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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> MAYOR LIGHTFOOT ANNOUNCES AN AGREEMENT ON PLANS TO CREATE A CIVILIAN POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD WHAT THE LATEST PROPOSAL COULD MEAN FOR CHICAGOANS.

>> AND THEN WE GET REACTION FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THAT DEAL AND THEIR THOUGHTS ON WHAT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE A BRUISING WARD REMAP FIGHT.

>> A NEW SERIES UNCOVERS THE LASTING IMPACTS OF SURVIVING GUN VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.

>> SOME OF THE SHOW STOPPERS IN THE CHICAGO AUTO SHOW WERE ELECTRIC CARS.

WE HEAR MORE ABOUT THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

>> CHICAGO HOT DOG CHAIN PLANS TO GO PUBLIC THAT AND MORE FROM CRAIN'S.

>> IF ANYTHING IT JUST MADE EVERYTHING HARDER.

>> A NEW DOCUMENTARY EXPLORES HOW COVID IMPACTED FOUR LATINO CHICAGOANS IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

[♪♪♪] >> AND STITCHES IN TIME.

AN EXHIBITION BLENDS MUSIC, HISTORY AND FABULOUS FABRICS AT THE ART INSTITUTE.

BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF THE SPECULATION GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER MADE IT OFFICIAL.

HE WILL BE RUNNING FOR REELECTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

TOUTING HIS LEADERSHIP DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

PART OF WHY I'M RUN FOR THE ELECTION, I SAW WE HAD SO MUCH TO ACCOMPLISH AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT TOGETHER.

I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

>> AND GOVERNOR PRITZKER WILL JOIN US TOMORROW FOR A ONE-ON-ONE ABOUT HIS REELECTION BID AND MORE.

>> CHICAGO POLICE ARE ANNOUNCING A NEW SPECIALIZED TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE GUN CRIMES AFTER 11 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 56 WERE SHOT IN 44 SEPARATE SHOOTING INCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND.

>> THE CHALLENGE IS THE CRIMINAL HAS FORGOT HOW TO BUY SMALL AMOUNTS OF GUNS, REPETITIVELY WITH THIRD PARTIES WHO DEFEAT THE BACKGROUND CHECK, THE THINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE TO PREVENT VIOLENT PEOPLE FROM GET GUNS THEY USE A THIRD PARTY.

WHY WE NEED THE HELP FROM THE PUBLIC IS WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE NUMBER ONE WHERE THE THIRD PARTIES ARE WE ARE COMING FOR YOU.

>> POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN SAYS THE NEWLY CREATED GUN INVESTIGATIONS TEAM WILL PARTNER C.P.D.

OFFICERS WITH THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS TO INVESTIGATE PURCHASERS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIREARMS TRAFFICKING IN CHICAGO.

C.P.D.

SAYS THE TASK FORCE WILL TRACE RECOVERED FIREARMS AND INVESTIGATE FIREARM OWNERS' FOID CARD REF SATION INDICATIONS.

BROWN AND LIGHTFOOT BLAMED THE FLOW OF GUNS FOR THE VIOLENCE CITING A 26% INCREASE IN ILLEGAL GUNS RECOVERED BY OFFICERS OVER THIS TIME IN 2020.

>> CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER JESSE JACKSON HAS RECEIVED THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION FROM FRANCE TODAY.

FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON MADE JACKSON A COMMANDER OF THE LEGION D'HONNEUR, SAYING HE HELPED QUOTE CHANGE THE DESTINY OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> HE IS A VISIONARY WITH A TALENT FOR UNITING AND LEADING PEOPLE.

WITH MORAL AND PHYSICAL COURAGE, WHICH HAS HELPED TO TO OVER COME ADVERSITY AND OUR OLDEST ALLIANCE AND CHANGE OUR WORLD FOR THE BETTER.

>> THE 79-YEAR-OLD JACKSON HIMSELF DID NOT SPEAK DURING THE CEREMONY IN PARIS BUT HE CITED JACKSON OVERCOMING INEQUAL RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 1984 AND 88 HIS WORK WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., AND HIS ACTIVISM THROUGH RAINBOW/PUSH HERE IN CHICAGO.

MACRON RECOUNTED JACKSON'S WORK TO FREE FRENCH HOSTAGES TAKEN BY SADDAM HUSSEIN IN 1990.

>> YEARS OF DEBATE OVER HOW TO HOLD THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE COULD BE NEARING ITS END.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND A GROUP OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT ON PLANS TO CREATE AN ELECTED BOARD OF CHICAGO RESIDENTS TO OVERSEE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

LIGHTFOOT PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED A PLAN TO CREATE AN ELECTED CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT BOARD DURING HIS CAMPAIGN AND DROPPED SUPPORT LAST FALL AND INTRODUCED HER OWN THIS SPRING.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US WITH MORE.

A LOT TO TALK ABOUT HERE.

THIS PROPOSAL COULD END YEARS OF DEBATE AROUND THIS ISSUE.

HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS DEVELOPMENT?

>> IT'S A HUGELY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT.

BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AS MAYOR THAT LORI LIGHTFOOT HAS FULLY BACKED A PROPOSAL TO PUT AN ELECTED BOARD OF CHICAGOANS IN AN OVERSIGHT ROLE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SHE CAMPAIGNED ON IT AND ONCE MAYOR SHE BACKED AWAY FROM THE PROPOSAL CREATED BY ANOTHER COALITION OF GROUPS SAYS SHE SAID IT WOULD MEAN IT COULD TAKE TOO MUCH AWAY FROM THE MAYOR.

THIS PROPOSAL SET FOR A VOTE THIS WEEK, TRIES TO SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE.

>> NOW, AS WE SAID THE MAYOR WAS OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSAL CRAFTED BY THE GRASSROOTS ASSOCIATION FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

HERE IS A CLIP OF HER FROM LAST MONTH.

>> I DON'T SUPPORT THAT ORDINANCE.

I HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

I THINK IT IS A BACK DOOR ATTEMPT TO DEFUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BY TAKING CONTROL OF THE POLICY MAKING AUTHORITY.

>> HEATHER WHAT'S CHANGED?

>> TWO THINGS: ONE SHE REALIZED THAT THE PROPOSAL SHE PUT FORWARD WHICH WOULD HAVE ELECTED A BOARD AND GIVEN IT ONLY ADVISORY POWER OVER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS REALLY NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

AND TWO, THE COALITION OF COMMUNITY GROUPS AGREED TO NEGOTIATE TO GIVE HER A VETO OVER POLICY DECISIONS SET BY THE BOARD.

THE BOARD WILL IF APPROVED, POWER TO SET POLICY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT THE MAYOR WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO VETO THE DECISIONS AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL COULD OVERRIDE THE MAYOR WITH A TWO-THIRDS VOTE.

SO EVERYBODY GETS A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T GO QUITE AS FAR AS THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL DID BACK IN 2016.

>> SO JUST AS YOU SAID UNDER THIS LATEST AGREEMENT THE BOARD WOULD BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND CANDIDATES FOR POLICE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE POLICE BOARD TO THE MAYOR.

IT COULD PASS RESOLUTIONS OF NO CONFIDENCE FOR THOSE POSITIONS WHICH COULD TRIGGER ACTION FROM CITY COUNCIL AND IT WOULD HAVE THE POWER TO HIRE AND FIRE THE HEAD OF THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY KNOWN AS C.O.P.A.

BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WITH THIS PROPOSAL?

>> WELL, THE CRUCIAL VOTE WILL START TOMORROW AT 5:00 P.M.

THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER IT.

IF THEY ENDORSE THE PROPOSAL, A FINAL VOTE WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THE FULL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 10:00 A.M. AND WHETHER IT HAS 26 VOTES, IS THE QUESTION OF THE HOUR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND I KNOW YOU WILL BE FOLLOWING IT CLOSELY.

WE'LL LISTEN FOR YOU.

HEATHER CHERONE THANKS SO MUCH.

>> THANKS BRANDIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE, THAT'S WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS FOR WHAT SOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THINK OF THAT PROPOSED PLAN.

PARIS?

>> BRANDIS AS YOU HEARD MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND A COALITION OF COMMUNITY GROUPS REACHED A DEAL ON A COMMISSION OF CHICAGO RESIDENTS TO OVERSEE THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THAT DEAL COULD BE INTRODUCED BY TUESDAY AND VOTED ON BY WEDNESDAY.

AND JOINING US NOW TO GET THEIR REACTION AND OTHER BUSINESS ARE 3 SIGNTH WARD ALDERWOMAN, EMMA MITTS.

ANDRE VASQUEZ OF THE 40TH WARD.

MATT MARTIN WHO REPRESENTS THE 47TH WARD AND ALDERMAN SCOTT WAGUESPACK OF THE 32nd WARD.

GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU.

ALDERMAN VASQUEZ WE HEARD ABOUT THE DEAL ON POLICE OVERSIGHT WILL IT HAVE THE MAJORITY OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN SUPPORT?

>> I BELIEVE AFTER THE CONVERSATIONS THE PROCESS IS ONE WHERE WE HEARD FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS.

SO YOU KNOW, NOTHING IS EASY BUT I DO FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL HAVE THE VOTES TO SUPPORT AND GET THIS PASSED.

>> THE WAY THIS IS STRUCTURED RIGHT NOW, THE MAYOR DOES GET TO APPOINT THE COMMISSION MEMBERS OR AT LEAST APPROVE THE COMMISSION MEMBERS.

AND SHE CAN ALSO VETO POLICY CHANGES THE COMMISSION COMES UP WITH AND VETO RECOMMENDATIONS TO HIRE OR FIRE A SUPERINTENDENT.

ALDERMAN WAGUESPACK IS THAT THE RIGHT BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND CITIZENS?

>> I THINK IT IS.

ELECTED OFFICIALS STILL HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BUT FOR YEARS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARD THIS COMPROMISE.

AND I THINK WHAT IT DOES IT PUTS STRUCTURE IN PLACE TO ALLOW FOR THAT COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT AND ALLOWS FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION WILL HAVE DIFFERENT ADVISORY COUPLES.

IN THE LONG-RUN, IT PROVIDES ELECTED OFFICIALS A BROADER LOOK AT HOW WE DEAL WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO I THINK IN THE LONG-RUN, THE PROCESS AND THE PROCEDURES IN PLACE WILL BENEFIT EVERYBODY.

AND I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO THE ALDERMEN THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS AND THE ALDERMEN WHO FOCUSED ON THE WEEKEND TO WORKOUT A COMPROMISE HERE.

AND THAT'S ALDERMAN SAWYER, OSTER MAN, THE FOLKS ON THIS CALL, EVERYBODY WAS WORKING TOGETHER TO WORKOUT THEIR ISSUES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD PRODUCT AT THE END.

>> ALDERWOMAN EMMA MITTS WE HAVE ALL THE AGENCIES LIKE THE POLICE BOARD, C.O.P.A.

AND THE NEW ECPS IS THERE WORRY ABOUT TOO MUCH BUREAUCRACY OVERSEEING PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICE REFORM?

>> NO, I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN HAVE TOO MUCH.

I THINK THE MORE INPUT THAT WE HAVE THE MORE WE CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUES.

SO I THINK THAT WE ARE IN A GREAT START HERE TO BE ONE OF THE LEAD IN THE COUNTRY FOR ORDINANCE WITH POLICE OVERSIGHT.

I AM EXCITED ABOUT IT IT'S BEEN A LONGTIME GETTING HERE.

AND IT WORKED OUT.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD WORK DONE.

I TOO, LIKE ALDERMAN SCOTT THANK ALDERMEN RAMIREZ AND ALSO SAWYER FOR TAKING THE LEAD.

AND MANY GROUPS AND MINISTERS, THE REASON WHY I DID NOT WANT TO GO WNDR MUSEUM ORDINANCE GIVEN THE FACT WE HAVE WORKED ON THIS ORDINANCE FOR SO LONG AND C.O.P.A.

AND WE HAD TO JUST INTRODUCE I COULDN'T SUPPORT THAT WITHOUT COMMUNITY INPUT.

COMMUNITY POSITION.

>> A LOT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS AND STAKE HODDERS INVOLVED AND THERE'S CONSENSUS.

ALDERMAN MARTIN A LOT OF THE GROUPS WANTED THE BOARD TO HAVE THE POWER TO HIRE AND FIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TO SET POLICY.

AS WE MENTIONED, THE MAYOR DOES HAVE THE ABILITY HERE TO VETO THESE THINGS AND CITY COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO OVERRIDE THE VETOES.

DO YOU THINK THAT IS THE RIGHT BALANCE OF POWER GIVEN WHAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ASKED FOR?

>> WE'VE HEARD SINCE I GOT IN OFFICE TWO YEARS AGO AND BEFORE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IS THAT WE WANT TO PLACE A DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY AND DEMOCRATIC VOICE AT THE CENTER OF HOW WE'RE OVERSEEING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITIES NOT JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT C.O.P.A.

AND THE POLICE BOARD.

THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF LAQUAN McDONALD THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SHARING A VERY THOROUGH INVESTIGATION ESPECIALLY TELLING CHICAGO FROM SOUP TO NUTS WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WAY WE DO PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND AGAIN, INSURING THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE VOICES OF FOLKS ALL ACROSS THE CITY WHO WANT TO PLAY A MORE CENTRAL LOWELL HOW WE -- ROLE HOW WE OVERSEE POLICY SO PUBLIC SAFETY IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL CAN SUPPORT AND BE AS ALDERWOMAN M. >> TTS SAID A LEADER WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

>> AND ANDRE VASQUEZ THIS COMES ON A WEEKEND 11 PEOPLE KILLED MORE THAN 50 SHOT BY GUN VIOLENCE.

TODAY C.P.D.

ANNOUNCES THIS NEW JOINT LOCAL AND FEDERAL GUN INVESTIGATIONS UNIT TO GO AFTER TRAFFICKING.

ARE YOU ABLE TO GO TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND SAY THERE'S SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT IN THIS PROPOSAL THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE VIOLENCE WE'RE SEEING?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, I THINK SOMETHING WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS FROM BEFORE COMING INTO OFFICE IF THERE ISN'T ANY SORT OF TRUST IN AN INSTITUTION IT'S HARD TO GET THE RESULTS ONE WOULD WANT TO KEEP THE PUBLIC SAFE.

I THINK ONE, WE'RE SEEING THAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO TRY AND ADDRESS THAT BUT WHAT THIS BODY ALLOWS FOR THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND LOOKING THROUGH AFTER EIGHT HOURS OF NEGOTIATION THIS PAST WEEKEND, COMING UP WITH SOMETHING THAT REALLY TAKES A GOOD STEP FORWARD THAT COMES FROM A COLLABORATIVE SPACE, AND LOOKS TO IMPROVE AND WORK TOGETHER ON GETTING THINGS DONE, I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND SAY THERE IS A LOT OF HARD WORK OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS WE TALKED IT OUT TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING MINDFUL AND FAIR THAT ADDRESSES THE ISSUES AND IN A WAY THAT BALANCED THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THE INSTITUTION AND BUILD TRUST IN WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY SHOULD BE.

>> AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME ALDERMAN SCOTT WAGUESPACK THE POLICE UNION HEAD JOHN CATANZARA SAYS THERE IS AN AGREEMENT AT LONG-LAST WITH THE CITY ON A NEW CONTRACT.

WORTH CERTAIN AMOUNT OVER EIGHT YEARS.

THE MAYOR SAYS NOT SO FAST.

CATANZARA SAYS THERE ARE AGREEMENTS ON THE FINANCIAL AGREEMENTS.

WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING?

>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN ONE AS FAR AS I KNEW THEY WERE NOT COMING TO THE TABLE.

BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THEY DO.

I THINK WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT FORWARD ABOUT REFORMING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE BUILT INTO THAT CONTRACT.

IT'S NOT JUST AN ISSUE OF THE MONETARY ASPECT OF IT.

IT IS WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER IN THE CONTRACT TO MAKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BETTER, TO TRAIN OUR OFFICERS BETTER AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB CORRECTLY AND IN A WAY THAT POOLS OUR -- PULLS OUR CITY TOGETHER BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN DETAILS.

>> AND THAT HAS TO BE RATIFIED BY CITY COUNCIL.

>> EMMA MITTS I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS SEEN DETAILS WHAT THE REFORM ASPECTS OF THE CONTRACT WOULD BE.

ARE YOU READY TO SIGN OFF ON A NEW DEAL WITH POLICE OFFICERS?

>> WELL I HAVE TO SAY I'M AS WELL.

BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO SIGN OFF.

THEY ARE SERVING AND PROTECTING AND THEY NEED A CONTRACT.

AND THEY KEEP WORKING HARD AT IT IT WILL GET THERE.

I BELIEVE THE CONTRACT IS CLOSE SHOULD BE CLOSE, CLOSER THAN BEING APART.

>> WELL, A LOT OF NEGOTIATIONS ON A LOT OF FRONTS.

ALDERMAN MARTIN I MENTIONED THE VIOLENT WEEKEND IS THERE ANY HOPE WITH WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY, ANY HOPE THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE?

>> I THINK THERE'S CERTAINLY HOPE IN THE SHORT-TERM THAT IS GOING TO PUT A DENT IN THE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM CRISIS WE'RE DEALING WITH.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, HOWEVER, THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A CYCLIC THING AS FOLKS REMEMBER AFTER THE MURDER OF LAQUAN McDONALD CAME OUT WE HAD A VERY TOUGH YEAR FOLLOWING THAT WHEN IT CAME TO GUN VIOLENCE.

THINGS WENT DOWN AND THEY ARE UP AGAIN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TACKLING THE ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME WHEN IT COMES TO INSTABILITY WITH HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, ACCESS TO FOOD, JOB EMPLOYMENT AND LOOKING BEYOND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WE ARE WORKING TO DO.

STANDING UP A PILOT PROGRAM TO HAVE CRISIS WORKERS PAIRED WITH PARAMEDICS TO RESPOND TO NONVIOLENT CALLS FOR SERVICE INVOLVING MENTAL HEALTH.

THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF OUR PEER CITIES ARE GOING AND THAT IS WHERE WE NEED TO GO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

>> WE HAVE TO WATCH THAT PILOT PROGRAM FOR MENTAL HEALTH CALLS.

WE WILL BE JOINED TO DISCUSS THE WARD REMAP PROCESS AMONG OTHER THINGS.

THANKS TO ALDERPEOPLE EMMA MITTS, ANDRE VASQUEZ, MATT MARTIN AND SCOTT WAGUESPACK.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> AND NOW BRANDIS WE GO BACK TO YOU.

>> PARIS, THANK YOU.

VIOLENCE IS UP IN CHICAGO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ITS IMPACT IS FELT NOT ONLY BY THE VICTIMS THEMSELVES BUT THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

AS WE MENTIONED, 56 PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND 11 WERE KILLED THIS WEEKEND ALONE.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, MORE THAN 2200 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT AND 405 HAVE BEEN KILLED.

THE TRACE IS A NATIONAL NEWS ORGANIZATION COVERING GUN VIOLENCE IN THE U.S. AND IT'S STARTING A SERIES TO COVER THE SHORT AND LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF GUN VIOLENCE HERE IN CHICAGO.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS LAKEIDRA CHAVIS A REPORTER AT TRACE WORKING ON THE NEW AFTERSHOCKS SERIES.

WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

WHAT WAS IT THAT LED YOU TO REPORT ON SURVIVING GUN VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO?

>> YEAH, SO I AM AS YOU MENTIONED GUN VIOLENCE IS AN ISSUE THAT I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT DAILY IN THE CITY AND WE TALK ABOUT EVERYDAY EVERY WEEK EVERY WEEKEND HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT AROUND CHICAGO.

AND WE WANTED TO REPORT ON THE LONGER IMPACTS THAT GUN VIOLENCE HAS NOT JUST FOR THE PEOPLE INJURED, NOT JUST FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE KILLED BUT FOR THE NEIGHBORS, THE FAMILY MEMBERS, THE FRIENDS AND YOU KNOW THE FIRST-RESPONDERS AND THE LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT EXPERIENCE THIS TYPE OF DRAMA AS WELL AND TO DRIVE HOME THAT THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE HAS RIPPLE EFFECTS AND IT CAN LAST AS LONG AS A LIFETIME FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE AFFECTED.

>> RIPPLE EFFECTS HENCE THE NAME OF THE SERIES, AFTERSHOCKS.

THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES EXPERIENCE THOR R THOSE RIPPLE EFFECT WHAT IS DID YOU LEARN ABOUT THE FAMILIES YOU SPOKE WITH?

>> YEAH, SO WHAT I LEARNED SPEAKING TO PEOPLE FOR THIS SERIES WHICH INCLUDED PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED GUN VIOLENCE IN A DIRECT WAY SO THEY WERE SHOT AND SURVIVED, AS WELL AS FAMILIES IS THAT THE GRIEF REALLY IS UNBEARABLE AND THAT IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF RESOURCES AND A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THEIR LIVES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED FROM SPEAKING WITH SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE WHO TENDED TO BE YOUNG IN THEIR EARLY 20s AND LATE TEENS WAS THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE DEFINED BY THIS TRAUMATIC EVENT THAT HAPPENED TO THEM THAT THEY WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO RECOVER MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY AND TRY TO JUST MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIVES.

I ALSO FOUND IN SPEAKING TO PEOPLE WHETHER IT WAS COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN DIRECTLY AFFECTED THAT THEY HAD A PASSION TO HELP THEIR COMMUNITY IN SOME WAY.

FEELING A NEED TO TRY TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS THAT TEND TO LEAD TO VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.

SO TRYING TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TRYING TO OFFER CHILDCARE OR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.

EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A LOT OF GRIEF AND A LOT OF TRAUMA, THERE WERE JUST AS MANY PEOPLE WORKING TOWARDS TRYING TO RESOLVE A LOT OF THESE ISSUES.

>> AND YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN ROSELAND, A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS COMMONLY EXPERIENCES SHOOTINGS.

WHAT SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE FOR SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND THEIR FAMILIES?

