVATE INVESTMENT INTO THE COMMUNITY CREATING JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY AND COMMUNITY CENTERS AND NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

SO THE COMMUNITY IS PROUD OF THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> AND THIS WAS ALDERMAN ANTHONY BEALE AND COMING UP WITH SPEAK WITH A LOCAL ACTIVIST.

FIRST, I SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

I HAVE TO GET THERE TO VISIT THAT NATIONAL MONUMENT.

UP NEXT, ADDRESSING FOOD INSECURITY AMID INFLATION IN A CONVERSATION THAT AIRED ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" LATINO VOICES WITH GUEST HOST MARISSA PARA.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> AS ANYONE WHO HAS GONE GROCERY SHOPPING KNOWS FOOD PRICES ARE ON THE RISE.

THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS SHOWS THE COST OF THE MEAT, POULTRY, FISH AND EGGS HAS RISEN MORE THAN 14% IN THE LAST YEAR.

COUPLED WITH INFLATION ELSEWHERE THE HIGHER FOOD BILLS ARE PUTTING PEOPLE IN A TOUGH FINANCIAL SPOT N CHICAGO 28% OF LATINO FAMILIES WITH KIDS ARE FACING FOOD INSECURITY ACCORDING TO A STUDY DONE IN 2020.

AND FAMILIES THAT RELY ON SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE MEALS FOR THEIR CHILDREN ARE FEELING AN EXTRA PINCH WITH KIDS AT HOME DURING THE SUMMER BREAK.

JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE FOOD PANTRIES ARE HELPING, WE HAVE MICHELLE RAMIREZ COORDINATOR AT CASA CATALINA IN THE BACK OF THE YARDS.

AND DIANA FRANCO FRESH MARKET, A FREE FOOD STORE OPERATED BY NEW LIFE CENTERS AND OPENED IN LITTLE VILLAGE LAST MONTH.

AND Dr. EVELYN FIGUEROA, DIRECTOR OF THE PILSEN FOOD PANTRY.

Dr. FIGUEROA TO YOU FIRST, HAS THE PILSEN FOOD PANTRY SEEN AN INCREASE IN NEED IN RECENT WEEKS IN TERMS OF INFLATION ARE YOU SEEING THAT ON YOUR END?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE OPERATE CONSTANTLY AT CAPACITY.

AND HAVE HAD TO REALLY JUGGLE TO GET MORE FOOD AND RESPOND TO INCREASED NEEDS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

>> AND CAN YOU GIVE US ANY IDEA OF STATISTICS, HOW MUCH YOU'RE SEEING, WHETHER IT IS ANUMBER OR IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF FOOD THAT YOU ARE GIVING OUT THAT MAYBE YOU WEREN'T BEFORE?

>> IN JANUARY, SIX MF MONTH SNAPSHOT IS MOST PERTINENT WE WERE OPERATING AT 300 CLIENTS PER WEEK AND IT STARTED BUMPING IN FEBRUARY AND HAS BEEN SUSTAINED SINCE APRIL WE DISTRIBUTE TO FOOD TO 15 HUNDRED FAMILIES PER MONTH WHICH IS 350 FAMILIES PER MONTH.

>> THANK YOU.

MICHELLE RAMIREZ, HAS KIDS BEING OUT OF SCHOOL INCREASED NEED IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU SERVE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE'VE SEEN JUST FROM MAY TO JUNE, WE INCREASED 200 CLIENTS JUST IN JUNE, 200 CLIENTS MORE THAN IN MAY.

AND SO WE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO KIDS BEING AT HOME NOW.

AND FAMILIES REALLY HAVING TO STRETCH THEIR GROCERIES, THEIR MONEY.

WE ANTICIPATE THE NUMBER WILL GO UP AGAIN IN JULY AND AUGUST.

THEY ARE NOT RECEIVING MEALS AT SCHOOL AND FAMILIES NEED TO PROVIDE FOR THEM.

