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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> WHAT I HEARD TODAY IS A COUNCIL DEBATE THAT I BELIEVE WILL BE ONE FOR THE AIMS.

>> CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO CREATE AN ELECTED OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR CHICAGO POLICE AND WHY SOME OPPOSED IT.

>> WHAT THE ELECTED BOARD WILL MEAN FOR THE CITY'S AGENCY CHARGED WITH INVESTIGATING POLICE MISCONDUCT.

>> THIS PANEL HAS LOST ALL LEGITIMACY.

HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI REJECTS TWO COMMITTEEMEMBERS NAMED TO INVESTIGATE THE JANUARY INSURRECTION OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WEIGHS?

>> COLLEGES ARE PREPARING FOR THE START OF ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR HEAR THE REOPENING PLANS FOR THREE AREA UNIVERSITIES.

COVID CASES ARE RISING BUT LOLLAPALOOZA IS HAPPENING.

WHEN AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR AND CRITIC THINK ABOUT THE FESTIVAL.

>> A GROUP OF STREET VENDORS ARE OWNERS OF A SHARED KITCHEN.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... ILLINOIS COULD BE RECEIVING $800 MILLION TO PUT TOWARD OPIOID TREATMENT AND PREVENTION IF A HISTORIC $26 BILLION SETTLEMENT IS APPROVED.

ATTORNEY GENERAL KWAME RAOUL'S OFFICE SAYS IT IS THE RESULT OF A LAWSUIT FROM ILLINOIS AND OTHER STATES AGAINST SEVERAL DRUG MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS INCLUDING JOHNSON & JOHNSON NOT THE MAKER OF THIS DRUG.

THE STATE AND LOCAL DRUGS ACCUSE MAJOR DISTRIBUTORS OF ENGAGING IN DECEPTIVE AND UNFAIR CONDUCT AND CONTINUING TO SHIP PHARMACIES THAT SUBMITTED SUSPICIOUS DRUG ORDERS.

OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS INCREASED 3% IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS IN 2020 COMPARED TO THE YEAR BEFORE.

>> MANY CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE CHOOSING TO CUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICERS OR S.R.O.

'S IN THEIR BUILDINGS.

SEVEN MORE SCHOOLS OPTED TO REMOVE S.R.O.

'S FROM THEIR CAMPUSES WITH 24 CHOOSING TO KEEP JUST ONE.

20 SCHOOLS VOTED TO KEEP BOTH OFFICERS.

THIS COMPARES TO LAST YEAR WHEN 55 LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCILS VOTED TO KEEP THE PROGRAM AND 17 VOTED TO REMOVE THEM.

THE PUSH TO REMOVE POLICE OFFICERS FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS GREW STRENGTH IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER.

ADVOCATES SAY IN THE LAST TWO SUMMERS THE NUMBER OF COPS IN SCHOOLS HAS DECREASED BY ALMOST HALF.

THIS YEAR, C.P.S.

ADVISED SCHOOLS TO ADOPT A FULL SCHOOL SAFETY PLAN WHICH CONSIDERS SAFETY OPTIONS AS ALTERNATIVES TO RESOURCE OFFICERS.

TO PARIS IN DETAILS IN THE DEBATE AT CITY COUNCIL.

>> THAT TWO-HOUR DEBATE RESULTED IN A 36-13 VOTE IN FAVOR OF AN ELECTED BOARD OF RESIDENTS TO OVERSEE THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT APPLAUDED TODAY'S ACTIONS.

>> WHAT I'VE HEARD TODAY IS A COUPLE DEBATE THAT I BELIEVE WILL BE ONE FOR THE AGES.

YOU HAVE WEIGHED IN AND REPRESENTED YOUR CONSTITUENTS WELL.

AND YOU'VE REPRESENTED THE CITY OF CHICAGO WELL.

>> WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US WITH MORE.

THIS AT FIRST GLANCE LOOKINGS LIKE A SIGNATURE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF LEGISLATION IN THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION.

REMIND US WHAT IS IN THE ORDINANCE.

>> THIS BOARD WILL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SET POLICIES FOR THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BUT THE KEY COMPROMISE THAT SETUP TODAY'S VOTE WAS ALLOWING THE MAYOR A VETO.

IN ADDITION, THE BOARD WILL BE ALLOWED TO HIRE THE HEAD OF THE POLICE MISCONDUCT AGENCY THAT INVESTIGATES WRONGDOING ALLEGED WRONGDOING BY OFFICERS.

AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE A NO CONFIDENCE VOTE IN THE SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL AS POLICE FORCE MEMBERS.

SOME PROPOSALS WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE BOARD TO HIRE AND FIRE THAT WAS ALSO PART OF THE COMPROMISE REACHED TODAY.

>> AND THERE WAS A LOT OF EMOTIONAL DEBATE ON THE CITY COUNCIL FLOOR.

LET'S HEAR FROM THE HEAD OF THE BLACK CAUCUS ALDERMAN JASON ERVIN.

>> WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT IN A GLOBAL SENSE, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT YOUR BOX.

THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY.

>> HEATHER WHAT IS HE GETTING AT THERE?

>> I HAVE 13 DISSENTING VOTES 10 WERE CAST BY WHITE ALDERMEN AND THEY REPRESENT WARDS WHICH HAVE HIGH REPRESENTATION OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO LIVE IN THEIR WARDS AND WHO ARE WHICH ARE ALSO AMONG THE SAFEST AND HAVE LITTLE IF ANY VIOLENT CRIME.

HE WAS PLEAING WITH THE COLLEAGUES TO UNITE AROUND THIS PROPOSAL TO RESTORE, REBUILD OR INSTILL TRUST IN THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH HAS FACED TRUST ISSUES IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINO COMMUNITIES GOING BACK DECADES.

>> AND ONE OF THE ALDERMAN IS ALDERMAN SPOSATO.

>> WE DON'T NEED POLICE REFORM WE NEED FAMILY REFORM.

FAMILIES NEED TO START TAKING OWNERSHIP AND WATCHING AFTER THEIR CHILDREN WE DON'T NEED TO DEFUND THE POLICE WE NEED TO PUT OVERSIGHT ON THE POLICE AND NOT WANTING TO DO THEIR JOB.

THE POLICE ARE GOING TO LOSE AND THE CITY IS GOING TO LOSE.

>> AND 12 OTHER ALDERPEOPLE VOTED NO TO THIS ORDINANCE.

DID THEY HAVE THE SAME ARGUMENT THAT Mr. SPOSATO HAD?

>> SOME OF THEM DID.

AND A LOT OF THEM WERE WORRIED THAT THIS PANEL WILL ADD ANOTHER LAYER OF BUREAUCRACY TO WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE CONCENTRATING ON IN FIGHTING CRIME.

ALDERMANNA PAL TAN FOR SAID THAT HE FEARED THIS WOULD CAUSE CRIME TO TRIPLE ADDRESSING REPORTERS AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAID SHE HOPED THAT WAS HYPERBOLE BUT WOULD NOT HAPPEN.