>> YEAH, SO ROSELAND IS SIMILAR TO A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO THAT EXPERIENCE GUN VIOLENCE THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THERE WHO DO STREET OUTREACH AND SOMETIMES VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION WHO ARE TRYING TO STOP THE SHOOTINGS IN A MORE DIRECT WAY.

WORKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO STOP RETALIATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHAT I FOUND IN ROSELAND, IS THAT THERE WERE ALSO ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE STARTED BY PEOPLE WHO HAD LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY JUST FOR DECADES AND SAW THE PROBLEMS THAT WERE HAPPENING AND WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO ADDRESS IT.

SO FOR EXAMPLE ONE OF THE PEOPLE I SPOKE TO IS A WOMAN DIANE LATINO CUSTOMER WHO STARTED ABHORRINGIZATION CALLED KIDS OFF THE BLOCK AND TURNED HER HOME INTO A COMMUNITY CENTER TO TRY TO HELP THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND WHAT SHE SAW THEY WERE EXPERIENCING EITHER AT HOME OR JUST IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES.

>> AND YOU REPORTED ON THE ILLINOIS CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION PROGRAM.

WHAT DID YOU FIND THERE?

>> ILLINOIS' CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION PROGRAM IS A DECADES OLD SERVICE IN ILLINOIS THAT BASICALLY IF SOMEONE IS A VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME OR YOUR LOVED ONE EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT CRIME YOU CAN APPLY AND RECEIVE A FINANCIAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY SERVICES THAT YOU MAY HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR RELATED TO WHAT HAPPENED.

THAT CAN INCLUDE LIKE RELOCATION, MEDICAL COSTS OR LOSS OF INCOME.

WE LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF CLAIMS OR APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED TO THIS PROGRAM BETWEEN 2015-2020.

AND WHAT WE FOUND IN LOOKING AT ALMOST 15,000 CLAIMS IS THAT LESS THAN 4 IN 10 ACTUALLY RECEIVED REIMBURSEMENT.

ESSENTIALLY IT WAS A PROGRAM THAT HAD BEEN AROUND FOR A LONGTIME THAT PEOPLE HAD A LOT OF DIFFICULTY WITH A LOT OF BUREAUCRACY.

ON THE FLIP SIDE VERY FEW PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT IT EVEN PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME IN CHICAGO.

>> I KNOW IT VARIES CASE BY CASE BUT IS IT COMMON FOR SURVIVORS AND FAMILIES TO SEE SOME SORT OF RELIEF WITH THEIR CASES?

>> RELIEF IN TERMS OF POLICE OFFICERS CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER FER POLICE MAKING AN ARRESTTH THEIR CASE THAT IS VERY FEW.

AND WHEN I SPOKE TO SURVIVORS WHO HAD BEEN SHOT ABOUT WHAT THEY EXPECTED TO HAPPEN IN TERMS THAT HAVE TYPE OF JUSTICE AND RELIEF, THEY HAD PRETTY MUCH MADE UP THEIR MIND THAT WAS AN UNLIKELY THING TO HAPPEN FOR THEM.

>> UNFORTUNATE FOR THEM.

LAKEIDRA CHAVIS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, VIBRANT PORTRAITS ON FABRIC AT THE ART INSTITUTE.

STAY WITH US.

ED AND THERE'S MUCH MORE INCLUDING AN UPDATE ON ELECTRIC CARS IN ILLINOIS.

FIRST, HISTORY AND MUSIC AND PHOTOGRAPHY ARE ALL STITCHED TOGETHER IN A SHOW AT THE ART INSTITUTE.

MARC VITALI RECENTLY VISITED THE PANDEMIC EXHIBITION.

HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT THE STORY BEHIND THESE TECHNICOLOR TEXTILES.

THEY MAY LOOK LIKE PAINTINGS OR PHOTOGRAPHS BUT THEY ARE QUILTS INSPIRED BY DOCUMENTARY PHOTOS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND FAMILY SNAPSHOTS.

WE SPOKE WITH THE ARTIST FROM HER HOME STUDIO IN NEW JERSEY.

>> IT'S LIKE WALKING THROUGH A FAMILY PHOTO ALBUM THAT WAS LIFE SIZE.

I LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE'RE SEEING THEM AND THEY ARE ALSO SEEING US AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THEM FROM WHATEVER TIME THEY CAME FROM.

SOME OF THE PHOTOS COULD HAVE TAKEN IN THE 1850s AND 1940s AND THEY ARE LOOKING BACK AT US IN OUR TIME.

[♪♪♪] >> BISA BUTLER AND HER HUSBAND A LONGTIME DJ CURATED A PLAY LIST OF SONGS TO COMPLIMENT EACH ARTWORK AND ADDS NOTES OF VISUAL ELEGANCE TO HER SUBJECTS.

>> I'M LOOKING AT PEOPLE DURING WORLD WAR II.

A LOT OF THE PHOTOS IN THE EXHIBIT AND BLACK PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH AND IN THE MIDWEST WERE STRUGGLING AND SO SOMETIMES THEIR CLOTHE SOMETHING WORN AND FRAYED OR SOMETIMES THEY DON'T HAVE ON SHOES OR THE HAT CAN BE TORN.

AND BECAUSE I'M SEWING AND MY NATURE I FEEL COMPELLED I HAVE TO FIX THOSE THINGS.

[♪♪♪] MY MOM AND MY GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT ME TO SEW.

MY MOTHER WAS A FRENCH TEACHER AND MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A HOMEMAKER BUT THEY WERE ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE REPLICA CHRISTIAN GOIR JOWNS OR -- DIOR GOWNS OR HALSTED.

I THINK OF MY BEING ONE IN A LINE OF SUCCESSION OF QUILTERS AND THAT IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT QUILTING IT GROUNDS YOU IN THIS HISTORY OF WOMEN CREATING.

>> NOW, BUTLER'S MODERN WORKS ARE INSTALLED IN GALLERIES USUALLY EUROPEAN PAINTING AND SCULPTOR.

>> IT IS MIND BLOWING.

HAVING MY INSTALLATION ABOVE THAT GRAND STAIRCASE IT'S TRIPY AND WONDERFUL.

>> WE ASKED AN ART INSTITUTE CURATOR FOR HER TAKE ON THE ARTWORK.

>> THERE IS A SCULPTURAL QUALITY AND IN MANY OF THEM A SENSE OF MOTION.

I NOTICED IT IN THE FACES AND THE HANDS AND YOU WILL SEE TOO AND EVOLUTION OF HER PRACTICE IN THE WORKS WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW SHE IS ADDING LAYERS AND STITCHING MORE TO CREATE THESE EFFECTS.

>> BISA BUTLER PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE INFLUENTIAL CHICAGO ART COLLECTIVE THAT EMERGED IN THE 1960s.

>> I WENT TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY AND OUR PROFESSORS IN THE PAINTING FACULTY MOSTLY CAME FROM THE MOVEMENT.

AND THEY BASICALLY REPRESENTED I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE VISUAL ARTISTIC ARMS OF THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT.

THE PHILOSOPHIES THAT THEY HAD WAS THAT ARTISTS SHOULD REFLECT THE COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT MY WORK CAN INFORM, AND EDUCATE PEOPLE AND ALSO SPEAK TO PEOPLE'S SENSIBILITY OF LOOKING INTO EACH WESTERN THAT THEY PASS AS AS A REAL HUMAN BEING WHO DESERVES RESPECT AND RECOGNITION THE CAME WAY YOU WOULD LOOK AT A PIECE OF ARTWORK.

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

>> BISA BUTLER'S SHOW IS ON VIEW AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO THROUGH SEPTEMBER 6.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", A CHICAGO START UP FOCUSED ON MICROBE MEAT.