>> DIANA FRANCO TO YOU NOW, THE MARKET OPENED IN LITTLE VILLAGE.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW YOU'RE SETUP TO OPERATE AND WHY YOU CHOSE THAT WAY?

>> SO INITIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC WE WERE GETTING PREPACKED FOOD BOXES WHICH FORT D THEY WOULD GET THEY NEEDED TO TAKE DUE TO THE FACT WE HAD COVID GOING ON AND WE DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY GETTING SICK.

DUE TO IF SOMEONE PICKS SO GOING INTO OUR FRESH FOOD MARKET THEY ARE ABLE TO CHOOSE NOW.

THEY CAN CHOOSE WHATEVER THEY WANT.

EGGS, NO EGGS.

WHETHER THEY WANT MEAT OR NO MEAT.

THEY CAN CHOOSE THE QUANTITY.

WE DO HAVE A LIMIT WHAT THEY CAN TAKE BUT THEY CAN CHOOSE IT THEY CAN TAKE FIVE ONIONS.

WE WERE AIMING THAT WE WOULD SPECIFICALLY TO TOUCH WITH FOOD TOUCH PEOPLE LIKE HEY, DO YOU NEED THE RESOURCES NOT ONLY ARE WE A FOOD PANTRY BUT WE ABLE TO HELP OUT FAMILIES, KIDS, TEENS, WITH PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE DURING THE WINTER, FALL AND SUMMER.

WE WERE AIMING TO HELP MORE PEOPLE OUT WITH FOOD AND OTHER RESOURCES.

AND TO GET TO KNOW OUR NEIGHBOR THAT IS NEXT DOOR.

OTHER NEIGHBORS THAT JUST WANT TO COME OUT AND TALK AND HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO BY GIVING THEM JUST A WATERMELON OR SEVERAL WATERMELONS.

>> I'M SURE PEOPLE ARE GRATEFUL WHEN THEY COME.

Dr. FIGUEROA WITH THE FOOD PRICES RISING ACROSS THE BOARD ARE YOU SEEING A RISE IN OPERATION COSTS FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE ALREADY HAVE TO PURCHASE SOME OF THE PRODUCE FOR OUR FOOD PANTRY.

EVEN THOUGH 40% OF FOOD THAT WE PRODUCE LOCALLY IS THROWN AWAY WE HAVE A TERRIBLE RECOVERY PROBLEM.

IN SPITE OF ABUNDANT FOOD RECOVERY WE DO 40 TRIPS TO PICK UP FOOD FROM GROCERY STORES WE BUY 650 DOLLARS OF PRODUCE EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

AND BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED PRICES, YOU MENTIONED 14% BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE 14%.

IT FEELS LIKE 20%.

ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES WE GET LUCKY AND GET OLDER PRICES THAT FEEL BETTER.

THE STUFF ESPECIALLY THE STAPLES THAT PEOPLE EXPECT TO GET THE POTATOES, ONIONS, CARROTS, LETTUCE, TOMATOES, APPLES AND ORANGES, THINGS THAT ARE PALATABLE THAT EVERYONE WILL ACCEPT THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN HARDER FOR US TO AFFORD.

AND WE WANT OPEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SAME THINGS ARE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME OPTIONS.

AND IT'S BEEN HARDER AND HARDER.

WE HAVE BEEN HITTING UP OUR DONORS TO HELP US MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE.

>> AND DONORS ARE SO, SO IMPORTANT IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS.

I DON'T THINK EVERYONE REALIZES WHEN THERE IS INFLATION THAT IMPACTS THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT TRY TO KEEP OUR PEOPLE AND OUR CITIES FED.

MICHELLE RAMIREZ TO YOU NOW, YOUR PANTRY DOES SPECIAL DISTRIBUTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES AND SENIORS.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ON FRIDAYS WE PROVIDE THROUGH IT'S CALLED THE RYAN'S JOY IS A DONOR WHO PROVIDES DONATIONS FOR FRESH FOOD FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

WE CATER THAT PROGRAM FOR DIABETICS A LOT OF NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND WE TAILOR THAT PROGRAM TO THEM.

