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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FOR THE STATE OF ILLINOIS THE THINGS THAT I CAN DO AS GOVERNOR.

>> ONE-ON-ONE WITH GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER AS HE SEEKS ANOTHER TERM IN OFFICE.

>> BOTH SIDES ARE COMMITTED TO REACHING AN OUTCOME.

>> A BIPARTISAN LOOK AT WHETHER CONGRESS CAN MAKE A DEAL ON PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGES.

>> AFTER A FEDERAL JUDGE HALTS THE DACA PROGRAM ON FRIDAY A LEGAL BATTLE IS BREWING OVER IMMIGRATION RIGHTS.

A NEW REPORT SAYS CHANGE R CLIMATE CHANGE IS DRIVING $2 BILLION OF COASTAL REPAIRS ON THE GREAT LAKES AND THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER.

>> LONG-TERM COVID SYMPTOMS LIKE SHORTNESS OF BREATH.

>> MEET A CHICAGO ARTIST WHO EXPLORES THE CITY TO FIND BEAUTIFUL DETAILS IN GRITTY CORNERS.

>> DID YOU KNOW THAT I WILL SILL HOME TO 2,000 MOTH SPECIES?

THAT FACT AND MORE DURING NATIONAL MOTH WEEK.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT READY FOR THE WIDESPREAD PROTESTS AND UNREST OF LAST STADIUM MER ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT FROM THE FEDERALLY APPOINTED INDEPENDENT MONITOR OVERSEEING THE CONSENT DECREE.

THE REPORT FILED IN FEDERAL COURT TODAY SAYS THE DEPARTMENT DIDN'T HAVE THE POLICIES, TRAINING, EQUIPMENT OR INNER AGENCY COORDINATION FOR THE PROTESTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH IN MINNEAPOLIS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE REPORT CITES MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO CLAIMED OFFICERS REPEATEDLY ESCALATED VIOLENCE, USED EXCESSIVE FORCE AND RACIAL SLURS.

THE MOB TORE MAKES RECOMMENDATION -- MONITOR MAKES THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU CAN FIND ON OUR WEBSITE WITH THE FULL REPORT.

>> CHICAGO OFFICIALS ADDED THREE MORE STATES TO THE TRAVEL ADVISORY.

THIS MEANS UNVACCINATED TRAVELERS FROM FLORIDA, LOUISIANA AND NEVADA ARE NOW ADVISED NOT REQUIRED, TO OBTAIN A NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST RESULT THREE DAYS BEFORE ARRIVAL OR QUARANTINE FOR 10 DAYS UPON ARRIVAL.

MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS REMAIN ON THE LIST HAVING BEEN ADDED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

THE MAYOR AND PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER SOUNDED THE ALARM ON THE RISING COVID TEST POSITIVITY IN CHICAGO UP TO 1.5% AFTER FAILING -- FALLING TO .4% IN LATE JUNE.

THE MAYOR SAYS THE DELTA VARIANT ACCOUNTS FOR 44% OF ALL CONFIRMED CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS AND CONTINUES TO URGE RESIDENTS TO GET VACCINATED TO AVOID A FOURTH SURGE.

>> FOR MORE ON WHAT THE MAYOR SAID ABOUT LOLLAPALOOZA VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

>> A SECOND MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO 42 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE DEATH OF HADIYA PENDLETON.

PROSECUTORS SAID KENNETH WILLIAMS SERVED AS THE GETAWAY DRIVER BACK IN 2013 WHEN ANOTHER MAN OPENED FIRE ON 15-YEAR-OLD HADIYA PENDLETON AND A GROUP OF FRIENDS IN HARSH PARK AS THEY TOOK COVER FROM THE RAIN.

HER MOTHER, GAVE A VICTIM'S IMPACT STATEMENT TODAY BEFORE THE SENTENCING.

>> SHE DID NOT DESERVE WHAT YOU DID, AND YOU MICHAEL DID.

WE DIDN'T DESERVE IT.

WE SPEND OUR DAYS AND WEEKS COPING WITH THE LOSS SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES COUPLED WITH THE LOSS OF OUR OWN LIVES AND SO MUCH TIME BECAUSE OF YOUR SELFISHNESS.

WHO KNOWS WHAT SHE COULD HAVE BEEN.

>> AND WILLIAMS REPRESENTED HIMSELF DURING THE SENTENCING.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT HE TOLD THE COURT.

>> GOVERNOR PRITZKER IS SEEKING A SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.

THE GOVERNOR LAUNCHED HIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN YESTERDAY WITH A VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA TOUTING HIS LEADERSHIP OF THE STATE THROUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

BUT REPUBLICAN OPPONENTS USED THE OCCASION TO BASH WHAT THEY HAVE CALLED A DISASTROUS TENURE.

PARIS SCHUTZ SAT DOWN WITH A ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE GOVERNOR.

>> THE GOVERNOR IS ALL IN AND THIS IS AFTER MONTHS OF APPEARING TO CON TERNE NATURE ABOUT WHETHER HE WANTED TO SEEK A SECOND TERM BECAUSE OF THE SCRUTINY HIS FAMILY AND CHILDREN TOOK FROM OPPONENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BUT HIS FAMILY IS ALL ONBOARD WITH THIS, TOO AND YESTERDAY'S ROLL OUT VIDEO AS WE SAW WAS 100% ABOUT HIS RESPONSE TO COVID-19.

GETTING THE STATE THROUGH THE MITIGATIONS AND THE RELATIVELY SUCCESSFUL VACCINATION PROGRAM.

I ASKED THE GOVERNOR IF THIS IS WHY HE BELIEVES VOTERS SHOULD GIVE HIM A SECOND TERM?

HE SAID NO.

IT'S WHAT HE BELIEVES HIS ADMINISTRATION ACCOMPLISHED DESPITE COVID-19.

>> WE MADE GREAT STRIDES NONETHELESS.

THINK ABOUT RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

A MILLION PEOPLE WILL BE LIFTED OUT OF POVERTY AS A RESULT OF OUR MINIMUM WAGE HIKE.

WE EXPANDED HEALTHCARE FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE.

WE PUT PEOPLE TO WORK BUILDING ROADS AND BRIDGES AND SCHOOLS.

WE'VE BEEN GETTING OUR FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER.

AND WE'VE BEEN MAKING GOVERNMENT WORK FOR ILLINOIS FAMILIES.

>> AND THE GOVERNOR'S OPPONENTS ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE CRITICIZED HIS COVID RESPONSE SHUTDOWNS, PROBLEMS WITH UNEMPLOYMENT SECURITY, DEATHS AT THE VETERANS HOME.

NO DOUBT THEY WILL BRING THAT UP DURING THE CAMPAIGN.

>> WHAT IS HE PROPOSING?

>> HE IS SOUNDING THE SAME NOTES THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND NATIONAL DEMOCRATS ARE SOUNDING RIGHT NOW.

THINGS LIKE EXPANDED CHILDCARE, UNIVERSAL PRE-K AND FREE COLLEGE USE ITION.

>> EARLY -- TUITION.

>> EARLY CHILD EDUCATION AND CHILDCARE IN OUR STATE NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED.

WE HAVE SEEN THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE WANT TO GET OUR PEOPLE TO WORK.

TO -- BACK TO WORK.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING CHILDCARE FOR EVERYONE.

EXPANDING MAP GRANTS AS I HAVE STEADILY EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN AFFORD IT.

I THINK EVERYBODY THAT IS AT THE MEDIAN INCOME LEVEL AND BELOW OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GO TO COLLEGE FOR FREE.

>> AND HOW TO PAY FOR THAT IN A STATE HAT HAS A BACKLOG OF BILLS THOUGH THIS ADMINISTRATION BROUGHT THAT BACKLOG DOWN.