THAT AND MORE BUSINESS NEWS FROM ZANS.

OUR PANEL OF ALDERPEOPLE ADDRESS AN OFTEN TESTY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.

THIS VIDEO CORRESPONDS WITH THAT STORY AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LOOMING WARD REMAP FIGHT.

THE CHICAGO AUTO SHOW ENDS TODAY AND WE HEAR ABOUT ELECTRIC CARS THAT HAVE BEEN CAPTIVATING ATTENDEES.

A NEW DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWS FOUR R FOUR LGBTQ LATINO CHICAGOANS AS THEY NAVIGATE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

>> CHICAGO POLICE LEADERS ADDRESS THE MEDIA AFTER ANOTHER VIOLENT WEEKEND OF SHOOTINGS AND HOMICIDES.

AND ALL OF THE CITY RECORDED 11 DEATHS AND 50 PEOPLE SHOT IN GUN VIOLENCE OVER THE WEEKEND.

SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN USED THE OCCASION TO TALK ABOUT A JOINT FEDERAL AND LOCAL GUN INVESTIGATION'S TEAM THAT WILL GO AFTER ILLEGAL GUN SALES AND TRAFFICS.

BROWN SAYS THIS EFFORT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN TRIED.

>> THIS TEAM WHICH IS NEW AND UNIQUE AND A FIRST IN ITS CLASS IS TO GET THE GUNS BEFORE IT HITS THE STREET AND TRAFFICKING THEM.

THESE THIRD PARTIES NEED TO HEAR ME LOUD AND CLEAR.

WE'RE COMING FOR YOU AND WE'RE GOING TO THROW YOU WITH THE HIGHEST CHARGE WE CAN IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM AND AT STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

>> AFTER WEEKS OF HOLDING HIS PLANS CLOSE TO THE VEST, GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER ANNOUNCED HE WILL SEEK ANOTHER TERM IN A VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA GOING ALL IN ON HIS HANDLING OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

THREE REPUBLICANS HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR CANDIDACIES AS WELL.

AND MAKE SURE TO TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT HERE ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" WHEN WE WILL HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE GOVERNOR ABOUT HIS REELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT.

>> DOWN STATE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN RODNEY DAVIS WHO HIMSELF HAS BEEN MULLING A RUN FOR GOVERNOR WAS SELECTED TO BE ON THE HOUSE JANUARY 6 COMMISSION HE WAS PUT THERE BY KEVIN McCARTHY WHO RECOMMENDED FIVE REPUBLICANS TO JOIN THE 13-MEMBER PANEL THAT WILL INVESTIGATE THE CAPITOL RIOTS.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE OHIO CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN.

HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI NOMINATED THE OTHER EIGHT MEMBERS WHO INCLUDE LIZ CHENEY.

>> LINCOLN PARK IS GETTING A NEW PIECE OF PUBLIC ART.

THE SCULPTURE WAS INSTALLED TODAY AT THE CORNER OF LINCOLN AND HALSTED.

THE OR THE ACTIVITY WON THE FIRST-EVER $10,000 RICHARD HUNT AWARD GIVEN BY THE CHICAGO EXHIBIT.

THE SCULPTURE IS MEANT TO DEPICT THE INSIDE OF A TORNADO AND HER REACTION TO SOME OF THE POLITICAL AND PANDEMIC EVENTS OF THE LAST YEAR.

THE GROUP HAS PLACED 50 PIECES ALL ACROSS THE CITY.

>> SOME BIG NAME CHICAGO COMPANIES ARE PLANNING TO GO PUBLIC INCLUDING PORTILLO'S AND MICROBE MEAT IS NOW A BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY.

HERE IS CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS REPORTER A.D. QUIG.

GREAT TO SEE YOU.

LET'S START WITH POUR TILL LOW'S THE HOT DOG CHAIN IS GOING PUBLIC.

HOW MUCH WILL IT BE VALUED AT?

>> THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" REPORTED IT'S TARGETING $2.5 TO $3 BILLION.

BACK IN 2014, PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM PAID A BILLION FOR THE CHAIN BUT IT'S BEEN GROWING AROUND CHICAGO SINCE THEN AND IS TARGETING OTHER STATES.

THEY HAVE 60 LOCATIONS, 6500 EMPLOYEES AND ITS 2020 REVENUE WAS 450 MILLION.

A LOT BETTER THAN FINE DINING DID AND BETTER THAN THE MAJOR CHAINS DID NATIONALLY DURING COVID AND PART IS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO GOOD AT DELIVERIES AND SO GOOD AT DRIVE-THRU.

THEY COME AROUND TO YOUR CAR AND TAKE YOUR ORDER AND THAT WAS A BIG BOON DURING COVID.

>> THERE IS A PORTILLO'S WHICH I MAY OR MAY NOT FREQUENT ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

TWO COMPANIES ARE PLANNING TO GO PUBLIC AS WELL.

TELL US ABOUT FAST RADIUS AND KIN INSURANCE.

>> FAST RADIUS IS A 3D TECH COMPANY IN THE WEST LOOP IT'S GOING PUBLIC WITH A DEAL WITH A SPECIAL PURPOSE ACQUISITION COMPANY AND A NEW AND TRENDY WAY TO RAISE MONEY.

THE COMPANY IS GOING WITH IS ECP ENVIRONMENTAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEY ARE HOPING FOR A VALUATION OF $1.4 BILLION.

THEY HAVE SOLID CHICAGO INVESTORS INCLUDING HYDE PARK VENTURE PARTNERS AND SKY DECK CAPITAL.

KIN, IS AN ON-LINE INSURANCE START UP THAT IS FOCUSED ON HOMEOWNERS NOT IN ILLINOIS YET.

IT'S GOING PUBLIC WITH OMNI CHANNEL ACQUISITIONS.

THEY SELL HOMEOWNER INSURANCE IN LOUISIANA AND CALIFORNIA.

THAT WILL BE VALUED AT A BILLION DOLLARS AND THAT HAS PRIOR CHICAGOAN INVESTORS INCLUDING M25 GROUP, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

>> GOOD TIME FOR START-UPS IN CHICAGO.

THE MAYOR WAS IN SAN FRANCISCO TRYING TO SPREAD THE WORD.

AND ANOTHER START UP A FEW YEARS BACK THAT IS BEING DUBBED THE CHICAGO UNICORN IT MAKES MICROBE MEAT.

TELL US ABOUT THIS COMPANY.

>> THIS IS NATURE'S FYND NATURE A UNICORN IS A COMPANY THAT DID OVER A BILLION DOLLARS.

WHILE NATURE'S FYND IS NOT DISCLOSING HOW MUCH IT'S WORTH IT'S FIRMLY IN UNICORN TERRITORY AND THE CITY HAS BEEN BRAGGING IT'S APPROACHING CLOSE TO A DOZEN UNICORNS IN THE PAST YEAR.

THE MEAT IS MADE FROM A MICROBE A PRO SEEN GROWN DURING FERMENTATION.

FIRST DISCOVERED IN THE YELLOWSTONE HOT SPRING.

IT'S MADE INTO MEATLESS SAUSAGES AND HOT DOGS THE IMPOSSIBLE MEATS THAT NEEDS ARE A GROWING PART OF CHICAGO'S FOOD SCENE.

>> DOES IT TASTE LIKE MEAT?

>> IT TASTES GOOD.

I'VE HAD IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL HAVE TO WATCH THESE COMPANIES.