THEY ARE ABLE TO COME EVERY OTHER FRIDAY TO -- IN ADDITION TO THE FOOD PANTRY THEY GET HERE -- THEY ARE ABLE TO GET A BAG OF FRESH PRODUCE, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND THAT IS ONE OF OUR VERY GOOD PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT JUST GETTING NONPERISHABLE ITEMS BUT THEY ARE GETTING NUTRITION THAT COMES THROUGH THE FRESH FOODS AND VEGETABLES.

THAT IS ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS.

OUR OTHER PROGRAM IS OUR SENIOR COMMODITY BOX TO WHERE ONCE A MONTH SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE ABLE TO COME IN AND RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL COMMODITY BOX JUST FOR THEM AS WELL.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS WE HAVE ON TOP OF OUR REGULAR FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM.

AND WHEN WE START SPEAKING THEIR LANGUAGE AND THEY GET MORE COMFORTABLE AND THEY DO GIVE US INFORMATION AND THAT IS WHAT WE'VE SEEN.

WE'VE HEARD FROM OTHER FOOD PANTRIES HOW DO WE DO THIS?

THE WAY YOU COMMUNICATE TO THEM WHICH IS FIRST IS SPEAKING THEIR LANGUAGE.

>> I KNOW YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SPONSORS AND DONORS TO THOSE OF YOU AT HOME HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE TO FIND OUT DETAILS HOW TO DO EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT ANYTHING GOVERNMENT WISE.

WILL I GET THIS?

NO, EVERYTHING WILL BE OK. AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE START SPEAKING THEIR LANGUAGE, AND THEY GET MORE COMFORTABLE AND THEY DO GIVE US INFORMATION AND THAT IS WHAT WE'VE SEEN.

>> AMAZING.

>> WE'VE HEARD FROM OTHER FOOD PANTRIES HOW DO WE DO THIS?

THE WAY YOU COMMUNICATE TO THEM FIRST THE LANGUAGE SPEAKING THEIR LANGUAGE.

>> EVERYTHING.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR SPONSORS AND DONORS.

TO THOSE OF YOU AT HOME YOU CAN HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE TO FIND OUT DETAILS HOW TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> .

>> BACK WITH MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> >> WE CHECK BACK IN WITH JOANNA HERNANDEZ WHO SPENT THE DAY IN PULLMAN AND WEST PULLMAN AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

>> BRANDIS, CLEOPATRA DRAPER NOW JOINS US AN ORGANIZERS AN ACTIVIST, A MOTHER.

SHE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER OF ROSES OF ROSELAND.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I WANT TO START OFF CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION?

>> ROSES IN ROSELAND WAS FOUNDED AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.

I USED TO SAY LIVING IN THE FAR SOUTH REGION WHERE YOU LOOK AT MY 9TH WARD WE LIVE IN A FOOD DESERT AND WHERE THERE IS A DESERT NOTHING GROWS BUT WE LIVE AFOOD APARTHEID.

WE DON'T HAVE THE GROCERY STORES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE WHEN YOU DEFINE A COMMUNITY.

I WAS WORRIED.

AND A NUMBER OF OUR RESIDENTS DEPEND ON OUR FOOD PANTRIES AND IT WAS A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE.

I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE OUR FOOD PANTRIES AND BE OF SERVICE.

PARTNER WITH ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AT GOTHAM GREENS BRINGING FRESH PRODUCE IN MY CAR AND DELIVERING THAT TO THE FOOD PANTRIES.

I DON'T SEE RESIPIENTS OF FOOD PANTRIES BEGGARS BUT THEY ARE DESERVING OF FRESH PRODUCE.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PULLMAN AND BRINGING ROSES TO ROSELAND, YOU HAVE TO SMELL THE ROSES WHILE YOU CAN.