I ASKED PRITZKER IF HE WOULD PUSH AGAIN FOR A GRADUATED INCOME TAX THAT FAILED SURELY NEED TO BE MORE REVENUE TO PAY FOR THE INITIATIVES AND THE STATE'S MASSIVE PENSION COSTS.

>> I'VE BEEN ALL ABOUT LOWERING TAXES FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THOSE IN THE WORKING CLASS AND ASKING THE WEALTHIEST TO PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WHILE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE FAIR TAX, WE CUT CORPORATE WELFARE BY 655 MILLION DOLLARS IN THIS LAST BUDGET.

THAT DOES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT TO REDUCE THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR STATE AND ALLOWS US TO MOVE SOME OF THAT TO PAYING FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO COLLEGE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EXPANDING CHILDCARE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

>> AND PARIS, REMIND US WHO THE GOVERNOR IS FACING?

>> AS YOU CALLED THE GOVERNOR $35 MILLION OF HIS PERSONAL WEALTH INTO THE CAMPAIGN THERE ARE THREE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WHO NO DOUBT ARE NOT GOING TO SPEND THAT MUCH COLLECTIVELY WHO FILED TO RUN.

DARREN BAILEY WHO TOOK THE GOVERNOR TO COURT OVER RESTRICTIONS, GARY RABINE, AND PAUL SCHMIDT ALL THREE FELT THE GOVERNOR'S HANDLING OF COVID AND THE RESULTING ECONOMIC FALLOUT HAS NOT BEEN GOOD.

>> WHAT I KNOW IS THE ECONOMY OF ILLINOIS IS IN SHAMBLES.

WE HAVE SEVERAL STATE AGENCIES TO THIS DATE THAT HAVE NOT RETURNED TO WORK.

WE HAVE SMALL BUSINESS SUFFERING ALL ACROSS THIS STATE BECAUSE HE ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SIT AND CONTINUE TO DRAW UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WHEN THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR JOBS.

>> MEANWHILE RABINE SAID... >> AND THEN A STATEMENT FROM CANDIDATE...

THE GOVERNOR HAD A HARSH RESPONSE SAYING HE TOOK ACTION WHEN HIS CRITICS DID NOTHING.

>> THE FOLKS WHO SAY THOSE THINGS ARE THE SAME FOLKS WHO DID NOTHING TO MITIGATE THE PANDEMIC.

THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO VOTED AGAINST THE SUPPORTS FOR FAMILIES LIKE EXPANDING HOUSING SUPPORT LIKE EXPANDING SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES.

THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT DURING THIS PANDEMIC.

BUT EVERYDAY, I WAKE UP AND THINK ABOUT HOW DO I MAKE PEOPLE'S LIVES BETTER.

>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG RACE.

THE MARATHON THE PRIMARY IS NOT UNTIL JUNE.

GENERAL ELECTION NEXT NOVEMBER.

SO SIT BACK AND LET IT ALL HAPPEN.

AND WE HAVE THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> THANK YOU.

AND IN A MINUTE WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT MORE WITH ILLINOIS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE BATTLE AND MORE.

>> YOU GOT IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I THINK >> A BUSY WEEK IN WASHINGTON D.C. WITH A SCHEDULED VOTE ON ONE OF PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S KEY AGENDA ITEMS: INFRASTRUCTURE.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> WE SHOULD BE UNITED IN ONE THING; PASSAGE OF THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE FRAMEWORK WHICH WE SHOOK HANDS ON.

WE SHOOK HANDS ON.

>> AND JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND AND MUCH MORE ARE CONGRESSMAN DARIN LaHOOD A REPUBLICAN FROM DUNLAP AND CONGRESSMAN RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI A DEMOCRAT FROM SCHAUMBURG.

WELCOME BACK BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

CONGRESSMAN KRISHNAMOORTHI $1 BILLION NEGOTIATIONS THE VOTES COULD BEGIN IN THE SENATE AND THE REPUBLICANS SAY THERE ARE STICKING POINTS WHAT ARE THE STICKING POINTS AT THIS POINT?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND IT'S NICE TO BE ON WITH CONGRESSMAN LaHOOD WHO REPRESENTS MY HOMETOWN OF PEORIA.

I THINK THE STICKING POINTS BOIL DOWN TO WHAT IS GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN TERMS OF THE TYPES OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN HOW DO YOU PAY FOR IT.

BUT I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THERE IS A LOT OF MOMENTUM FOR GETTING THIS DONE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE BIPARTISAN PACKAGE EMERGE AND QUITE FRANKLY MY CONSTITUENTS ARE DEMANDING SUCH A PACKAGE AS WELL.

>> CONGRESSMAN LaHOOD, STILL UNRESOLVED AS CONGRESSMAN KRISHNAMOORTHI SAID IS HOW TO PAY FOR THIS $579 BILLION IN NEW SPENDING.

HOW SHOULD IT BE PAID FOR?

>> LISTEN, I GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO THE BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS WORKING ON THIS WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS TEAM.

THEY HAVE BEEN GOING AT IT FOR SEVEN WEEKS AND THEY HAVE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AND IT'S GREAT TO BE ON WITH YOU AND VIEWERS.

WE HAVE TO GET INFRASTRUCTURE DONE.

AND LISTEN, I THINK WE'RE IN THE RED ZONE NOW.

WE ARE NOT IN THE END ZONE.

BUT YOU KNOW THERE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS ON PAY FORCE HOW YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS IS A BIG PART OF THAT AND WORKING OUT THOSE DETAILS.

I REMAIN OPTIMISTIC.

AND 1 TRILLION BILL THAT FIXES OUR ROADS AND BRIDGES AND RAIL SYSTEMS IS ESSENTIAL FOR OUR COUNTRY.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE FAR IN ILLINOIS TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR CAR GETTING A FLAT TIRE.

WE NEED TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND AGAIN, I WANT TO SEE THE PROCESS PLAY OUT IN THE SENATE THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

THAT IS PART OF LEGISLATING.

WE MAY NEED EXTRA DAYS TO DO THAT BUT I'M HOPEFUL THEY CAN GET IT DONE.

>> WHERE DO YOU DIFFER HOW TO PAY FOR THIS?

CONGRESSMAN KRISHNAMOORTHI WHAT ARE THE REVENUE SOURCES?

>> WELL, I THINK JUST ONE EXAMPLE, I BELIEVE THAT ALL CORPORATIONS SHOULD PAY TAXES.

I WAS A SMALL BUSINESS PERSON I PAID THE FULL 35% CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE WHEN IT WAS AT THAT LEVEL.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GO BACK TO 35% BY ANY STRETCH.

HOWEVER I DO THINK THAT EVERY CORPORATION SHOULD PAY SOMETHING.

THERE SHOULD BE A MINIMUM CORPORATE TAX RATE.

75 OF THE FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES DO NOT PAY A DIME.

THAT IS ONE SOURCE.

AND THEN WE ALSO SHOULD WORK WITH OUR GLOBAL PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY IS ABLE TO SHIFT PROFITS OVERSEAS AND ESCAPE AMERICAN TAX LAWS IN THE PROCESS.

BUT I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER PLACES AS WELL.

I THINK THE I.R.S.

SHOULD GET RESOURCES TO ENFORCE TAX LAWS.

UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T PAY THEIR TAXES AND ARE ABLE TO DODGE AND I THINK THAT THE I.R.S.

SHOULD HAVE THE RESOURCES TO ENFORCE THE LAWS TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET AWAY WITH THAT.

>> AND REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE HAVE BEEN OPPOSED TO THOSE SOURCES OF REVENUE.

>> CONGRESSMAN LaHOOD DO YOU AGREE OR OTHER SOURCES YOU PREFER TO SEE?