A.D. QUIG THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> EARLY IN THE PROGRAM WE DISCUSS THE DEAL PAVING THE WAY FOR AN ELECTED OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND JOINING US AGAIN ARE ALDERWOMAN EMMA MITTS, ANDRE VASQUEZ, MATT MARTIN AND SCOTT WAGUESPACK.

ALDERMAN WAGUESPACK ON THE WARD REMAP PROCESS, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT CAMPAIGNED ON AN INDEPENDENT PROCESS TO REDRAW THE CITY'S WARD MAPS.

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER BROKERED BACK ROOM DEAL.

IS THAT WHAT IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES THE VOTING ACT GUIDELINES AND THAT IS COMPACT, CONTIGUOUS WARDS RACIAL FAIRNESS, EQUITY, IN TERMS OF POPULATION.

AND AS LONG AS WE'RE DOING AT THAT TIME, YOU DO HAVE A RELATIVELY FAIR PROCESS.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WE LOOKED AT AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION 10 YEARS AGO AND SAID THERE MIGHT BE OPTIONS THERE TO CREATE OTHER GUIDELINES ABOUT HOW TO RUN AND THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WE HELD LAST TIME.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART AS LONG AS WE FOLLOW [AUDIO INTERRUPTION] AND WE ARE OBLIGED TO DO THAT WE DO GET A GOOD OUTCOME.

IT'S NOT ONE THAT I THINK EVERYBODY LIKES BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BOUNDARIES SOMETIMES THEY ARE ALL OVER THE MAP BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IF THE MAYOR GETS INVOLVED IN IT WHICH I DON'T THINK SHE WILL, THIS IS A PROCESS BY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THOSE FEDERAL GUIDELINES.

>> IT IS A PROCESS BY ELECTED OFFICIALS ALTHOUGH THERE IS AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION PROPOSING TO DRAW ITS OWN MAP AND SUBMIT IT TO CITY COUNCIL IS THAT SOMETHING YOU MIGHT BE OPEN TO LOOKING AT?

>> YEAH.

SO I ALONG WITH BRIAN HOPKINS HAD COSPONSORED A RESOLUTION TO CALL FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS INDEPENDENT MAPPING.

I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO FIND OUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE DATA DRIVEN WHAT DIFFERENT DIFFERENT MAPS COULD LOOK LIKE, I THINK WITH INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONER DATA, THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT REPRESENTATION AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR COMMUNITIES HERE IN CHICAGO.

WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE FOR ASIAN-AMERICANS?

THERE IS A LOT OF FACTORS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.

I WOULD BE OPEN TO IT.

>> AND A LOT OF FACTORS INTO ACCOUNT.

EMMA MITTS WHAT I REMEMBER 10 YEARS AGO IT WAS A NEGOTIATION BETWEEN BLACK CAUCUS, LATINO CAUCUS, WHITE ASIAN ALDERPEOPLE ABOUT REPRESENTATION AS THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CITY IS CHANGING.

IS THAT WHAT IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO THIS TIME AS WELL?

>> I THINK SO, PARIS, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL PARTS OF THE CITY.

AND I THINK THAT EACH ALDERMAN WOULD KNOW OR A GROUP WOULD KNOW WHAT IS BEST IN THEIR AREA AND HOPEFULLY THEY MAY NOT AGREE ON EVERYTHING BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE TO GET A MAP THAT IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE ACROSS THIS CITY.

SO WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO DO THAT AND THE ONE THING THAT USUALLY COMES INTO PLAY IS WE HAVE PARTICULAR PROJECTS THAT ONE IS WORKING ON.

I HAVE WORKED ON.

I DON'T THINK AN INDEPENDENT MAP DRAWER WOULD KNOW THESE THINGS.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO WEIGH-IN AND SAY AND KEEP IN OUR WARD.

MY WARD HAVE STAYED SIMILAR BUT LOSING SOME PARTS OF IT LAST TIME AND LOSING PROJECTS.

I'M STILL HERE.

AND THINGS WE HAVE TO HAVE A MIND TO WANT TO WORK WHEREVER WE AT AND REPRESENT ALL OF US THE CONSTITUENTS OF CHICAGO.

>> YOU WANT TO CONTINUITY IF YOU ARE WORKING ON PROJECTS IN AREAS.

MATT MARTIN, I WANT TO LOOK AT THE WARD MAP THERE IS A LOT OF SWIGG ELLY LINES AND STRANGELY DRAWN WARDS ESPECIALLY ENGLEWOOD IT'S REPRESENTED BY FOUR DIFFERENT WARDS WHICH MAKES IT VERY CONFUSING FOR RESIDENTS TO KNOW WHERE TO GO FOR SERVICES.

WILL YOU AND OTHER ALDERMEN COMMIT TO A MAP THAT DOESN'T DIVIDE UP NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THIS?

>> I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE A HUGE PART OF THE CONVERSATION ALONG WITH SEEING WHERE WE'VE SEEN POPULATION INCREASES AND DECREASES AS WELL AS WHAT SCOTT WAGUESPACK SAID IS MAKING SURE WE ARE DOING THIS THAT IS COMPLIANT WITH FEDERAL LAW.

WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO EMPHASIZE HOWEVER IS THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE MAP WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR FELLOW MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.

I HAVE THE REAL PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ALONGSIDE ALDERPERSON VAZQUEZ AND WAGUESPACK AND I RELY ON THEM WHEN IT COMES TO SOLICITING ADVICE AND FEEDBACK ON DECISIONS WE'RE MAKING FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE, BUSINESS STANDPOINT.

REGARDLESS HOW THE MAP IS TO CHANGE IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE AND LETTING FOLKS KNOW THEY WILL GET TREMENDOUS REPRESENTATION REGARDLESS WHICH WARD THEY ARE IN.

>> ALDERMAN WAGUESPACK A REPORT THAT JOSEPH FERGUSON PUT OUT RECOMMENDING THAT THE POWER TO HIRE THE WARD SUPERINTENDENT THE PERSON THAT YOU HIRE TO RUN THE DAY-TO-DAY THINGS IN THE WARD SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE ALDERPERSON BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN EXEMPT POSITION.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

SHOULD YOU NOT BE ABLE TO HIRE YOUR OWN WARD SUPERINTENDENT?

>> I DISAGREED WITH HIM ON THIS ONE.

AND WE WORKED CLOSELY OVER THE DECADE.

WHEN I LOOK AT THIS ONE THERE WAS A LITTLE MISPERCEPTION WHAT THEY DO.

THEY PROVIDE US WITH INFORMATION ON POLICY.

EVERY ALDERMAN HERE LEARNS FROM THEIR WARD SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT WHAT WORKS AND WITH SNOWPLOWS AND WHAT DOESN'T.

WHAT WORKS WITH THE GRID SYSTEM AND WHAT DOESN'T IN TERMS OF GARBAGE PICK UP OR RECYCLING.

I THINK WHAT CONGRESSMEN HAVE DONE IS PUT TOGETHER THAT WOULD CRAFT THE POSITION THAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ENGAGED IN THE POLICY ASPECT IN MORE OF AAN ADVISORY ROLE AND MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIT INTO THE SHAKMAN SITUATION.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE WARD SUPERINTENDENT ROLE CONNECTED TO THE ALDERMAN.

OUR CONSTITUENTS RELY ON US TO GET THINGS DONE AND ONE OF THE BEST WAYS IS TO HAVE THAT PERSON CLOSE TO THE GROUND AND WORKING WITH CONSTITUENTS THAT THERE IS A CONNECTION NOT JUST [AUDIO INTERRUPTION] THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

>> WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

AS WE MENTIONED YOU MIGHT BE VOTING ON THAT POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION AS SOON AS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AT CITY COUNCIL.