WHY NOT BRING THE ROSES TO ROSELAND WE BRING THEM BECAUSE IT'S A THORNY STATE FOR TOO LONG A LOT OF POOR LEADERSHIP.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE AND THEN WHEN IT WAS AT ITS SPLENDOR IS NIGHT AND DAY.

YES, I LIVE IN PULLMAN BUT I WORK ALONG WITH OTHER FIERCE LEADERS YOU'VE TALKED TO BECAUSE ROSELAND HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL AND WHEN WE BRING THAT EQUILIBRIUM OF EQUITY TO THE REGION THAT BALANCE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUSINESSES AND THE RESIDENTS IT'S NOT ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY OF WHAT WE NEED MORE OF WHEN WE THINK OF POLICING WHAT NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, RESOURCES, OPPORTUNITIES.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EMPLOYABILITY IN EMPLOYMENT I THINK ABOUT TO WHOM IS EMPLOYED AND WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE?

I BRING ROSES TO ROSELAND.

AND I'M NOT ALONE.

IT IS A TEAM EFFORT.

AND I'M GRATEFUL HENCE WHY WE HAD OUR HISTORICAL ROSELAND PEACE PARADE.

>> AND PEOPLE FROM PULLMAN JOINING INTO THE MOVEMENT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> YOU HAD A PEACE PARADE?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

JULY 2 OUR THIRD ANNUAL WE WERE JOINED BY OUR DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR ROBIN KELLY, FATHER PFLEGER AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT.

AND WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN DOING IS SUPPORTING HER INITIATIVE TO INVEST SOUTHWEST.

THAT IS KEY.

AND TO BLOCK THAT RFP FOR ROSELAND IS INSULTING BECAUSE THERE IS A NEED.

SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT A NUMBER OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE HOLDING ON TO SUSTAIN AND THE INFUSION OF CAPITAL THAT COULD COME FROM THE CITY OF CHICAGO, $750 MILLION ALLOCATED, WE NEED TO UNBLOCK THE RFP AND LET THE DEVELOPMENT GROW SO THAT THE BALANCE OF THE BEAUTIFUL PULLMAN CAN BE EQUAL FOR THOSE THAT LIVE WEST OF THE TRAIN TRACKS BEHIND YOU.

>> WE HAVE TO CUT IT SHORT.

ONE LAST QUESTION... WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR THE SOUTH SIDE FOR PULLMAN FOR ROSELAND, THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU LIVE IN?

>> BETTER LEADERSHIP.

RESOURCES.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

EMPLOYABILITY.

SOFT SKILLS TO TEACH AND CORRECTING THE EXODUS OF ILLINOIS AND THAT STARTS RIGHT HERE IN TERMS OF TURNING THIS AROUND AND REALIZING 100,000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS REGION ALONE.

AND THE ONLY TWO REASONS PEOPLE COME HERE IS IF THEY LIVE HERE OR CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.

AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT.

AND THAT CHANGES WITH UNDERSTANDING AND DEFINING TRUE COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FROM PULLMAN.

I SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

I LOVE CLEOPATRA DRAPER'S PASSION AND HER ENERGY ABOUT HER COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO AMANDA FOR A LOOK AT A NEW ART SHOW.

>> BRANDIS, PAUL CEZANNE WAS THOUGHT OF AS THE GREATEST FROM PICASSO AND CLAUDE MONET.

THE ART INSTITUTE WITH THE TATE MODERN IN LONDON IS PRESENTING THE FIRST EXHIBITION OF CEZANNE IN 70 YEARS.

MARC VITALI MET THE CURATORS AT THE MUSEUM.

HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK.

>> BATHING BEAUTIES... RICHLAND SCAPES... SEEMINGLY SIMPLE STILL LIVES AND COMPLICATED PORTRAITS.

AND STRANGER THINGS...

THE CEZANNE SHOW AT THE ART INSTITUTE LOOKS FROM A DISTANCE AND CLOSELY AT A GIANT OF MODERN ART.