IT'S TWO VISIONS WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO DO TO STOP CRIME.

SOME ALDERMEN THINK THAT OFFICERS JUST TO BE FREED UP.

AND OTHER ALDERMEN SEE THE CRIME IS DRIVEN BY A LANG OF TRUST AND LACK OF RESPECT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH ARE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THE SAME PROBLEM.

>> WHAT IMPACT DO SUPPORTERS OF THIS ORDINANCE HOPE THAT IT HAS ON CRIME, ON THINGS LIKE POLICE REFORM?

>> WELL, THEY HOPE IT WILL PUT AN END TO THE SETTLEMENT APPROVED TODAY FOR THE FAMILY OF PIERRE LOURY A TEENAGER KILLED IN 2016 BY AN OFFICER AFTER A BRIEF FOOT CHASE.

IF THAT MAKES YOU THINK OF THE DEATHS OF ADAM TOLEDO AND ANTHONY ALVAREZ YOU SHOULD.

THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE VERY SIMILAR.

AND THE HOPE IS THAT THIS ELECTED BOARD WILL PUT AN END TO THOSE SORT OF SITUATIONS AND PREVENT MULTIMILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENTS FROM BEING ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA EVERY MONTH.

>> IT IS A COMPLICATED PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

A LOT TO LOOK INTO.

WE WILL UNPACK IT MORE IN SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

ANOTHER ORDINANCE PASSED THAT WILL COMPLETELY RENOVATE THE SITE OF THE OLD MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

BACK IN 2009 FORMER MAYOR RICH R RICHARD DALEY SAW THIS SITE FOR THE OLYMPICS.

CHICAGO DID NOT GET THE OLYMPICS AND IT'S BEEN VACANT SINCE THEN NOW IT'S POISED TO BE REDEVELOPED WITH $4 BILLION OF INVESTMENTS.

IT IS SET TO BECOME 4800 HOMES, AS WELL AS OFFICES, HEALTH FACILITIES, A MUSEUM, OPEN SPACE AND IT WILL TRANSFORM WHAT IS SOUTH OF McCORMICK PLACE ON THE LAKEFRONT AND CREATE A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ALDERMAN SOPHIA KING SAID TO BE KNOWN AS BRONZEVILLE LAKEFRONT.

>> BRONZEVILLE LAKEFRONT.

AND BY THE WAY WE WILL BE OUT THERE TOMORROW WITH MORE ON THIS MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER HAPPENINGS AROUND BRONZEVILLE.

FOR NOW WE LEAVE IT THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

THAT'S WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AS WE HEARD, CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO CREATE A BOARD OF CIVILIANS TO OVERSEE THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE POLICE BOARD AND THE CIVILIAN OFFICE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT LAST AGENCY KNOWN AS C.O.P.A.

WAS CREATED IN THE WAKE OF THE LAQUAN McDONALD MURDER TO INVESTIGATE POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT COMPLAINED ABOUT HOW THE AGENCY HAS OPERATED SHE CLAIMS IT TAKES TOO LONG TO RENDER SOME DECISIONS.

AND JOINING US TO DISCUSS CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT AND MORE IS ANDREA KERSTEN THE INTERIM CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

ANDREA KERSTEN THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

>> FIRST TO THAT BIG VOTE TODAY, THE NEW POLICE OVERSIGHT COUNCIL, SEVEN COMMISSIONERS WILL HAVE OVERSIGHT AMONGST C.O.P.A.

DID COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR GET THIS RIGHT?

>> AS A CIVILIAN LED ORGANIZATION WE ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO CIVILIAN AND COMMUNITY INPUT IN OUR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURE.

SO CERTAINLY WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ADDITIONAL PIECE OF THAT OVERSIGHT A PROMISE DELIVERED AFTER MANY YEARS OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD LOOK AND WORK.

AND WE TRUST THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND ACTIVISTS HAVE SPENT THE TIME AND PUT IN THE WORK TO PUT TOGETHER THE RIGHT ORDINANCE FOR OUR CITY IN THIS MOMENT.

>> AND YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S FRUSTRATIONS WITH C.O.P.A.

AND THE FORMER ADMINISTRATOR SAYING IT TAKES TOO LONG TO COME TO A RESOLUTION, CITING THE ANJANETTE YOUNG SAYS IT TOOK 18 MONTHS.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT FROM THE MAYOR?

>> YOU KNOW WHEN THIS AGENCY CAME INTO EXISTENCE IT INHERITED REPUTATION FOR A LACK OF TIMELINESS AND A LACK OF INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY AND LITTLE TO NO TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS SERVES.

SO NOW HERE FOUR YEARS IN C.O.P.A.

HAS DONE THE LION'S SHARE OF WORK TO TAB LISH A LEVEL OF INVESTIGATIVE INTEGRITY TO EARN THE TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO BE THE TRANSPARENT AGENCY THAT OUR CITY DEMANDS AND THE CRITIQUE IS TIMELINESS?

WE AGREE WITH THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR EFFICIENCIES TO DELIVER CLOSURE AND RESOLUTION TO ALL OF THESE CASES.

ANJANETTE YOUNG AND ANY OTHER CASE THAT COMES IN OUR DOOR.

TIMELINESS WITH RESPECT TO OUR INVESTIGATIONS IS CLEARLY A CRITICAL COMPONENT.

BUT THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER TIMELY ASPECTS OF THE WORK WE DO.

AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE EXPLAINING TO THE PUBLIC AND PROVIDING INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE WHEN THERE IS A HIGH PROFILE OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING OR OTHER INCIDENT THAT PEOPLE WANT ANSWERS TO.

WE WORK VERY HARD TO MEET ALL OF OUR TIMELINESS BENCHMARKS AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WORK IS ONGOING.

>> OVER THE YEARS RESOURCES HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE.

HAS CITY COUNCIL THE AND THE MAYORAL LOCATED ENOUGH MONEY TO INVESTIGATE ALL THE CASES THAT COME TO YOU?

>> RESOURCES, STAFFING, ALL THESE THINGS CERTAINLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF AN AGENCY.

WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON IS CONTINUITY.

WE ARE A RELATIVELY YOUNG AGENCY.

SO BEING HERE PLACE TO BE SELECTING OUR FOURTH CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR WE ARE SEEKING TO CAPITALIZE ON THE TRACTION WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GAIN PARTICULARLY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST KEY COMPONENT TO OUR SUCCESS IS CONTINUING TO MOVE ON THIS TRAJECTORY OF PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ON AND WE WILL NEED THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT.

>> AND THERE ARE MANY HIGH PROFILE CASES THAT YOU INVESTIGATE.

MOST RECENTLY THE SHOOTINGS DEATHS OF ADAM TOLEDO AND ANTHONY ALVAREZ IN THE ALVAREZ CASE C.O.P.A.

DID FIND FAULT WITH THE POLICE OFFICER AND SUGGESTED STRIPPING THAT OFFICER OF HIS POWERS.