OUR THANKS TO ALDERPEOPLE, EMMA MITTS, ANDRE VASQUEZ, MATT MARTIN AND SCOTT WAGUESPACK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS AND THE GROWING HYPE OVER ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

AT THIS YEAR'S CHICAGO AUTO SHOW ONE OF THE SHOW STOPPING CARS WAS AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE.

FORD IS CHANGING THE FUEL ON ONE OF ITS BEST SELLING TRUCKS AND INTRODUCED THE F150 LIGHTNING.

THIS TRUCK AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES HAVE EV ADVOCATES EEGER TO ACCELERATE THE SHIFT FROM GAS TO ELECTRIC.

JOINING US WITH MORE ARE JENNIFER WALLING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL AND SAM ORI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ENERGY POLICY INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

WELCOME BACK TO BOTH OF YOU.

JEN, WHAT ABOUT THE FORD F150 LIGHTNING IS SO EXCITING FOR CAR BUYERS?

>> WELL IT IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR MODELS IN AMERICA.

AND I THINK THAT THE HYPE OVER IT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT IS EXCITING.

TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS ARE 30% OF THE WORLD GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND SOLUTIONS LIKE THESE DIFFERENT MODELS PUT TOGETHER BY GIVE OF DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS ARE CRITICAL TO RELEASE THAT GOAL OF CUTTING CARBON EMISSIONS.

>> ELECTRIC VEHICLES HAVE DRAMATICALLY LOWER CARBON DIOXIDE WITH 2,000 POUNDS EANYTHINGED FROM ELECTRIC AND 11,000 WITH GASOLINE.

THAT IS JUST IN ILLINOIS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT A GRAPHIC THAT SHOWS THE COMPARISON.

JEN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU BELIEVE ELECTRIC CARS ARE NECESSARY TO GET TO LOWER CARBON EMISSIONS?

>> WE ARE FACING A CLIMATE CRISIS IN THE WHOLE WORLD AND THE TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS ARE A HUGE PORTION OF THESE.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SOLUTIONS TO CUTTING CARBON EMISSIONS IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR INCLUDING WALKING, BIKING, PUBLIC TRANSIT AND ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES ARE IMPORTANT.

ANOTHER ITEM TO NOTE IS WHILE ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE POWERED OFF OF OUR ELECTRIC GRID WHICH [AUDIO INTERRUPTION] OUR ELECTRIC GRID BECAUSE OF CLEAN POWER POLICIES IS GETTING CLEANER EVERYDAY AND EVERYDAY, A DIESEL OR A GAS CAR VEHICLE IS GETTING DIRTIER.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SOLUTION FOR CLEAN AIR AND ALL ILLINOISIANS.

>> SAM DO YOU THINK A GAS TAX MIGHT BE MORE EFFICIENT IN GETTING CARBON EMISSIONS ON A LARGER SCALE?

>> I THINK IT HAS THE POSSIBILITY TO DO SO.

I WOULD ECHO A LOST WHAT JEN SAID ABOUT THE PROMISE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

WHAT FORD HAS DONE WITH THE F150 NOT JUST IT IS THE MOST POPULAR VEHICLE MODEL IN THE U.S.

BUT BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE VEHICLES AMERICANS ARE BUYING.

75% OF AUTO SALES AT THIS POINT ARE S.U.V.S AND LIGHT TRUCKS.

IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT PROGRESS.

I DO THAT THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT'S WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN ACCELERATE DEPLOYMENT AND PURCHASE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES FAST ENOUGH TO MEET THE SCALE OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

AND THERE IS A LOT OF PROMISE AND ANTHRAXES BEEN HUGE IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE LAST DECADE BATTERY PRICES HAVE FALLEN FROM A THOUSAND DOLLARS A KILOWATT HOUR WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING ON THIS IN THREN 2010 TO NOW UNDER 200 DOLLARS A KILOWATT HOUR.

>> I WANT TO COME BACK TO THE QUESTIONS ABOUT BATTERIES I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT STATE POLICIES HOW THEY VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

CARS MAY NOT BE ACCESSIBLE DEPENDING ON WHAT STATE YOU LIVE IN.

EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE POLICY DIFFERENCES ARE.

>> SURE.

I THINK ONE THING WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS THAT STATE POLICIES HAVE BEEN AN IMPORTANT DRIVER OF WHERE ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE.

WE GO TO THE AUTO SHOWS AND SEE LOTS OF MODELS AND THERE'S 50 MODELS IS THE HEADLINE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES PRODUCED.

BUT THE FACT IS THAT ONLY ABOUT HALF OF THE COUNTRY CAN REALLY GET THOSE MODEL AND HALF OF THE COUNTRY YOU ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE A HANDFUL SIX OR SEVEN OF THOSE MODELS IN THE SHOWROOMS.

STATE LEVEL POLICIES ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE MANDATES THOSE POLICIES HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN GETTING AUTOMAKERS TO MOVE INVENTORY INTO THE STATES.

ON THE OTHER HAND, BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT GAS TAX THOSE POLICIES ARE SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE WAYS TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS BY MANDATING ELECTRIC VEHICLE SALES AND PURSUING THAT ONE OPTION AS THE ONLY OPTION YOU ARE INCREASING COSTS FOR REDUCING EMISSIONS.

THAT IS WHY SOMETHING LIKE A CARBON TAX HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE MUCH MORE COST-EFFECTIVE.

BY ALLOWING LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS INTO THE MARKETPLACE FOR REDUCING EMISSIONS.

IT CAN BE INCREASING EFFICIENCY IN CONVENTIONAL MODELS OR ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND GETTING PEOPLE TO MOVE FROM RIDING IN CARS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER OPTIONS.

OR WHO KNOWS WHAT OTHER THINGS THE MARKET MIGHT COME UP WITH IF IT WAS INCENTIVIZED TO DO SO.

>> AND SAM YOU TALKED ABOUT THE COST ELECTRIC CARS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE AND THERE IS THE COST OF CHARGING AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT BATTERIES.

JEN, HOW CAN THE CARS BE MADE MORE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE?

>> I THINK THAT TODAY FOR AN AVERAGE ILLINOISIAN ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE GETTING MORE ACCESSIBLE.

THERE IS A GROWING USED CAR MARKET FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

THERE ARE CHARGING STATIONS AND CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND MORE WORK THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN TERMS OF BRINGING THE COSTS DOWN.

THERE'S ITEMS WE WANT TO SEE SUCH AS A REBATE.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER TALKED TODAY ABOUT A REBATE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

BUT ABOVE ALL, I THINK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PASSENGER VEHICLES WE SHOULD NOT DISCOUNT ELECT INDUSTRY INDICATION OF PUBLIC TRANSIT IN BUSES.

>> OK. OBVIOUSLY THE JOURNEY CONTINUES.

THANKS TO JENNIFER WALLING AND SAM ORI FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> UP NEXT, A LOOK AT A NEW DOCUMENTARY THAT EXPLORES COVID'S IMPACTS ON THE LGBTQ AND LATINO COMMUNITIES IT IS A CONVERSATION THAT ORIGINALLY AIRED ON SATURDAY'S "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" WITH ARCELI GOMEZ-ALDANA OF WBEZ.

STAY WITH US.

>> THE LAST 18 MONTHS OF THE COVID PANDEMIC HAVE LAID BARE THE INEQUITIES MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES FACE INEQUITIES THAT THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY KNOWS ALL TOO WELL.