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE FRAMEWORK IS DOESN'T RAISE TAXES.

ABOUT HALF OF IT 450 BILLION IS LEFTOVER COVID MONEY THAT IS A GOOD THING AND THE REMAINING 550-600 BILLION IS PART OF WHAT THE PROCESS THEY ARE GOING THROUGH NOW BUT IT DOES NOT RAISE THE BUSINESS TAX RATE ON WORKING FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

YOU KNOW I THINK COMING OUT OF A PANDEMIC, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT RAISING TAXES.

LET'S GET THE ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK BEFORE WE THINK ABOUT DOING THAT.

THE ORIGINAL BIDEN PLAN LOOKED AT RAISING TAXES ON CORPORATE -- CAPITAL GAINS MAKING THAT RETROACTIVE AND CHANGING [INAUDIBLE] WHICH WOULD AFFECT MY FAMILY OWNED FARMERS.

AARGH IS THE NUMBER ONE -- AG IS THE NUMBER ONE INDUSTRY IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

THE CHANGING OF THE 1031 WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON SELLING HOMES AND SELLING COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

SO I THINK MOST REPUBLICANS BELIEVE WE OUGHT TO TAKE A PAUSE.

AND I GO BACK TO THE BIPARTISAN BILL THERE ARE USER FEES BUT IF YOU USE THE AIRPORT YOU OUGHT TO PAY A FEE.

IF YOU USE THE RAIL SYSTEM YOU OUGHT TO PAY A FEE.

THE USER TYPE MECHANISM IS A POSITIVE.

I THINK THE SENATE BILL IS ON TRACK IN TERMS OF RAISING THE APPROPRIATE REVENUE AND USING THE LEFTOVER COVID FUNDS.

>> AND MOVE ON TO THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS BILLS.

CONGRESSMAN KRISHNAMOORTHI THEY HAVE PASSED THE HOUSE THE TWO BILLS THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND THE OTHER VOTING RIGHTS BILL THAT WOULD BE A COUNTER TO THE STATE LAWS BEING CONSIDERED.

SENATOR DURBIN WAS SAYING THE TWO VOTING RIGHTS BILLS ARE NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE IN THE SENATE.

IS THAT IT THEN?

>> I HOPE NOT.

I AM AN AUTHOR OF SOME OF THE PROVISIONS OF WHAT IS CALLED HR1.

IT'S CALLED S1.

AND I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT SOME OF THE PROVISIONS WHETHER IT BOILS DOWN TO ENDING VOTER SUPPRESSION OR GETTING DARK MONEY OUT OF OUR ELECTION SYSTEM WHEN I TALK TO REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS A LOT AGREE WITH ME.

OR ENCOURAGING STUDENT VOTING WHICH ARE THE PROVISIONS THAT I'VE AUTHORED.

I HOPE WE CAN GET THEM THROUGH.

THAT BEING SAID, I AM HOPEFUL THAT JOE MANCHIN AND AMONG OTHERS IS WORKING ON LEGISLATION WITH REGARD TO THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT PROVISIONS OF IT THAT COULD SURVIVE A FILIBUSTER.

AND GET THROUGH THE SENATE.

I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ENABLE PEOPLE TO VOTE.

THIS IS AS YOU KNOW IS A CIVIC DUTY BUT OFTENTIMES THERE IS A LOT STANDING IN THE WAY OF THAT.

AND WE HAVE TO AVOID ANYTHING THAT COULD SUPPRESS THE VOTE WHICH IS WHAT I FEAR IS HAPPENING IN A LOT OF SOUTHERN STATES AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO PREVENT.

>> AND CONGRESSMAN LaHOOD THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO ILLINOIS, SOME OF THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL ELEMENTS OF THE VOTER BILLS IN REPUBLICAN LED STATES ARE PROVISIONS THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY THE AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER ELECTIONS FROM ELECTION AUTHORITIES OR GIVE PARTISAN LEGISLATURES THE POWER TO APPOINT PEOPLE MIDSTREAM.

SHOULD CITIZENS BE CONCERNED THAT COULD LEAD TO PARTISAN LEGISLATURES OVERTHROWING ELECTION RESULTS THAT THEY DON'T LIKE?

>> I WILL SAY THIS WHEN I TALK TO CONSTITUENTS IN MY DISTRICT, THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE A FEDERALIZED ELECTION SYSTEM THEY DON'T BELIEVE HAVING THE SYSTEM THE SAME AS CALIFORNIA WHERE YOU HAVE BALLOT HARVESTING.

WHERE YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF LAWS THAT ARE IN ILLINOIS RIGHT NOW.

ILLINOIS HAS A GOOD MODEL.

BUT I ALSO AM A BELIEVEER IN STATE'S RIGHTS AND STATE'S OUGHT TO DECIDE THE VOTING SYSTEM.

WYOMING IS DIFFERENT FROM ILLINOIS AND CALIFORNIA IS DIFFERENT FROM FLORIDA.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT HR1 WHICH WOULD FEDERALIZE OUR ELECTIONS I THINK THAT GOES AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION AND LEAVING IT UP TO THE STATES TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

SECONDARYLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATES IMPLEMENTING VOTER ID'S REQUIRED FOR VOTING IN ELECTIONS, 80% OF THE PUBLIC SUPPORTS THAT.

IN POLLING.

AND YOU'VE STARTED SEEING JOE MANCHIN SUPPORTS THAT HAVING AN ID TO VOTE.

I REMAIN OPEN MINDED ON SOME PROVISIONS THAT WE CAN AGREE ON IN A BIPARTISAN WAY TO HELP FIX OUR VOTING SYSTEM.

BUT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF NATIONALIZING OUR ELECTION SYSTEM.

>> THERE MIGHT BE SOME KIND OF BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION AT LEAST IN TERMS OF ASPECTS OF VOTING.

WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

WE WILL BE JOINED AGAIN TO DISCUSS THE SPIKE IN COVID-19 AND MORE.

OUR THANKS TO CONGRESSMAN DARIN LaHOOD AND CONGRESSMAN RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI.

>> AND NOW BACK TO BRANDIS AND WHAT A COURT RULING COULD MEAN FOR DACA RECIPIENTS.

>> THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA IS NOW IN LIMBO AFTER A FEDERAL JUDGE IN TEXAS PUT A HALT ON THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILD ARRIVALS IMMIGRATION POLICY OR DACA FRIDAY.

UNDER DACA INDIVIDUALS BROUGHT TO AMERICA AS CHILDREN ARE ALLOWED TO AVOID DEPORTATION AND WORK THROUGH TWO-YEAR RENEWABLE PERIODS.

DACA WAS SIGNED BY BARACK OBAMA IN 2012 AS A PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM.

THE JUDGE REFERENCED THE PROCESS IN WHICH THE POLICY WAS ESTABLISHED IN RULE TO GO UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

JOINING US ARE LAURA REESE FELLOW FOR HOMELAND SECURITY FOUNDATION BASED IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND VANESSA ESPARZA-LOPEZ, MANAGING PARTNER OF THE NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER AFFILIATED WITH THE ANTI-POVERTY ORGANIZATION HEARTLAND ALLIANCE HERE IN CHICAGO.

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

VANESSA ESPARZA-LOPEZ LET'S START WITH YOU.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION AND WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM YOUR CLIENTS?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I WANT TO REMIND YOUR VIEWERS WHO IS AT THE CENTER OF THESE LEGAL BATTLES.

THESE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, LOVED ONES.

OUR COWORKERS AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON.

IN GENERAL THERE'S FRUSTRATION THAT WE HEAR, CONFUSION.

WITH THE DIFFERING DISTRICT COURT DECISIONS THAT HAVE COME OUT IN THE RECENT THIS PAST FRIDAY AND BEFORE THAT IN DECEMBER.