CAN YOU GIVE ME A SENSE OF THE THRESHOLD THAT HAD TO BE MET TO FIND THAT RULING?

>> SURE AND THOSE STANDARDS ARE SET FORTH IN OUR GUIDELINES AS WELL ALSO THE DEPARTMENT'S.

BUT FACTORS SUCH AS WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL OFFICER IS A DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY OR THE BEHAVIOR WOULD BE REPEATED.

WE HAVE TO TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT BEFORE MAKING SUCH A SERIOUS RECOMMENDATION.

AND TO DO THAT AT THE BEGIN STAGES OF AN INVESTIGATION, DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL OF THE TIME.

SO CERTAINLY WE TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY IN MAKING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

>> AND PART OF THE PROCESS, C.O.P.A.

MAKES ITS RECOMMENDATIONS IF IT DOES FIND FAULT WITH A POLICE OFFICER.

THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE CAN DISAGREE AND THEN THEY GO TO THE POLICE BOARD.

SO TELL ME ABOUT THE ADJUDICATION OF THIS.

IS IT THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO ADJUDICATE?

>> THE SYSTEM ROOTED IN DUE PROCESS PRINCIPLES.

SO THERE ARE AT TIMES SEEM LIKE A LOT OF STEPS BUT ULTIMATELY IT AFFORDS BOTH SIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THE ISSUES ARE FULLY VETTED AND RESOLVED.

WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS ET CETERA AND C.O.P.A.

DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB AS DO THE OTHER PLAYERS IN THE SYSTEM.

AT TRYING TO BE AS EFFECTIVE AS MOVING CASES TO COMPLETION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

>> AND IT'S NOT JUST POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTINGS BUT FOURTH AMENDMENT CASES AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WHAT ABOUT THAT AREA OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT?

HOW BIG A PROBLEM IS THAT?

>> SURE.

SO HISTORICALLY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN PARTICULAR OFFICER PERPETRATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS ARE SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN UNDER C.O.P.A.

'S JURISDICTION THROUGHOUT ITS INCEPTION.

THE ADDITION OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT CAME AS A RESULT OF THE CONSENT DECREE AND WE ARE WORKING TO FINALIZE THAT AS WELL.

AND I WOULD SAY I'M GLAD YOU ASKED BECAUSE THIS IS AN AREA OF OUR WORK THAT I HAVE PARTICULAR PRIDEFUL OF.

WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DEVELOPING IN-HOUSE RESOURCES, SKILL AND ABILITY TO TACKLE THOSE CASES FROM A TRAUMA-INFORMED PERSPECTIVE AND THE EXPERTISE.

AND WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH THERE'S OFTEN CRIMINAL ALLEGATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND WE'VE SPEARHEADED A WORKING GROUP TO MAKE SURE THE AGENCIES CAN COALESCE AROUND THE ISSUES TO LESSEN HARM AND TRAUMA TO IMPACTED PARTIES AND BE ABLE TO CONDUCT OUR PARALLEL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS AND TRANSPARENT MANNER.

>> LASTLY FOR YOU, WE MENTIONED YOU'RE INTERIM THE FORMER ADMINISTRATOR LEFT THE MAYOR GETS TO A MOUNTAIN -- TO APPOINT A NEW DIRECTOR UNTIL THIS COMMISSION GETS SET IN PLACE.

IS THIS A JOB YOU WANT FULL-TIME?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I WOULD LIKE THE SELECTION PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS JOB.

BUT I WOULD NOT HAVE AGREED TO BE THE INTERIM IF I DID NOT INTEND TO TRY TO LEAD THIS AGENCY.

AS I SAID THE YEARS I'VE SPENT AT C.O.P.A.

AND EVERYTHING ON MY CAREER PATH AS AN ADVOCATE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PROSECUTOR, ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE ALL OF THE STEPS ALONG THE WAY PREPARED ME FOR THIS MOMENT AND OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT WOULD BE A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE THE NEXT CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF C.O.P.A.

>> THANKS TO ANDREA KERSTEN A LOT OF WORK IN THAT OFFICE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS FOR WHAT TO EXPECT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES THIS FALL.

>> COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE PREPARING FOR THE START OF ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR AMIDST COVID-19 AND WHILE VACATION RATES ARE ON THE RISE WHAT WILL THE SEMESTER LOOK LIKE ON CAMPUSES?

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THAT AND MORE ARE AARTI DHUPELIA VICE-PRESIDENT OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND DEAN OF UNDERGRADUATE.

>> AND TIMOTHY KILLEEN AND ZALDWAYNAKA "Z" SCOTT WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

AARTI DHUPELIA HOW HAS NATIONAL LEWIS UNIVERSITY PREPARING TO REOPEN THIS UP COMING SCHOOL YEAR.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING ALL THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE THAT YOU NEED FOR THE FALL IN TERMS OF MASKING, GUIDELINES, CLEANING PROTOCOLS, SELF SCREENING PROTOCOLS FOR STUDENTS WHEN THEY COME TO CAMPUS AND LOOKING AT OUR VACCINATION PROTOCOLS AND WE ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGING BUT NOT REQUIRING VACCINATION AMONG STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES.

BUT WHEN WE SURVEYED STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES APPROXIMATELY 75% OF STUDENTS AND 90% OF EMPLOYEES SAID THEY WERE OR PLAN TO GET VACCINATED AND WE ARE OPTIMISTIC THE NUMBER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT NUMBER CONTINUE TO RISE.

>> TIMOTHY KILLEEN, THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SYSTEM ANNOUNCED YOU ARE REQUIRING STAFF AND STUDENTS TO BE VACCINATED AT THE START OF THE FALL SEMESTER.

HOW DID YOU ARRIVE AT THAT DECISION?

>> WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR THIS BACK TO THE BEGINNING WITH OUR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS AND MEDICAL EXPERTS WE'VE BEEN DOING THE VACCINE CLINICAL TRIALS AND DEVELOPED A SET OF PLANS FOR THE SALIVA TESTING.

SUCCESSFUL YEAR WE HAVE HAD WITH NO U-TURNS AND NO SEVERE ILLNESSES.

BUT WE FEEL NOW THAT VACCINATION IS THE KEY TO GETTING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AS A WHOLE COMMUNITY AND TO MAKE OUR CAMPUSES AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE WE'RE GOING BEYOND ENCOURAGING WE ARE REQUIRING VACCINATION SO WE CAN GET BEYOND THE NUMBERS.

OUR SURVEYS SHOW THE MAJORITY OF OUR FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS ARE VACCINATED.

BUT JUST GETTING THE EXTRA PERCENT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT PARTICULARLY WITH THE VARIANTS EMERGING.

EVERYTHING IS BACKED WITH THE PROTOCOLS THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR.

WE'RE EXCITED ON ENROLLMENT IS ROBUST IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ANOTHER BANNER YEAR OF GROWTH.

AND THESE YOUNG PEOPLE NEED AND WANT TO SOCIALIZE AND BE AT SETTINGS WHERE THEY CAN GET ACCESS TO WORLD CLASS EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS.