>> HE WAS COMING-OF-AGE IN THE 19TH CENTURY.

BUT HE PAVED THE WAY FOR WHAT MODERN ART WOULD BECOME IN THE 20TH CENTURY LIKE CUBIC, EXPRESSIONISM.

>> CEZANNE IS AN TART R ARTIST WE PUT HIM IN ANOTHER GALLEY BECAUSE HE DOES NOT PLAY WELL WITH RENOIR LIKE THE ODD MAN OUT.

BUT HE IS VERY MUCH INFORMED BY IMPRESSIONISM AND HE TAKES WHAT HE NEEDS AND MOVES ON.

>> CEZANNE WAS ADMIRED BY ARTISTS.

PAINTING ON VIEW WERE ONCE OWNED BY THEM.

THIS BELONGED TO PABLO PICASSO.

>> ARTISTS UNDERSTOOD AND THEY WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT AUDIENCE FOR HIS WORK DURING HIS LIFETIME.

WORKS OWNED BY MONET, AND IN THE 20TH CENTURY MATISSE, PICASSO AND LOANS FROM JOHN.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES AND IN THE EXHIBITION AND CATALOG WE WORKED WITH 10 ARTISTS TO LOOK AT ARTWORKS IN THE SHOW AND HELP US SEE THEM THROUGH AN ARTIST'S EYES.

>> CEZANNE WAS TRYING TO BE MODERN AND FIT IN AND HE CAN'T.

IT WAS WHEN HE REFUSES TO FIT IN AND WHEN HE STARTS WORKING FOR HIMSELF FOR AN AUDIENCE OF ONE THAT HE BECOMES THE ARTIST THAT THE ARTISTS LOOK AT AND GO OH, MY GOSH HE IS A RISK TAKER.

>> ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THING HE IS HONEST ABOUT HIS PROCESS.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THE PICTURE CAME TOGETHER STROKE BY STROKE.

SENSATION BY SENSATION, COLOR BY COLOR.

ASSOCIATING SITE AND TOUCH AND USING THAT AS A BASIS OF A NEW LANGUAGE OF COMMUNICATION.

>> IT IS A LOT AND IT'S VERY MINIMALIST.

AND EVEN IN THE SUBJECT MATTERS, IT'S LIMITED BUT IT'S WITHIN THAT THAT HE MAKES ALL OF HIS COMPLETELY NEW AND DIFFERENT EXPRESSIONS.

>> MANY FIGURES AND OBJECTS ARE OUTLINED IN COBALT BLUE.

A WHITE TABLE CLOTH MIGHT CONTAIN GREENS AND YELLOWS.

COLORS BLEED INTO EACH OTHER AND PERSPECTIVES ARE OFTEN SKEWED.

>> IN THE END HE IS GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN FANTASY AND OBSERVATION, BETWEEN DIFFERENT WAYS OF APPROACHING A PAINTING.

>> IT IS A SPECIAL THING TO HAVE 125 CEZANNE WORKS TOGETHER AND WE TAKE YOU THROUGH HIS CAREER THROUGH THE MID-1860s TO THE END OF HIS LIFE IN 1906.

>> I THINK THERE IS A CHANCE TO APPRECIATE THE EXTENT OF HIS COMMITMENT TO FINDING A NEW WAY OF PAINTING AND UNDERSTAND WHY THE WORKS ARE MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD THEY ARE STILL FULL OF MYSTERY AND SURPRISE.

IT HIS LIFE'S WORK WAS CREATING THE PAINTINGS AND WATERCOLORS WE SEE HERE AND THEY SET THE TONE FOR AN ENTIRELY NEW MODE OF PAINTING IN THE 20TH CENTURY.

FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS MARC VITALI.

>> AND YOU STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THOSE WATERCOLORS THE CEZANNE IS AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO THROUGH SEPTEMBER 5.

THEN IT REOPENS IN OCTOBER AT THE TATE MODERN IN LONDON.

BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

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