AND DISAPPOINTED.

DISAPPOINTMENT FROM OUR CLIENTS.

>> AND LORA WHAT WAS THE REASONING FOR THE JUDGE'S RULING ON THIS DACA PROGRAM?

>> THE JUDGE RULED THAT THE DACA PROGRAM'S ILLEGAL BECAUSE IT IS THE AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS TO ESTABLISH IMMIGRATION LAWS INCLUDING PROVIDING IMMIGRATION BENEFITS OR WHATEVER POPULATION AND IN THIS CASE, IT WAS THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY BY SIGNING A MEMO WHO CREATED THE PROGRAM AND DID NOT FOLLOW THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT TO GIVE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

BUT CONGRESS HAS THE AUTHORITY AND THEREFORE THE JUDGE RULED IT UNIT CONSTITUTIONAL.

>> -- UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

>> HOW DOES THE RULE MAKING PROCESS DIFFER FROM AN EXECUTIVE ORDER LIKE THE ONE PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED?

>> CONGRESS HAS THE AUTHORITY TO GRANT BENEFITS.

INCLUDING WORK AUTHORIZATION WHICH IS PART OF THE DACA BENEFIT.

SO EVEN IF THE ADMINISTRATION FILES A RULE TO PROVIDE THE BENEFIT, IT'S CONGRESS THAT HAS THE AUTHORITY.

AND CONGRESS HAS CONSIDERED SUCH LEGISLATION MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS.

BUT HAS FAILED TO PASS SUCH A BILL WHICH IS WHY PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD THE SECRETARY STAND UP THE PROGRAM VIA MEMO.

>> VANESSA ESPARZA-LOPEZ YOUR ORGANIZATION REPRESENTS PEOPLE WITHIN THE DACA PROGRAM.

WHAT DOES THE APPLICATION AND THE RENEWAL PROCESS ENTAIL?

>> WITH REGARDS TO THE JUDGE'S RULING, YOU KNOW NO ONE IS DISPUTING THE CONGRESS HAS THE AUTHORITY TO PASS LAWS BUT WE FEEL THE JUDGE'S RULING WAS WRONG.

OUR U.S. IMMIGRATION LAWS PROVIDE AUTHORITY TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IN HOW IT ENFORCES THE IMMIGRATION LAWS IT CAN CHOOSE TO NOT DEPORT CERTAIN MEMBERS AND PROVIDE A PERMANENT RELIEF PROGRAM IN THE EXERCISE OF INDIVIDUALIZED DISCRETION LIKE THE DACA PROGRAM DOES.

IN TERMS OF THE DACA PROCESS ITSELF, THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF FORM FILLING A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION THAT GOES TO SUPPORT THE APPLICANT'S ELIGIBILITY.

AND ONE FILES AS AN INDIVIDUAL DOES THROUGH AN BACKGROUND CHECK AFTER WHICH POINT THE AGENCY DOES MAKE AN INDIVIDUALIZED DETERMINATION IN THE EXERCISE OF PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION WHETHER OR NOT TO GRANT THE BENEFIT TO THAT INDIVIDUAL.

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE HERE WHO WERE BROUGHT HERE AS CHILDREN AND HAVE FULLY GROWN-UP IN THIS COUNTRY UP TO THIS POINT.

WHY SHOULDN'T THE IMMIGRATION STATUS BE PROTECTED?

OR IS IT A MATTER OF HOW THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED?

>> WELL, IN ADDITION TO HOW THE PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED, REWARDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS BAD POLICY.

BECAUSE IT BEGETS MORE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND WE'RE SEEING THAT PLAY OUT EVERYDAY RIGHT NOW WITH THE BORDER CRISIS.

JUST THIS YEAR, 95,000 UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN HAVE COME TO THE BORDER AND HAVE BEEN LET IN AND THE ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO STAY IF YOU COME AS AN UNACCOMPANIED CHILD WE WILL LET YOU IN WHICH IS ENCOURAGING MORE PARENTS TO PUT THEIR CHILDREN INTO THE HANDS OF TRAFFICKERS AND BRING THEM TO THE U.S. AND THE TRAFFICKERS HAVE NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE.

SO IT'S BAD POLICY AND IT'S DANGEROUS.

AMERICANS HAVE A VERY GENEROUS LEGAL IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.

BUT WE WANT AN ORDERLY SYSTEM AND WE VALUE LIFE.

SO THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING LAWFUL IMMIGRATION NOT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO COME UNLAWFULLY.

>> DACA HAS BEEN LEGALLY CHALLENGED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND IT WAS IN LATE 2020 THAT THE SUPREME COURT CALLED THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S EFFORTS TO END THE PROGRAM QUOTE ARBITRARY.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT IS A FAIR ASSESSMENT?

CONGRESS HAS FAILED TO PASS THIS KIND OF LEGISLATION.

WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?

>> WELL, IT TELLS ME THAT CONGRESS NEEDS TO GET ITS ACT TOGETHER NOW.

PRESIDENT BIDEN AND CONGRESS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THROUGH THE RESOLUTION PACKAGE THAT IS IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE LAWFUL STATUS TO NOT JUST DACA RECIPIENTS TO A VAST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

TALKING ABOUT FARM WORKERS, ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

AND THE FACT IS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS FORCED TO ENACT DACA BECAUSE CONGRESS WAS NOT PASSING ANYTHING.

WE'RE 10 YEARS LATER, NEXT JUNE WILL BE THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF DACA AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE A RESOLUTION.

WE CAN DEBATE THE INTECASSIES OF THE JUDGE'S RULING BUT WE CAN AGREE IT'S TIME FOR CONGRESS TO DO ITS JOB AND PASS THE PACKAGE.

[ALL TALKING AT ONCE] >> I WANTED TO GET LORA ON THAT POINT, WHAT ARE YOUR PROJECTIONS FOR DACA SEVERAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION REFORM AS PART OF BUDGET RECONCILIATION.

WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING NEXT?

>> SO IMMIGRATION IS NOT INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS SHOULD NOT BE TRYING TO JAM THROUGH A BILL THAT THEY CAN'T GET 60 VOTES FOR USING A BUDGET RECONCILIATION TACTIC BECAUSE THEY ONLY NEED 51 VOTES.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DO NOT WANT MORE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

THEY WANT A LAWFUL SYSTEM AND THEY WANT THAT RESPECTED AND NO ONE WANTS THAT MORE THAN IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE COME THEMSELVES LAWFULLY.

>> OK. WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> UP NEXT, A LOCAL ARTIST NAVIGATES THE CITY TO FIND GRITTY SETTINGS FOR HIS UNUSUAL PAINTINGS.

STAY WITH US.

>> MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE PROGRAM INCLUDING NEW INFORMATION ON THE IMPACT COVID-19 HAS ON THE BODY.

BUT FIRST, THE TRADITION OF ARTISTS PAINTING OUTDOORS BRINGS TO MIND LANDSCAPES OF LAKES AND GARDENS.

WE MET A CHICAGO ARTIST WHO FINDS BEAUTY IN THE GRIT OF THE CITY.

MARC VITALI HAS THE DETAILS ON THE ARTIST WHO IS DETAIL ORIENTED.

[♪♪♪] >> THESE ARE NOT THE IMAGES OF CHICAGO YOU'D SEE IN A VISITOR'S GUIDE.

STILL THE ODD CORNERS ARE AS MUCH AS PART OF THE CITY AS NAVY PIER OR THE MUSEUM CAMPUS.

ARTIST ANDY PACZOS HEADS TO THE SAME LOCATION HE WORKED AT FOR MONTHS.

A CORNER OF THE VAN BUREN STREET BRIDGE NEAR WHACKER DRIVE.