THAT IS OUR FOCUS ALWAYS ALWAYS.

AS ALWAYS.

>> THE ILLINOIS BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION SAID BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT THAT ENROLLMENT FOR BLACK STUDENTS IN THE STATE'S COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES HAD BEEN DROPPING FROM 2013-2018.

PRESIDENT SCOTT WHAT DIVIDES DO YOU BELIEVE EXISTED THAT WERE MADE WORSE BY THE PANDEMIC?

>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.

SINCE YOU FIRST HEARD THAT 29% DROP IT'S GOTTEN WORSE.

IT'S GROWN ANOTHER 5%.

2013-2019, THERE WAS A 34% DROP IN BLACK STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN ILLINOIS COLLEGES.

WE VIEW IS A CRISIS.

AND THE CRISIS IS NOW ON TOP OF A PANDEMIC WHICH CREATED ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT CRISIS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS WREAKED HAVOC ON OUR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF UNLIKE THE SURVEYS THAT WERE CONDUCTED BY MY PEERS OUR SURVEY OF OUR STUDENTS SHOWED THAT 20% OF OUR STUDENTS EXPECTED TO BE VACCINATED AND 10% WERE THINKING ABOUT IT.

JUST LIKE WHAT WE'RE SEEING NATIONALLY THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT HESITANCY IN OUR BLACK COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE WORKING TO MANAGE AND HELP OUR COMMUNITIES MANAGE.

CHICAGO STATE WITH THE MASS VACCINATION SITE FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO WAS ONE OF OUR STRATEGIES FOR ENCOURAGING VACCINATION AND WE CONTINUE TO EMPLOY OTHER STRATEGIES INCLUDING REQUIRING THAT OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN OUR DORMITORY, ON OUR CAMPUS AND OUR STUDENT ATHLETES ARE REQUIRED TO GET VACCINATED.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THE ISSUES ON MANDATORY VACATIONS PARTICULARLY WHEN IT'S POPULATIONS OF IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE VACCINATIONS AND ARE CONTINUING TO SHOW A GREAT DEAL OF HESITANCY.

>> AND PRESIDENT SCOTT YOU MENTIONED IT WAS ALREADY A CRISIS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT THAT ENROLLMENT DECLINE.

WHAT IS BEING DONE?

>> WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY.

WE HAVE STARTED WITH FIRST OF ALL BY HAVING A PRECOLLEGE PROGRAM FOR OUR INCOMING FRESHMEN THAT IS FREE.

IT INCLUDES A SIGNIFICANT SUPPORTS FOR OUR STUDENTS CALLED OUR RISE ACADEMY FOR RISE SCHOLARS.

IT IS A FIVE-WEEK PROGRAM THAT STRIVES TO GET STUDENTS ENGAGED IN COLLEGE WITHOUT THE PRESSURE OF WORRYING ABOUT FINANCES AND MONEY.

BECAUSE AS OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE GONE THROUGH SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIPS FROM THE PANDEMIC INCLUDING JOB LOSS, OUR STUDENTS HAVE TOLD US THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT IS MONEY.

HOW WILL I PAY FOR THAT.

AND WITH OUR FRESHMEN PROGRAM WE HAVE TAKEN THAT OFF THE TABLE.

AND WE'VE LOOKED TO GIVING MORE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO THE STUDENTS THROUGH GRANTS BECAUSE OF THE CARES ACT FUNDING.

WE'VE OFFERED OUR STUDENTS LAPTOPS, INTERNET ACCESS, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, FREE TUTORING.

>> OBVIOUSLY A LOT TO SORT OF REDUCE THE BARRIERS THAT ARE KEEPING THEM FROM ATTENDING SCHOOL >> YES.

>> AARTI DHUPELIA HAVE YOU SEEN THE PANDEMIC DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT THE STUDENTS AT YOUR UNIVERSITY.

>> I WILL SAY THAT OUR ENROLLMENT HELD STEADY OVER THE PAST YEAR AND WE THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE AFFORDABILITY THAT WE OFFER.

BECAUSE ALL THE WRAP AROUND SUPPORTS THAT PRESIDENT SCOTT SPOKE TO WE OFFER AND THE CAREER PREPARATION BECAUSE WE KNOW STUDENTS ARE LOOKING TO GO TO COLLEGE FOR THE JOBS AND SEEING THAT OPPORTUNITY AT THE END OF THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUSTAIN ENROLLMENT.

70% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE LOW INCOME AND 70% ARE BLACK AND LATINX OUR STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM THE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE VIRUS.

WE HAVE SEEN THAT IMPACT FIRSTHAND.

40% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

40% THEY SAID THEY HAD A FAMILY MEMBER DIAGNOSED WITH COVID AND 30% SAID THE NEGATIVE IMPACT BECAUSE OF JOB LOSS OR REDUCED HOURS THAT MEANT WE HAD TO WRAP AROUND THE STUDENTS TO KEEP THEM THRIVING NOT ONLY IN COLLEGE BUT LIFE WITH OVER$3 MILLION IN EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR LIVING EXPENSES AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS.

>> AND THE PANDEMIC MEANT A LOT OF TRAUMA AND ANXIETY FOR EVERYONE STUDENTS ESPECIALLY AND WE HEAR FROM STUDENT ON WHAT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS STUDENTS NEED.

>> STUDENTS NEED TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY THE UNIVERSITY AND FEEL LIKE THERE ARE CULTURAL APPROPRIATE COUNSELORS CABLE AND THERE IS APPOINTMENTS FOR THEM.

THEY NEED TO FEEL AS THOUGH THAT THEY ARE NOT JUST ACADEMICALLY AND FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY THE UNIVERSITY, BUT ALSO MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY THEY FEEL THEIR CONCERNS ARE BEING HEARD.

>> TIMOTHY KILLEEN WHAT IS THE U OF I SYSTEM DOING TO ADDRESS THOSE MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS?

>> SHE IS RIGHT.

AND I WAS WITH HERE TODAY.

THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE IS SIGNIFICANT AND SERIOUS.

>> IT'S BEEN A GRUELING YEAR FOR ALL AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL.

AND WE HAVE HELD A HIGH LEVEL SUMMIT ON MENTAL HEALTH FOR STUDENTS AND WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE NEW TRAINING MODULES.

WE HAVE NEW WEBSITES THAT WE'RE BUILDING UP AND WE'VE GOT AN ADVISORY STRUCTURE AND TASK FORCE THAT IS FOCUSING ON THIS ISSUE OF LOOKING AFTER THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE STUDENTS.

AND JUST ONE SENTENCE, I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE GOING FROM A SYSTEM OF REFERRING INDIVIDUALS FOR PROFESSIONAL HELP TO ONE THAT WRAP AROUNDS THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER.

SO THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING AFTER ONE ANOTHER LIKE A BIGGER VILLAGE WAY.

AND THAT IS RESONATED WITH OUR STUDENT BODY INCLUDING MARY WHO IS ON TARGET THIS IS A CHALLENGE FOR US.