A NEW DOCUMENTARY, "SEGUIMOS AQUI: PRIDE, PANDEMIC AND PERSEVERANCE" EXPLORES THOSE INEQUITIES THROUGH THE EXPERIENCES OF FOUR LGBTQ IDENTIFYING LATINX CHICAGOANS AS THEY NAVIGATE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES.

HERE IS A LOOK AT THE FILM'S TRAILER.

COVID WAS A CATALYST TO LET PEOPLE SEE THE SYSTEM.

>> I NEED HELP TO BREAK THE SYSTEM DOWN.

>> IT NEVER COMES EASY.

>> YOU THINK ABOUT SMALLPOX WE ARE SURVIVORS.

>> I AM MY ANCESTOR'S DREAM.

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT.

>> JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE ONE OF THE FILM'S SUBJECTS AND DAVID MORAN, FILMMAKER AT SOAPBOX PRODUCTIONS AND ORGANIZING AND WHO PRODUCED THIS DOCUMENTARY.

DAVID IT IS A TALL ORDER TO MAKE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT A PANDEMIC WHILE THAT PANDEMIC IS STILL UNFOLDING.

HOW DID COVID AFFECT ITS PRODUCTION?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.

YOU KNOW COVID WE ALL WERE LEARNING HOW TO DWELL [INAUDIBLE] FROM A PRODUCTION STANDPOINT WE COINED OF HELD OFF FOR A MOMENT AND TRIED TO FIND WHERE IT WAS WHEN THIS PRODUCTION FELL IN OUR LAPS.

WE WERE THINK BEING SHOOTING IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER AND SO IT CHANGED TO MARCH.

WE GOT FORTUNATE AS THINGS WERE OPENING UP WE HAD THE POSSIBILITY OF TESTING BEING MORE AVAILABLE, PEOPLE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND VACCINES AND TAKING ADVANTAGE WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND HAVE BEEN FILMING UP UNTIL THE LAST FEW DAYS.

GOING WITH THE FLOW.

IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL LEARNING CURVE.

>> I'M SURE UNPRECEDENTED.

YOU ARE ONE OF THE FOUR CHICAGOANS FEATURED IN THE FILM WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION AFTER BEING ASKED TO PARTICIPATE AND WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE YOU WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS?

>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY, I AM ABOUT EDUCATION AND ENLIGHTENING PEOPLE OR COMMUNITIES ABOUT TRANSISSUES, GENDER NON-CONFORMING ISSUES AND THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THE ORGANIZATION I WORK FOR.

ONCE IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION IT WAS SOMETHING I WAS INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF.

>> AND DANA, YOU ARE A PROGRAM MANAGER AT TASK FORCE PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A CLIP SHOWING YOU AT YOUR WORKPLACE.

>> THIS HALLWAY HERE IS THE TRANSFLAG.

TASK FORCE TRANSTRIBUTE WALL WE TOOK SO MUCH TIME TO PAINT.

WE WANTED TO GIVE A TRIBUTE TO TRANSPEOPLE.

>> SO THE FIRST TIME I CAME INTO THE SPACE I BELIEVE 2014 BECAUSE I WAS IN NEED OF SOME RESOURCES CONCERNING HOUSING INSTABILITY.

AND I WAS ABLE TO GET RESOURCES THE SAME DAY.

I WAS GREETED WARMLY.

THIS IS WHAT WE CALL THE CLOSET.

WE HAVE A TON OF STUFF.

EVERYBODY KNOWS TO GRAB WHATEVER THEY NEED.

WE TRY TO BRING RESOURCES TO THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO.

>> DANA WE GOT A SNEAK PEEK, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE TASK FORCE DOES?

>> THE TASK FORCE IS A RESOURCE CENTER AND FOR A LONGTIME WAS ONE OF THE ONLY LRG RESOURCE CENTERS ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO AND WE ARE TRYING TO BE IMPACTFUL FOR THE SOCIAL ISSUES IMPACTING THE TRANSCOMMUNITY SUCH AS HOMELESSNESS, AND POVERTY ISSUES.

HUNGER, HIV INFECTION RATE.

LEGAL ISSUES.

IT'S A RESOURCE CENTER A SAFE SPACE FOR LGBTQ AND JEN TORE NON-CONFIRMING LGBTQ YOUTH.

>> AND SPEAKING ABOUT THE YOUTH, THE FILM EXPLORES THE INTERSECTIONS OF THE LGBTQ, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ALL DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON.

HOW HAVE THE YOUTH YOU'VE SERVED BEEN AFFECTED BY COVID?

>> WHEN IT COMES TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN PARTICULARLY BLACK AND LATINX TRANSPEOPLE, I LIKE TO SAY COVID WAS A VIRUS BUT WE HAVE BEEN PLAGUED BY A VIRUS IN OUR COMMUNITIES FOR DECADES AND DECADES.

THIS WAS NOTHING NEW IT JUST MADE EVERYTHING HARDER.

IF YOU WERE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS PRIOR TO COVID, IT ONLY MADE EVERYTHING WORSE.

SO WE WERE TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT THESE ISSUES AND BRING MORE RESOURCES TO OUR YOUTH THAT WERE BEING IMPACTED BY COVID BUT ALSO BEING HURT BY HIV.

>> AS DANA IS TALKING ABOUT WITH US RIGHT NOW, THE DOCUMENTARY SHOWS THE STRUGGLES PEOPLE ARE FACED WITH.

LUIS TALKS ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE AFTER GETTING COVID AND ALMOST DYING.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE HEARING THE PEOPLE'S PERSONAL STORIES AND HOW DID IT AFFECT YOU?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO IN WANTING TO CREATE MEDIA FILM DOCUMENTARIES THAT FOLLOW AND HOLD TRUE TO PEOPLE'S STORIES AND NARRATIVES.

FOR ME BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE WITHOUT MEETING THEM AND TAKING THIS TIME TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS HEAR THE STORIES, IT IS WHAT PUSHED ME THROUGH THIS PROJECT AND BEING ABLE TO DO IT JUSTICE BY THE STORIES AND BRING THEM IN A WAY NOT ONLY ARE THE LGBTQ FOLKS AND LATINOS THESE ARE CHICAGOANS AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IMPACTED ALL OF US.

>> AND DANA THIS IS GOING TO BE PREMIERED SOON WHAT ARE YOU HOPING PEOPLE TAKE AWAY FROM FILM?

>> I REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES AND ALSO THE RESILIENCY OF BLACK AND LATINX TRANSAND GENDER NOT CONFIRMING PEOPLE.

IT IS A SPACE WHERE YOU COME IN AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND SHOW RESILIENCE AND POWER.

AND THAT IS WHAT I WANT PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF IT.

IS LGBTQ YOUTH AND TRANSYOUTH THEY FACE BARRIERS YET THEY FLOURISH.

IMAGINE WITH THE BARRIERS REMOVED THE THINGS THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SHOWCASE.

>> WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE IT.

WE WILL "SEGUIMOS AQUI: PRIDE, PANDEMIC AND PERSEVERANCE" WILL SCREEN AT THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM ON JULY 22 AND YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

[♪♪♪] >> LOOK AT US BACK IN THE SAME STUDIO.

>> WE LOOK THE SAME.

>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

>> JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON THE JANUARY 6TH COMMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE LATEST DACA RULING.

>> AND WITH AN EYE FOR DETAIL, A LOCAL ARTIST NAVIGATES THE CITY FOR SCENES FOR HIS UNUSUAL PAINTINGS.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND GOOD NIGHT.

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