>> I NEVER SPEND LONG AT A SITE.

I LIKE THE DISCOVERY AND THE EXAMINATION TO COME.

IT SEEMS TO BE NO END TO THE AMOUNT OF SCRUTINY YOU CAN GET.

BUT I HAVE TO STOP SOONER SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SAY ENOUGH.

>> ANDY PACZOS IS APRACTICED TO THINGS THAT ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED.

>> NO ONE ASKED ME WHY I WOULD PAINT THIS.

IT HAS EVERYTHING THAT AN ARTIST MIGHT WANT.

WHAT ATTRACTED ME IS THE WONDERFUL PIECE OF CONCRETE IT LOOKED LIKE A SCULPTURE.

>> HE WORKS FOR TWO TO THREE MONTHS ON EVEN PAINTING AND WHEN PAINTING ON LOCATION IT IS A FIGHT TO THE FINISH.

>> IT IS A BATTLE.

SO MANY THINGS ARE WORKING AGAINST ME.

THE WIND, THE CHANGING SEASONS AND THE CHANGING SUN.

>> WE FIRST MET ANDY PACZOS IN 2020 A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE SHUTDOWN.

HE WAS DOING A STUDY FOR A PAINTING BESIDE AN EMPTY LOT NEAR THE METRA STATION.

THE DRAWING RESULTED IN THIS PAINTING.

>> I WANT TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT EVERYTHING I'M PAINTING THAT HAS TO BE GALVANIZED STEEL TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE MATERIAL IT IS NOT JUST THE FACTS.

>> THOSE FACTS DO NOT INCLUDE PEOPLE.

HIS PAINTING ARE UNPOPULATED.

>> THERE IS NO PEOPLE IN MY PAINTINGS.

THEY GENERALLY HAVE A CERTAIN SOLITUDE ABOUT THEM AND I'M NOT INTERESTED IN PEOPLE THAT MUCH.

I LOVE THEM BUT NOT AS A SUBJECT MATTER >> AND HE MIGHT LISTEN TO THEIR ADVICE.

>> ONE TIME AT RAINBOW BEACH THIS GIRL CAME UP AND LOOKING AND HEY YOU MISSED THAT OR THAT IS WRONG RIGHT HERE AND POINTING OUT AN ANGLE AND YOU KNOW YOU ARE RIGHT.

>> BORN IN DETROIT HE STUDIED AT THE ART INSTITUTE WITH TED HALL KIN.

ANDY PACZOS' WORKS HAVE BEEN FEATURED AT THE ARTS CENTER AND THE ARTIST CHRIS WARE IS A FAN AND OWNS A PAINTING.

WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT, THE PAINTINGS DON'T COME CHEAP.

>> I DON'T MAKE A LOT OF MONEY WHEN THEY GO FOR BETWEEN 8 AND 10,000.

A SIX-WEEK PAINTING PERIOD I'M MAKING MINIMUM WAGE.

>> EVERYTHING DOES CHANGE EVEN THE SAME LOCATION.

I CAN COME BACK AND SOME OF THE TREES THAT WERE THERE MIGHT NOT BE THERE.

IT'S FUNNY HOW YOU THINK THINGS CAN BE PERMANENT.

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

>> ANDY PACZOS CONTINUES TO PAINT ON THE VAN BUREN STREET BRIDGE AND IS SCOUTING THE NEXT LOCATIONS.

YOU CAN SEE MORE WORK ON HIS WEBSITE.

HIDDEN BEAUTY IN SOME UNTRADITIONAL LOCATIONS.

>> HIDDEN BEAUTY AND ALSO AN IMPRESSIVE AMOUNT OF DETAIL IN THOSE AS WELL.

ALMOST LOOKED REAL IN HIS CASE MIGHT BE THE POINT THANK YOU.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... CONGRESS MEMBERS DISCUSS Dr. FAUCI'S CAPITOL HILL TESTIMONY ON THE SPIKE OF COVID-19 AROUND THE COUNTRY.

MANY SURVIVORS OF COVID-19 SUFFER LONG-TERM SYMPTOMS INCLUDING SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND FATIGUE.

A STUDY FINDS DAMAGE TO THE LUNGS MAY NOT BE THE ONLY CAUSE.

>> COASTAL REPAIRS AND CLIMATE MITIGATION ARE A HUGE CONCERN FOR CITIES AROUND THE GREAT LAKES REGION BUT MANY LACK THE EXPERTISE.

>> YOU MIGHT THINK THEY ARE PESTS BUT THEY ARE GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT WE SHARE FACTS ABOUT MOTHS DURING NATIONAL MOTH WEEK.

OF COURSE.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... STUDENTS ATTENDING CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WILL NOTICE A RETURN TO ALMOST PREPANDEMIC OPERATIONS FOR THE COMING YEAR.

THE ARCHDIOCESE PLANS TO RESUME SCHOOL, MASSES AND FIELD TRIPS AND BEFORE AND AFTER CARE PROGRAMS.

IT WILL NO LONGER REQUIRE WELLNESS CHECKS AND STAGGERED DROP-OFFS.

THE MASKS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR FULLY VACCINATED STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF BUT GUIDANCE ON MASKS WILL BE RELEASED EARLY NEXT MONTH.

OFFICIALS ADVISE FAMILY AND STAFF THAT PROVIDING PROOF OF VACCINATION WILL BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL FOR CONTACT TRACING IN THE EVENT OF AN EXPOSURE.

>> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAYS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT OWES ILLINOIS AND OTHER STATES FOR THE COST OF SENDING THOUSANDS OF NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS TO SECURE THE CAPITOL IN THE DAYS AND MONTHS AFTER THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION.

HE CALLED ON THE SENATE TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MAKE THE NATIONAL GUARD WHOLE.

WITHOUT SUCH FUNDS HIS OFFICE SAYS THE GUARD COULD FACE A REDUCTION IN EXERCISES, WEEKEND TRAINING AND FURLOUGHS AND JEOPARDIZING MONTHLY PAYMENTS FOR DRILLS AND INSURANCE.

HUNDREDS OF GUARDS MEMBERS JOINED THE 25,000 DEPLOYED TO WASHINGTON D.C. >> AND NOW BACK TO PARIS FOR MORE WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

PARIS?

>> THANK YOU.

EARLIER WE SPOKE WITH CONGRESSMAN DARIN LaHOOD AND RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEY ARE BACK TO TALK ABOUT THE SPIKE IN COVID-19.

LET'S START WITH WHAT Dr. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY ABOUT THE DELTA VARIANT SWEEPING THE COUNTRY.

>> HAS THE CAPABILITY OF TRANSMITTING EFFICIENTLY FROM HUMAN TO HUMAN IN AN EXTRAORDINARY MANNER WELL BEYOND ANY OF THE OTHER VARIANTS THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED.

>> AND THIS PARTICULAR IS A THREAT TO THE UNVACCINATED.

CONGRESSMAN LaHOOD, A LOT OF THE AREAS LAGGING IN VACCINATION TEND TO BE RURAL IN ILLINOIS, DOWN STATE THE METRO EAST AREA DOES THAT MEAN THAT MASK MANDATES SHOULD COME BACK?

>> LISTEN I WILL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH GETTING MORE VACCINATIONS OUT THERE.

THERE HAS BEEN VACCINE HESITATION IN THE RURAL PARTS THAT I REPRESENT.

EVERY TIME I TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THE VACCINE.

MOST PEOPLE GET COVID OR THEY WILL GET THE VACCINE.

AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

BUT I WILL SAY THIS...

I DON'T THINK POLITICIANS OUGHT TO BE THE ONES TELLING PEOPLE TO DO THAT.