AND I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATE MY COLLEAGUES ON WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO WORK HARD ON THE ISSUE OF MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE CAN AFFORD ACCESS TO COLLEGE AND IF WE DON'T LEAVE PEOPLE BEHIND.

AND WE ARE THERE, TOO WITH ALL OF THAT.

WE'RE FORTUNATE OUR ENROLLMENTS ARE GROWN AND EVEN FOR THE MINORITY COMMUNITY WE ARE ONE-THIRD NOW OF OUR UNDERGRADUATE BODY.

BUT MENTAL HEALTH IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR US THIS YEAR.

>> AND BEFORE I LET YOU GO, WE HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT, WHAT CHALLENGES ARE YOU EXPECTING AT THE START OF THE YEAR AND DO YOU SEE THE DELTA VARIANT BEING AN ISSUE?

>> I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO COMMENT ON THE DELTA VARIANT WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE AND CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS WE LEARN MORE I'M CONFIDENT WE CAN CONTINUE TO EVOLVE OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND OFFER SAFE AND HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION MY GREATEST CONCERN IS THAT STUDENTS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2020 AND 2021 DON'T BECOME A LOST GENERATION IN OUR ECONOMY BECAUSE THEY NEVER GOT THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY DESERVE.

WE ARE WORKING HARD TO CONTINUE TO RECRUIT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND OFFER THE SUPPORTS STUDENTS NEED.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

ZALDWAYNAKA "Z" SCOTT, ART AND TIMOTHY KILLEEN.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW, PARIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", SHOULD THE MUSIC GO ON?

A LOCAL CRITIC AND DOCTOR SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT RISING COVID CASES AHEAD OF LOLLAPALOOZA.

>> PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE ISSUE.

>> OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CITY COUNCIL'S HISTORIC CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

>> AND A GROUP OF STREET VENDORS ARE USING THEIR EXPERIENCES TO BECOME INVESTORS IN THEIR OWN KITCHEN.

>> FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> A MASSIVE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE OLD MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL SITE GETS THE GREEN LIGHT.

THE PROPOSAL INVOLVES 90 MILLION DOLLARS IN CITY TAXPAYER FUNDS TO CLEAN UP THE SITE AND BUILD OUT NEW ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

IN ALL, THE PLAN CALLS FOR 4800 NEW HOMES, OFFICES, RESEARCH FACILITIES, AND STORES AS PART OF A $4 BILLION REDEVELOPMENT.

THE DEVELOPER IS CALLED GRIT LED BY CHICAGO BASED FARPOINT DEVELOPMENT AND WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT TOMORROW.

>> RODNEY DAVIS WILL NOT SERVE ON THE HOUSE SELECT COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JANUARY 6 AFTER ALL.

TODAY HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY PULLED ALL PICKS FROM THE COMMISSION AFTER HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI REJECTED KEVIN MCCARTHY'S CHOICES OF JIM JORDAN AND JIM BANKS.

LIZ CHENEY OF WYOMING REMAINS ON THE PANEL.

>> THE U.S. SENATE STALLS ON A VOTE TO BEGIN DEBATE ON THE $1 TRILLION BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE.

THE VOTE TO INVOKE CLOSURE AND PROCEED WITH DEBATE FAILED BY 49-51 MARGIN.

THEY WANT MORE TIME TO FINALIZE THE LANGUAGE BEFORE THE PACKAGE MOVES FORWARD.

ILLINOIS SENATOR DICK DURBIN CALLED THE MOVE UNFORTUNATE BUT HE IS HOPEFUL THE PROCESS CAN MOVE FORWARD.

>> DESPITE RISING COVID CASES THE SHOW IS GOING ON.

THE LOLLAPALOOZA MUSIC FESTIVAL WHICH ROUTINELY ATTRACTS MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE PER DAY KICKS OFF NEXT WEEK.

THE FESTIVAL IS HAPPENING AT FULL CAPACITY WHILE THE DELTA VARIANT IS CAUSING A RISE IN COVID CASES RIGHT HERE WITH CHICAGO'S DAILY AVERAGE NOW AT 100 PER DAY AND THE POSITIVITY RATE AT 1.6%.

AND JOINING US WITH MORE ARE JIM DEROGATIS CO-HOST OF SOUND OPINIONS ON THE RADIO AND Dr. EMILY LANDON EXECUTIVE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL AT U CHICAGO MEDICINE.

WE INVITED LOLLAPALOOZA ORGANIZERS BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE ANYONE AVAILABLE THIS EVENING BUT WE WELCOME BOTH OF YOU BACK HERE TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

FIRST, JIM DEROGATIS, AND I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, LOLLAPALOOZA GOING FORWARD WITH 100,000 PEOPLE PER DAY, GOOD IDEA?

>> I THINK IT IS INSANE, PARIS.

THERE WAS A CONCERT THAT DREW 20,000 PEOPLE ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC CONCERT IN THE NETHERLANDS IN LATE JULY AND THEY WERE STRIKED ABOUT MAKING SURE EVERY ATTENDEE WAS VACCINATED.

OUT OF 20,000 VACCINATED THERE WERE 5,000 INFECTION -- A THOUSAND INFECTIONS, 5%.

THE VACCINE IS 95% EFFECTIVE BUT ONLY 95.

A THOUSAND PEOPLE.

IF WE EXTRAPOLATE THAT NUMBER TO 100,000 IN CHICAGO THAT IS 5,000 INFECTIONS.

WE ARE GOING TO SHUT THE CITY DOWN AGAIN FOR THIS GREEDY CORPORATE FESTIVAL?

>> Dr. EMILY LANDON COULD THAT HAPPEN HERE GIVEN THE WAY JIM IS EXTRAPOLATING WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NETHERLANDS, COULD LOLLAPALOOZA BECOME A SUPER SPREADER EVENT?

>> YES.

I MEAN ABSOLUTELY.

THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE INFECTIONS HAPPENING AT LOLLAPALOOZA.

ANYONE SHOULD EXPECT THEY WILL BE EXPOSED AT LOLLAPALOOZA.

THIS IS NOT WHERE YOU HAVE ASSIGNED SEATING AND PEOPLE CAN KEEP THEIR DISTANCE.

IT HAPPENS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IT IS LITERALLY A CRUSH OF HUMANITY ALL IN ONE PLACE AND YOU CAN HAVE A TON OF CONTACT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

I KNOW IT'S OUTSIDE BUT...

I KNOW THEY ARE REQUIRING VACCINATION OR A RECENT NEGATIVE TEST BUT THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TO PREVENT SPREAD FROM HAPPENING.

>> DO YOU THINK IT SHOULD GO ON THEN?

>> I THINK IT IS A TERRIBLE IDEA BUT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND THERE'S LITTLE WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.

AND SO I THINK WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THESE ARE A LOT OF THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, UNVACCINATED AND TRYING TO AVOID GETTING COVID AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH OR HAVE CLOSE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE HIGH-RISK FOR A BAD OUTCOME SHOULD STAY HOME.