LISTEN TO YOUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL THAT YOU ARE CLOSE WITH YOUR DOCTOR AND NURSES AND PEOPLE YOU RESPECT AND THAT YOU VALUE THEIR OPINION.

AND YOU VALUE THE SCIENCE AS IT RELATES TO THE VACCINE.

I ENCOURAGE -- I CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET THE VACCINE.

I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A MORE ROBUST PUBLIC RELATIONS OUTREACH IN MANY OF OUR RURAL AREAS.

FINDING PEOPLE THAT CAN WHETHER IT'S FARMERS OR COUNTRY WESTERN SINGER OR SOMEBODY THAT CAN GO IN AND TALK ABOUT THE VACCINE AND OUR URBAN AREAS, TOO.

A BETTER PR CAMPAIGN BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION NOT HAVING POLITICIANS TELL YOU TO DO THIS BUT PEOPLE THEY RESPECT OR VALUE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO DO THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF MISINFORMATION.

AND CONGRESSMAN KRISHNAMOORTHI THE GENERAL WISDOM IS THAT FOLKS THAT WANT THE VACCINE HAVE GOTTEN IT AND FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE IT ARE THE ONES THAT DON'T WANT TO GET IT.

HOW DO YOU GET MORE SHOTS INTO ARMS?

>> WELL, I AM GLAD THAT MY COLLEAGUE CONGRESSMAN LaHOOD AGREES THAT PEOPLE SHOULD GET VACCINATED.

I THINK ONE THING THAT QUITE FRANKLY FOLKS SHOULD DO IS 90 OF MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES HAVE NOT REVEALED THEIR VACCINATION STATUS BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

I THINK THEY SHOULD BE AMONG THOSE WHO SAY LOOK THIS IS SAFE THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS DONE AND THAT HELPS.

I AGREE WITH DARRIN THAT WE SHOULD HAVE PEOPLE THAT FOLKS RESPECT WHETHER THEY ARE COUNTRY WESTERN MUSICIANS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT COUNTRY WESTERN SONG COME OUT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED AND WE NEED TO SEE PASTORS AND FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO GET VACCINATED.

AND WE HAVE TO GET RID OF THE DISINFORMATION ON-LINE ABOUT VACCINATIONS.

FURTHERMORE, PARIS, I'VE AUTHORED SOMETHING CALLED NOVID, NO MORE COVID TO NOT ONLY GET PEOPLE HERE VACCINATED AND GET PEOPLE ABROAD VACCINATED.

PEOPLE POOR PEOPLE ESPECIALLY IN COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE NOT GETTING VACCINATED AND THEREFORE THEY ARE SERVING AS A PETRI DISH FOR THE NEXT VARIANTS BEYOND THE DELTA VARIANT.

WE SHOULD NOT WAIT FOR THE EPSILON VARIANT TO REALIZE THAT COVID ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO EVERYONE EVERYWHERE AND WE HAVE TO GET RID OF COVID AND THE UNITED STATES HAS TO LEAD THE WAY.

>> I WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE SELECT PANEL TO LOOK INTO WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6.

CONGRESSMAN LaHOOD YOUR COLLEAGUE DOWN STATE RODNEY DAVIS APPOINTED THIS COMMISSION WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE OUT OF REPUBLICANS ON THIS COMMISSION?

>> WELL, I THINK THE COMMITTEE WILL BE WELL SERVED BY CONGRESSMAN DAVIS.

HE IS OUR RANKING MEMBER ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.

HE WILL ADD VALUE TO THE COMMITTEE.

WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT-AND-SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN TERMS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE AND HOW THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, I WILL SAY THIS, OBVIOUSLY I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION.

I THINK THEY HAVE INDICTED AND PROSECUTED OVER 400 PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH JANUARY 6 EVENT ON THAT DAY.

AS A FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR I THINK THAT IS ANYBODY INVOLVED OUGHT TO BE PROSECUTED AND WE NEED TO SEND A MESSAGE THIS BEHAVIOR WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

WE HAVE COMPANION INVESTIGATIONS IN THE SENATE WITH THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE AND ALSO IN THE HOUSE AND NOW THIS COMMITTEE.

I THINK THERE WILL BE DUPLICATION BUT I HOPE AGAIN, THAT WE HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND SEND THE MESSAGE THE RULE OF LAW WILL PREVAIL.

>> THE STANDARD BEARER FOR THE G.O.P.

FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO HAS REPEATED THE FALSE ELECTION CLAIMS OF A STOLEN ELECTION NO DOUBT LED TO THE ANGER.

DO YOU BELIEVE THE FORMER PRESIDENT DOES HAVE CULPABILITY HERE OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT HAPPENED?

>> WELL, I THINK THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING PROSECUTED RIGHT NOW ARE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE THOSE ARE THE ONES WE HAD ONE SENTENCED YESTERDAY TO FEDERAL PRISON TIME AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE MORE AND MORE PROSECUTIONS.

THOSE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT STORMED THE CAPITOL AND BROKE IN AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.

AND THERE HAS TO BE PUNITIVE MEASURES FOR THOSE INVOLVED WITH THE PLANNING AND ORCHESTRATING IT AND I LEAVE IT UP TO OUR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND PROSECUTORS TO DO THAT.

>> CONGRESSMAN RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI, THE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KEVIN McCARTHY BUT REPUBLICAN MEMBERS JIM JORDAN ON THAT PANEL.

DO YOU EXPECT REPUBLICANS IN GOOD FAITH TO WORK WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAND SCOPE OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY?

>> I HOPE SO.

I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT JIM JORDAN.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THEY NEED TO SEEK THE TRUTH THAT IS WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED.

WHO WAS INVOLVED.

WHY THE FEDERAL RESPONSE UNDER DONALD TRUMP WAS SO SLOW ON THE DAY IN QUESTION A DARK DAY.

WHY SO FEW PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW AND HOW DO WE PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

WE NEED TO ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS AND THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT ANSWERED.

>> WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THESE THINGS THANKS TO DARIN LaHOOD AND RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI.

TO BRANDIS FOR A STUDY ON COVID'S IMPACT ON THE BODY.

>> PARIS, AMONG THE MOST COMMON LONG-TERM PROBLEMS FOR SURVIVORS OF SEVERE COVID-19 IS A PERSISTENT SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND FATIGUE.

YOU MIGHT THINK THAT IS BECAUSE OF LUNG DAMAGE DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS AND THAT DOES OCCUR.

BUT A STUDY FOUND THAT DAMAGE TO THE DIAPHRAGM COULD ALSO BE A CAUSE OF THOSE LONG-TERM SYMPTOMS.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THAT STUDY IS Dr. COLIN FRANZ A PHYSICIAN SCIENTIST AND PROFESSOR AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU'VE DONE A STUDY ON PATIENTS WHO HAVE LONG-TERM EFFECTS FROM HAVING BEEN HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19 SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS INCLUDE SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND FATIGUE, POOR SLEEP AND HEADACHES, FEELING LIGHT-HEADED AND A TINGLING PAIN.

MOST FOLKS MIGHT THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THE LUNGS BUT YOUR STUDY FOCUSES ON THE DIAPHRAGM.

WHAT LED YOU TO FOCUS ON THAT AND REMIND US WHAT THE DIAPHRAGM DOES.

>> THE DIAPHRAGM IS THE MAIN BREATHING MUSCLE AND WHEN YOU BREATHE IN IT CONTRACTS AND IT GOES DOWN AND PULLS AIR INTO THE CHEST.

AND THE MUSCLE CAN BE WEAKENED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SITUATIONS WHICH I ALSO TAKE CARE OF BUT WE RELATED TO COVID IS ALL THE WEAKNESS WE WERE SEEING IN MUSCLES IN INDIVIDUALS THAT WENT TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND CAME TO THE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL AND THEY ARE WEAK ALL OVER.