RETHINK THAT TICKET.

YOU SHOULDN'T GO.

IT'S PROBABLY TOO HIGH OF A RISK.

BUT IT'S YOUNG PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT IS GETTING THEM THROUGH AND THEY WANT TO GO, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO ACCEPT THE FACT YOU WILL BE EXPOSED TO COVID.

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER TREAT THE EVENT LIKE IT IS AN EXPOSURE AND AFTERWARDS IF YOU FEEL SICK ISOLATE AND GET TESTED.

MAKE SURE YOU ARE FOLLOWING THE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS.

>> A LOT TO THINK ABOUT WHEN HEADING OUT TO SEE THE FOO FIGHTERS.

JIM DEROGATIS ONE OF THE THINGS Dr. ARWADY TOLD ME WAS LOLLAPALOOZA WAS GOING TO HAVE ELECTRONIC ON-LINE WAY OF INSURING FOLKS WERE VACCINATED.

THEY WERE NOT GOING TO CHECK STATUS AT THE GATE.

TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE IS THERE ANYWAY THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHECK THE VACCINATION STATUS OF THE REVELERS?

>> NO.

NO.

THERE IS NO APP PART OF THEIR APP THAT IS TAKING VACCINATION CARD DOWNLOADS.

THIS HAS BEEN A BAD NEIGHBOR FOR THE ENTIRE TIME IT'S BEEN IN GRANT PARK.

THE FENCES COME DOWN AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GET INTO LOLLAPALOOZA EVERY YEAR.

THERE HAVE BEEN STAGE CRUSHES LIKE ONE RAGED AGAINST THE MACHINE PLAYED.

THIS YEAR THE SUPREMELY MORONIC TESTOSTERONE LIMP BISCUIT IS A HEADLINER.

THERE IS A DOCUMENTARY FRIDAY ON HBO ABOUT WOODSTOCK ' 99 AND THE RIOTING AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS BEGAN WHEN LIMP BISCUIT PLAYED.

THEY CAN'T CONTROL THEIR OWN GATES WHY ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE THEY WILL BE DILIGENT ABOUT CHECKING FOR VACCINATION?

IT IS ABSURD, PARIS.

AND Dr. EMILY IS A MUSIC FAN SHE HAPPENS TO FAVOR THE CSO.

TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT COVID.

YOU KNOW, THE CRUSH OF 20,000 PEOPLE IN A FIELD EAGER TO GET NEAREST AS POSSIBLE TO THE STAGE IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM PEOPLE SEEING WILL COAT MILLENIUM PARK.

AND THIS IS NOT A SOCIALLY DISTANCED OR AWARE CROWD.

AND THEN THEY ARE GOING TO LEAVE AND THEY ARE GOING TO GO TO THE BARS AND THE HOTELS AND THE STARBUCKS AND IF THE RAIN KICKS THEM OUT AS WE'VE HAD WITH THUNDERSTORMS TWICE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THEY ARE GOING TO SHELTER WHEREVER THEY CAN.

IT IS NOT GOING TO STAY CONFINED TO THOSE 100,000 PEOPLE IN GRANT PARK.

I DON'T YOU HAD HOW Dr. ARWADY HAD ALLOWED MAYOR LIGHTFOOT TO GO AHEAD WITH THIS.

>> TELL ME WHAT YOU REAL FEEL ABOUT LIMP BISCUIT.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE COMING IN FROM OUT OF STATE AND MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS IS THAT A RISK HERE IN.

>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE AND OPERATE IN THE CHICAGOLAND SCAPE TO UNDERSTAND THERE ARE PEOPLE COMING FROM PLACES WHERE IT'S NOT COMMON FOR UNVACCINATED PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS PEOPLE DON'T KEEP THEIR DISTANCE AND THERE IS NO WAY TO KEEP YOUR DISTANCE AT LOLLAPALOOZA.

THERE ARE ROUTINELY TRAMPLING INJURIES THAT HAPPEN AT LOLLAPALOOZA.

HEAT STROKE RELATED INJURIES.

LOLLAPALOOZA IS A LITTLE BIT WAY TOO MUCH FOR ME.

BUT IT IS THIS IS NOW WE HAVE THE ADDED RISK OF THIS INFECTION AND PEOPLE WILL BE BRINGING IT.

MISSOURI IS A HUGE HOTSPOT THERE ARE A LOT OF PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WEAR MASKS AND GET VACCINATED AND FOLLOWING THE RULES AND GET TESTED YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT BEFORE YOU EMBARK UPON THIS AND UNDERSTAND EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY HAVE MAY FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE I HAVE MUCH BIGGER DISTANCE LIKE PERSONAL SPACE THAT I EXPECT PEOPLE TO KEEP NOWADAYS THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AT LOLLAPALOOZA.

IF YOU ARE EXPECTING THIS COULD BE LIKE OTHER EVENTS YOU HAVE ATTENDED DURING THE PANDEMIC IT'S NOT GOING TO WORKOUT THAT WAY.

YOU SHOULD RETHINK THAT TICKET.

>> AND LIKE I SAID, JIM, WE WERE PROMISED THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF ON-LINE QR CODE THE VACCINATION CHECKING PASSPORT THING AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BUT WHAT LOLLAPALOOZA DOES SAY ABOUT COVID IS THAT THERE MUST BE VACCINATION OR SHOW PROOF OF NEGATIVE TEST IF UNVACCINATED WEAR A MASK ON-SITE.

IF UNVACCINATED OR HIGH-RISK AVOID CROWDED AREAS AND STAY SIX FEET AWAY FROM OTHER GROUPS.

ARE THESE EFFECTIVE PROTOCOLS HERE FOR PEOPLE TO FOLLOW?

>> PARIS, LOLLAPALOOZA LIES.

YOU AND ME AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LOLLAPALOOZA FOR YEARS ON THE SHOW AND EVERY TIME WE HAVE INVITED THE CORPORATE OPENERS TO COME ON THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN AVAILABLE ONCE.

WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHY IS THE ROCK CRITIC UPSET ABOUT THIS ROCK SHOW HAPPENING?

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT JUST NOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS HERE 365 DAYS A YEAR ARE FOUR DOZEN GREAT MUSIC VENUES IN EVERY GENRE FROM JAZZ TO ROCK TO HIP-HOP ARE STRUGGLING TO REOPEN.

THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE MONEY YET THAT WAS APPROVED FOUR MONTHS AGO IN THE SAVE OUR STAGES ACT IN CONGRESS THEY ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AFTER 18 MONTHS OF DARKNESS.

AND IF THEY HAVE TO CLOSE AGAIN BECAUSE OF THIS CORPORATE RIDICULOUSNESS IN THE MIDDLE OF GRANT PARK THIS SWEETHEART DEAL THAT WAS STRUCTURED BY DALEY AND MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL WHOSE BROTHER SITS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LOLLAPALOOZA I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS THINKING.

>> AND OTHER FESTIVALS WILL HAPPEN.

RIOT FEST.