SO IT STOOD TO REASON THAT SOME OF THE BREATHING PROBLEMS MIGHT BE FROM THE BREATHING MUSCLE BEING WEAKENED.

>> AND WHAT DID YOUR STUDY FIND?

>> HIM.

IT'S HARD TO DIRECTLY RELATE THE MUSCLE.

BUT USING ULTRASOUND WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE GET FAMILIAR WITH WHEN THEY HAVE CHILDREN AND FOR OTHER TESTS IT IS A NONINVASIVE TEST WE CAN DO WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE THICKNESS OF THE MUSCLE AND HOW WELL IT WAS CONTRACTING.

AND WHAT WE FOUND VERY OFTEN IN COVID PATIENTS FOR SURVIVORS WITH SEVERE COVID-19 WAS WEAKENED POOR QUALITY MUSCLE THAT DID NOT CONTRACT WELL.

>> IS THIS DAMAGE TO THE DIAPHRAGM IS THIS UNIQUE TO COVID PATIENTS OR DO OTHER PATIENTS WHO HAVE HAD EXTENDED STAYS IN THE ICU HAVE THEY HAD SIMILAR ISSUES?

>> THIS WAS A QUESTIONABLY STARTED TO GET THIS DATA AND THAT QUESTION CAME UP IMMEDIATELY.

AND WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE AFTER BEING IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT DO GET WEAK.

BUT WE FELT THIS WEAKNESS THAT THE COVID SURVIVORS HAD WAS OUT OF PROPORTION TO WHAT WE ARE USED TO AT THE REHABILITATION LEVEL.

WHEN WE COMPARED THEM TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE WE TRIED TO MATCH FOR INTENSIVE CARE UNIT STAYS WE FOUND THAT THE COVID PATIENTS HAD MORE SEVERE MUSCLE WEAKNESS HAD A HIGHER RATE THAN PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED THE ICU FOR OTHER ILLNESSES.

>> IS THIS DAMAGE IS IT PERMANENT OR SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REMEDIED WITH MEDICATION OR THERAPY?

>> THERE IS A SILVER LINING TO THIS OBSERVATION IT'S THAT ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT IN THE PUBLISHED REPORT YET IN THE NEWS DATA WHERE WE'VE BEEN TRACKING PEOPLE AFTER THEY LEAVE THE REHAB HOSPITAL IS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING BETTER AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT THEY DO RESPOND THIS WEAKNESS DOES RESPOND TO REHABILITATION.

AND TO TRAINING OF THE DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO HELP PATIENTS RECOVER?

WHAT DOES THAT TRAINING INVOLVE?

>> THERE IS A COUPLE ASPECTS.

THE FIRST PART IS, I THINK THE ANALOGY IF SOMEONE HAS A KNEE INJURY AND STARTS LIMPING AND THAT KNEE INJURY HEALS AND THEY CONTINUE TO LIMP.

WE'VE SEEN THAT TAKE PLACE WITH THE DIAPHRAGM WHERE PEOPLE START BREATHING THE ACCESSORY MUSCLES THAT CAN MOVE THE CHEST.

AND THEN WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TRAIN THEM TO START BREATHING AGAIN WITH THE DIAPHRAGM WHICH IS AS IT STARTS TO WORK AGAIN THEY NEED TO START TO RECOGNIZE THEY CAN ACTIVATE IT.

AND THERE'S BUILDING BACK THE MUSCLE STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE WE DO THROUGH TARGETED EXERCISES THAT ACTIVATE RESISTANCE WEIGHTLIFTING FOR THE DIAPHRAGM.

>> AS THE DELTA VARIANT SPREADS WE KNOW THIS PANDEMIC IS FAR FROM OVER, AND THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE RECOVERING FROM SORT OF LONG-TERM COVID SYMPTOMS ARE THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WILLING TO COVER THE COSTS OF THIS REHABILITATION?

>> WELL, I THINK THERE'S ALL THE ISSUES WITH ACCESS TO CARE BEFORE COVID.

THE BIGGEST THING WE'VE DONE ON OUR SIDE OF THINGS THAT THE SHIRLEY LAB AND NORTHWESTERN AND OTHER HOSPITAL SYSTEMS ACROSS THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY, IS TRY TO BUILD A COMPREHENSIVE POST COVID CLINIC WHICH IDEALLY WORKS TOGETHER SO YOU CAN SEE THE SPECIALISTS YOU NEED FOR THE WAYS THIS CAN AFFECT MANY PARTS OF THE BODY AND MAKE IT EASIER TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM.

ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS IS YOU HAVE A MULTITUDE OF SYMPTOMS AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START GETTING HELP.

>> AND YOU JUST MENTIONED PROBABLY SOME SORT OF MORE COMPREHENSIVE CLINIC THIS STUDY WAS DONE ON A SMALL GROUP OF PATIENTS.

WHERE DOES THE RESEARCH GO FROM HERE?

>> THE LIFETIME BETWEEN RESEARCH BEING PUBLISHED AND WHAT WE ARE DOING.

WE SCANNED MORE THAN DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS NOW AND I'VE EXPANDED TO STUDY PEOPLE WHO WERE QUOTE-UNQUOTE LONG-HAULERS THE PEOPLE WHO HAD COVID BUT WERE NOT SO SICK THEY NEEDED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL OR THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.

THIS WORK IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT IMPACTS QUOTE-UNQUOTE MILDER COVID MAY HAVE ON PEOPLE AND THEIR BREATHING.

BECAUSE SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH WITH EXERTION LIKE DAILY ACTIVITIES OR EXERCISE IS A VERY COMMON AFTER EFFECT OF COVID AND LONG COVID IN PATIENTS WHO EVEN IF THEY WERE NOT SEVERELY ILL. AND DO PEOPLE GET BETTER AND RESPOND TO OUR TREATMENTS?

WHICH KIND OF IS ONE OF THE STRUGGLES IS WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT AS WE GO ALONG AND INCORPORATE ALL THE NEW DATA ON COVID BUT WE ARE FINDING SOME GOOD REASON TO CONTINUE WITH THE EXERCISES BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING MANY OF OUR PATIENTS ARE GETTING BETTER.

THE MAJORITY DO AAFTER SEVERE COVID WHICH IS REASSURING.

>> WE'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM YOU Dr. COLIN FRANZ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> OF COURSE, THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> TWO BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THAT IS THE COST OF REPAIRING AND SHORING UP COASTLINES IN THE REGION ACCORDING TO A SURVEY FROM THE GREAT LAKES AND ST. LAWRENCE CITIES INITIATIVE.

THE GROUP SAYS MUCH OF THE DAMAGE IS DRIVEN BY CLIMATE CHANGE AND CALLS ON THE AMERICAN AND CANADIAN GOVERNMENTS TO FUND LOCAL EFFORTS.

AND JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THIS IS YOUR JAY IS JON ALTENBERG EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREAT LAKES AND ST. LAWRENCE CITIES INITIATIVE.

WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> TELL ME HOW THIS SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED AND WHAT CITIES DID IT IMPACTS?

>> WE COVER GREAT LAKES AND THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER BOTH IN THE CANADIAN PART OF THE GREAT LAKES AND THE U.S. PART OF THE GREAT LAKES.

WE HAD ABOUT 300 RESPONDENTS, 230 UNIQUE MUNICIPALITIES THAT RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY.

AND THOSE CITIES WERE IN CLEVELAND AND MILWAUKEE IN CHICAGO AND AS SMALL AS LITTLE TOWN SODA'S POINT IN NEW YORK.

IT IS NOT ALL ENCOMPASSING BECAUSE WE DID NOT GET A FULL RESPONSE.

BUT TO DATE THIS IS THE ONLY MEASUREMENT THAT WE HAVE ABOUT WHAT THE DAMAGE IS GOING FORWARD AND WHAT THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN SPENDING IN THE PAST.

>> THAT NUMBER COULD BE LARGER THAN THE $2 BILLION THAT WE FIND HERE.

AND LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE FINDINGS IN THE SURVEY.

THESE CITIES HAVE SPENT ALREADY $900 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF EROSION AND COASTAL DAMAGE AND PLAN TO SPEND $2 BILLION OR MOREOVER THE NEXT FIVE.

WHAT DOES THAT MONEY GO TOWARD?

>> WELL, EROSION AFFECTS EVERYTHING FROM WATER INTAKE TANKS SUCH AS UP IN ZION WHERE EROSION IS IMPACTING ALLOWING FRESH WATER TO GET TO THAT CITY.

AND POTENTIALLY COULD CUT THEM OUT OF FRESH WATER IT COULD BE DAMAGE TO PIERS, IT COULD BE DISAPPEARING BEACHES LIKE WE HAVE IN EVANSTON.

IT CAN BE BUILDINGS THAT ARE FALLING INTO THE LAKE.

REALLY IT IS A WHOLE MYRIAD OF THINGS THIS MONEY WOULD GO FOR.

>> WE REMEMBER LAST YEAR THE BIG STORMS IN CHICAGO THAT CAUSED A LOT OF DAMAGE AND THAT "NEW YORK TIMES" ARTICLE ON THE RAPIDLY FLUCTUATING LAKE LEVELS AND WHAT THAT PORTENDS FOR THE CITY.

WHAT IS CHICAGO'S PIECE OF THE COST HERE?

>> I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT AMOUNT FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

BUT OVERALL FOR THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, WE'RE LOOKING AT $608 MILLION OF SPENDING OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AND OVER 255 MILLION IN U.S.

DOLLARS WAS SPENT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND THAT COVERS ABOUT THE MAIN 12 CITIES DOWN THE LAKE.

ALL THE WAY UP FROM NORTH CHICAGO DOWN TO THE BEGINNING OF GARY STARTS.

IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING.

>> ALL OF ILLINOIS' LAKE MICHIGAN COASTLINE.

ONE OF THE OTHER FINDINGS THE VAST MAJORITY OF MUNICIPALITIES THAT RESPONDED SAID THAT THESE ARE BIG CONCERNS FOR THEM BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE NECESSARY EXPERTISE TO TACKLE THOSE ISSUES.

HOW BIG A CONCERN IS THAT?

>> IT IS A HUGE ISSUE.

YOU HAVE MANY SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED COMMUNITIES THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THE EXPERTISE ONBOARD.

THIS IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN A CERTAIN WAY AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE BANDWITH OR THE KNOWLEDGE TO HANDLE IT.

THEY HAVE TO TURN TO COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS TO TRY TO ASSIST THEM WITH THAT EXPERTISE.

>> AND THEN A THIRD FINDING IN THIS SURVEY THAT AGAIN, IN ADDITION TO THIS BEING A BIG ISSUE, PLANNING EFFORTS SO FAR MOST OF THE PLACES HAVE FALLEN SHORT.

HOW COME?

>> WELL, BECAUSE THIS QUESTION YOU JUST ASKED ME THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITIES NUMBER ONE.

BUT ALSO, UNDERSTANDING THE FORECASTING OF WHERE THE LAKES ARE GOING TO BE GOING OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS IT DOESN'T EXIST TODAY.

THEY DON'T HAVE THAT FORECASTING NUMBERS THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE A PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LOOKING INTO THE PROCESSES BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

BUT ADJUSTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE JUST IN GENERAL EROSION IS SOMETHING THAT SOME CITIES DO WELL.

MILWAUKEE HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AT PREPARING FOR THE SITUATIONS.

BUT IT IS A STAB IN THE DARK IN SOME SITUATIONS.

>> AND THE BEYOND PUSHING FOR LOCAL AND COUNTY FUNDING THERE IS THIS FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL WE TALKED ABOUT BEING DEBATED IS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THERE COULD BE FUNDING IN THAT TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS?

>> WE'VE CALLED ON THE CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO AT LEAST GET AROUND $2 BILLION FOR THE GREAT LAKES.

THERE IS MONEY IN THERE FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE BUT IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS THIS ISSUE OF EROSION.

SO WE JUST DON'T KNOW.

THERE'S STILL NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON.

AND WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WOULD REACH OUT TO THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND TELL THEM WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THIS FUNDING IS THERE.

>> ALL RIGHT IMPORTANT ISSUE IN CHICAGO AND ALL ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

AND OUR THANKS TO JON ALTENBERG THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS FOR A LOOK AT AN INSECT THAT IS GETTING NATIONAL BUZZ.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

AND THAT BUG IS A MOTH.

WHICH MANY MIGHT DISMISS A TECHNICAL TERM BUT ECOLOGISTS ARE SAYING IT'S TIME TO PAY ATTENTION AND THERE IS NO BETTER TIME THAN DURING NATIONAL MOTH WEEK.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER PATTY WETLI IS EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH MORE.

PATTY A LOT OF FOLKS MAY BE MYSELF INCLUDED WE PAY ATTENTION TO THE MOTH'S MORE KIN, THE BUTTERFLY BUT MOTHS ARE SPECIAL.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN?

>> WELL, THANKS TO THE EXPERTS AT THE CHICAGO BOTANICAL GARDEN AND NATURE MUSEUM FOR SCHOOLING ME ON MOTHS.

THEY HAVE SUCH INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY.

THERE'S 10 TIMES AS MANY SPECIES OF MOTHS AS THERE ARE BUTTERFLIES.

AND THEY RANGE FROM THE SIZE OF NATS TO SOME OF THE REALLY LARGE FOOT LONG WING SPAN.

SOME ACTUALLY MIMIC THE APPEARANCE OF BEES AND WASPS TO AVOID PREDATORS.

THEY DO SO MANY INCREDIBLE THINGS AND THERE'S SUCH AMAZING DIVERSITY.

>> FOOT LONG WING SPAN.

IT'S NATIONAL MOTH WEEK WHICH RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY.

WHY HAVE A WEEK DEDICATED TO THE MOTH?

>> BECAUSE MOTHS ARE NOCTURNAL.

WE DON'T TEND TO SEE THEM AND THAT DIVERSITY I TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF US ARE NOT AWARE OF IT.

THIS IS TO REALLY RAISE THEIR PROFILE BECAUSE THEY DO SO MUCH FOR THE ECOSYSTEM.

THEY ARE SECOND ONLY TO BEES IN TERMS OF BEING EFFECTIVE POLLINATORS.

AND THEY ARE SUPER VITAL SOURCE OF FOOD FOR BIRDS IF THERE IS NO MOTH CATERPILLARS THE BIRDS HAVE NOTHING TO EAT.

IT IS A CASCADING EFFECT HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE TO AN ECOSYSTEM.

>> PATTY WETLI THANK YOU WITH THE FUN NATURE NEWS.

>> MY PLEASURE THANKS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ PATTY'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT MORE WHY MOTHS MIGHT BE ATTRACTED TO LIGHT.

ALL AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... [♪♪♪] >> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

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THE PROPOSAL FOR CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF CHICAGO POLICE PASSES A CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE IT JUST HAPPENED.

WE'LL HAVE COVERAGE OF TOMORROW'S FULL CITY COUNCIL VOTE ON THE PLAN.

>> ILLINOIS COLLEGES ARE PREPARING TO REOPEN FOR THE FALL SEMESTER.

UNIVERSITY LEADERS SHARE THEIR PLANS.

AND STREET VENDORS ARE NOW OWNERS OF THEIR SHARED KITCHEN ON THE WEST SIDE.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

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