Dr. LANDON WE'VE SEE POSITIVITY RATES TRIPLE HERE IN CHICAGO OVER THE LAST WEEK.

1.6% NOW.

STILL RELATIVELY LOW BUT GOING IN THE BRNG WRONG DIRECTION HOW BAD COULD THIS WAVE GET?

>> THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY PEOPLE WHO ATTEND LOLLAPALOOZA ARE YOUNGER AND WHEN THEY ROLL THE DIES WITH COVID THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO END UP IN THE HOSPITAL OR TO DIE OF COVID.

DYING OF COVID IS ONE THING THAT CAN HAPPEN.

HAVING LONG COVID OR ORGAN DAMAGE THAT COMES BACK 10, 20 YEARS DOWN THE LINE ARE NOT THINGS I WOULD WISH ON THESE PEOPLE.

THIS IS THE UNITED STATES.

AND WE HAVE TAKEN THE APPROACH THAT IF YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOURSELF YOU PROTECT YOURSELF AND IF YOU WANT TO DO STUPID THINGS YOU CAN AND THAT IS THE PLAN WITH RESPECT TO LOLLAPALOOZA.

I HOPE THAT MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ONCE THEY LEAVE LOLLAPALOOZA IT'S IMPORTANT YOU REMEMBER THAT IT IS -- YOU PROBABLY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED IF YOU DEVELOP SYMPTOMS STAY HOME.

IF WE CAN TRY AND KEEP THAT CONTAINED THAT WILL BE THE BEST BET.

I'M NOT SURE THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT I THINK WE COULD SEE A LOT OF INFECTIONS FROM THIS.

IN CHICAGO WE DO HAVE HIGH VACCINATION RATES COMPARED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

AND MOST OF OUR HIGHEST RISK POPULATIONS OLDER INDIVIDUALS ARE HIGHLY VACCINATED.

THAT SHOULD HELP FLATTEN THE CURVE WITH RESPECT TO HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO PROTECT US FROM AN INCREASE IN CASES AND SOME PEOPLE WILL GET VERY SICK.

>> A LOT OF THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO GO MOSH WITH FELLOWS TO A LIMP BISCUIT SHOW.

THANK YOU TO JIM DEROGATIS AND Dr. EMILY LANDON.

THANK YOU.

>> YOU BET, PARIS YOU KNOW IT'S ALL ABOUT THE NOOKKY SAYS LIMP BUSINESS KET.

>> I DIDN'T LISTEN TO LIMP BUSINESS KET SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS REFERRING TO.

UP NEXT OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM TACKLES A BUSY DAY IN CITY COUNCIL.

PLEASE STAY WITH US.

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>> NOT MINCING WORDS IN THAT SEGMENT.

WE'LL COME BACK TO IT LATER.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVE A HISTORIC AGREEMENT ON POLICE OVERSIGHT AS CONGRESS IS MOVING FURTHER APART ALL THAT AND MORE THE FOCUS OF OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

JOINING US HEATHER CHERONE, AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY.

SO A LOT TO GET TO AS WE HEARD, A COMPROMISE ON POLICE OVERSIGHT PASSED CITY COUNCIL TAKE A LOOK AT PART OF MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S PUSH FOR VOTES.

>> IF PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOME, IF OUR BABIES CAN'T BE IN THEIR BEDS WITHOUT THE WORRY OF A BULLET COMING THROUGH THE WINDOW OR THE WALL, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS >> NOW, HEATHER YOU BROKE DOWN THE VOTES FOR US EARLIER.

BUT REMIND US WHAT IT WAS AND WAS IT A STRANGE COALITION OF THE AYES.

>> IT WAS 36-13.

AND THEY NEEDED 34 VOTES.

SO THIS WAS A RAZOR THIN MARGIN.

AND 10 OF THOSE 13 VOTES WERE FROM WHITE ALDERMEN WHO REPRESENT AREAS OF THE CITIES WHERE A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS LIVE AND SUPPORT PIE RAYMOND LOPEZ, AND HE SAID THAT HE VOTED FOR IT BECAUSE HE WANTS THE POLICE MISCONDUCT SETTLEMENTS TO END AND THIS IS SEEN AS THE BEST ATTEMPT TO BUILD TRUST IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AMONG BLACK AND LATINO CHICAGOANS AFTER DECADES OF BEING AT ODDS.

>> AND WHERE DID ALDERMAN BURKE COME DOWN ON THIS?

>> HE VOTED -- THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

I WILL HAVE TO -- YOU SURPRISED ME.

>> I REMEMBER HEARING HIM VOTE NO.

AND RAY LOPEZ VOTED YES.

>> HERE IS ALDERMAN SPOKE TOW HE VOTED AGAINST THE ORDINANCE AND LISTED THE OVERSIGHT THAT EXISTS.

>> WE HAVE 11 OVERSIGHT THAT I SEE.

AND I WILL READ THEM.

AG, BODY-CAMERAS, CONSENT DECREE, C.O.P.A., DOG, F.B.I., IAD, IG, ILLINOIS TORTURE BOARD, POLICE BOARD, STATE'S ATTORNEY, SUPERVISORS AND IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY, WE CAN INCLUDE DAK AND CAPS.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NO WE DON'T WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE.

>> IS HE LIGHT?

IS THIS AS -- IS HE RIGHT?

AT CATANZARA SAYS IT IS REDUNDANT?

>> IT DEPENDS WHAT YOU MEAN BY OVERSIGHT.

ALL OF THE AGENCIES THAT WE HEARD SPOKE TOW LIST OFF HAVE SOME ROLE IN HOLDING OFFICERS ACCUSED OF MISCONDUCT ACCOUNTABLE.

WHAT NONE OF THE AGENCIES DO IS SET POLICY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THAT IS WHAT WILL BE AT THE CENTER OF THIS NEW PANEL'S JOB.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE A NO CONFIDENCE VOTE IN THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT AND HAVE A SAY IN WHO SHOULD LEAD C.O.P.A.

THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN CHARGE OF INVESTIGATING POLICE MISCONDUCT.

IT IS A LITTLE BIT APPLES AND ORANGES.

BUT THAT WAS THE MAIN ARGUMENT OF OPPONENTS THAT THERE'S ENOUGH OVERSIGHT NOBODY NEEDS ANY BUREAUCRACY AND OFFICERS WHO ARE SORT OF FEELING THE PRESSURE DON'T NEED TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE UNDER ANY CLOSER SCRUTINY AS THEY TRY TO GET A HANDLE ON A SURGE OF VIOLENT CRIME CENTERED ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES.

AND YES, ALDERMAN BURKE VOTED NO.

I CHECKED THE TAPE.

>> OK.

SO PARIS, THE MAYOR WE KNOW SHE CAMPAIGNED ON CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT BUT THIS DOES NOT CHANGE THE MAYOR'S CONTROL OVER THE HIRING AND FIRING OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.

TELL US MORE.

>> THIS IS A SIGNATURE LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE MAYOR AND THIS COMES AS WE WERE WONDERING WHETHER SHE WAS LOSING CONTROL OVER CITY COUNCIL AND THINGS DEVOLVING AND PEOPLE BICKERING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN OVER THE WEEKEND, A LOT OF ALDERPEOPLE GET TOGETHER AND THIS COMPROMISE GETS HASHED OUT THAT MAKES COMMUNITY GROUPS HAPPY AND KEEPS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY HERE WITH THE MAYOR BECAUSE THE COMMISSION CAN RECOMMEND TO FIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE MAYOR CAN SAY NO, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT AND VETO POLICY AND THE CITY COUNCIL COMES IN AND HAS A ROLE HERE, TOO.

AND I MEAN IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THIS IS A DEBATE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR FOUR YEARS AND THERE WERE CAMPS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT SEEMED LIKE NO ONE WAS GOING TO AGREE ON WHAT TO DO AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SEEMED LIKE OUT OF NOWHERE THEY COME UP WITH THIS COMPROMISE.

THE MAYOR SHOWING LEGISLATIVE EFFECTIVENESS IN GETTING THOSE 36 VOTES TO APPROVE THIS BIG, BIG, BIG INITIATIVE.

>> A NEW REPORT DETAILS HOW THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS UNPREPARED TO HANDLE THE PROTESTS THE UNREST AND THE VIOLENCE AND THE LOOKING LAST SUMMER AFTER GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST REPORT TO DETAIL THE DEPARTMENT'S FAILURES.

THE CITY'S OUTGOING WATCHDOG RELEASED A REPORT IN FEBRUARY, THIS 464-PAGE REPORT FROM THE C.P.D.

FEDERAL MONITOR TOPS THE PILE DOES THIS HAVE MORE TEETH BECAUSE OF HER POSITION OVERSEEING THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE?

>> YES.

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE CITY JOSEPH FERGUSON IS PURELY ADVISORY.

BUT MAGGIE HICKEY WHO IS SOMEBODY ITING TO THE JUDGE AND SAY LOOK HERE IS WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID WRONG AND THEY ARE NOT CORRECTING THIS AND HER REPORT WAS SCATHING BECAUSE ALL ALONG, THE MAYOR SAID LOOK NOBODY EXPECTED THESE PROTESTS.

NOBODY EXPECTED THIS KIND OF UNREST.

WELL, MAGGIE HICKEY SAID SURE BUT IF YOU HAD ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROTESTS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS COMPLETELY UNPREPARED TO HANDLE THEM BECAUSE OF SIGNIFICANT AND SYSTEMIC FAILURES TO PREPARE FOR THOSE SORT OF EVENTS.

AND I THINK THAT IS REALLY AT THE HEART OF WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS WHEN IT GOES BACK IN FRONT OF THAT JUDGE AS IT WILL PERIODICALLY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

>> LET'S MOVE ON TO STATE POLITICS.

WE KNOW THAT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER HE IS ANNOUNCING HIS BID FOR A SECOND TERM.

TAKE A LOOK AT HIS INTERVIEW WITH PARIS YESTERDAY.

>> WE'VE BEEN GETTING OUR FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER AND WE'VE BEEN MAKING GOVERNMENT WORK FOR ILLINOIS FAMILIES.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT RUNNING FOR REELECTION THAT'S WHY I'M RUNNING BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE THAT WE CAN DO.

>> HEATHER IS ANYBODY SURPRISED AFTER HE MOVED MORE THAN $30 MILLION INTO THIS CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT MONTHS AGO?

>> THEY SHOULDN'T BE EVEN THOUGH HE DECLINED TO SAY SEVERAL WEEKS AGO WHEN WE HAD HIM ON THE SHOW THAT HE WAS RUNNING FOR REELECTION AND EVERYBODY GOT WORKED UP THAT MAYBE HE WASN'T GOING TO.

BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT THE GOVERNOR SEES THAT HE HAS A LOT MORE WORK TO DO AND HE ONLY HAD ABOUT HALF A TERM BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT AND REORDERED ALL OF HIS PRIORITIES.

SO THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT HIS RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC WILL BE AT THE CENTER OF THE CAMPAIGN BUT HE'S ALSO TRYING TO LOOK FORWARD AND SAY LOOK HERE IS WHAT ELSE WE NEED TO GET DONE AND HERE IS WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WHICH IS ALREADY -- WHICH IS LAID ALL OF THOSE PROBLEMS OUT THERE FOR ALL OF US TO SEE.

>> PARIS, REMIND US WHO SOME OF THE POTENTIAL RIVALS ARE.

>> ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE YOU'VE GOT STATE SENATOR DARRIN BAILEY, HAS BEEN A CHIEF CRITIC AND TAKEN PRITZKER TO COURT OVER SHUTDOWN ORDERS.

AND GARY RABINE.

I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER DID NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT COVID.

HE KEPT WANTING TO TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE FREE COLLEGE TUITION FOR ILLINOISIANS EARNING A MEDIAN INCOME OR LESS.

EXPANDED CHILDCARE ECHOING THE THINGS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SAYING AND NATIONAL DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING AND WHAT I TAKEAWAY IS THIS IS A COORDINATED MESSAGE HERE FOR 2022.

THE MIDTERMS DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THIS IS THE KIND OF MESSAGE THAT WILL GET THEIR VOTERS OUT WHEN MIDTERM ELECTIONS IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT FOR THE PARTY THAT CURRENTLY HOLDS THE WHITE HOUSE.

THE OPPOSITION PARTY IS MORE MOTIVATED TO GET OUT AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A CLOSELY WATCHED MIDTERM.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER LAYING OUT THINGS LIKE FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A STATE THAT IS $200 BILLION IN THE HOLE IN TERMS OF PENSION OBLIGATIONS I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING.

BUT I PRESUME THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE THE GET OUT THE VOTE MESSAGING STRATEGY FROM DEMOCRATS.

>> AND REMIND US HOW MUCH HE SPENT ON HIS CAMPAIGN THE FIRST TIME AROUND AND HOW MUCH HE IS POSSIBLY WILLING TO SPEND THIS TIME?

>> IT WAS $171 MILLION THE FIRST TIME.

AND THE TOTAL SPENDING CAME OUT TO A QUARTER OF A BILLION WITH THE MOST EXPENSIVE GOVERNOR'S RACE IN HISTORY.

SAVE FOR A RACE IN CALIFORNIA HE WAS TAKING ON ANOTHER BILLIONAIRE, BRUCE RAUNER SO THE STAKES WERE HIGH.

THEY WERE BOTH SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY.

I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT KIND OF SPENDING IF THESE REMAIN THE ONLY THREE CANDIDATES.

IF YOU SEE A WEALTHY SELF FUNDER LIKE A KEN GRIFFIN AND I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT KEN GRIFFIN WILL INTER THE RACE THEN YOU MIGHT SEE THE CRAZY AMOUNT OF SPENDING.

>> A QUICK LOOK AT CAPITOL HILL.

HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI ASKED MINORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY TO REPLACE REPRESENTATIVES JIM JORDAN AND JIM BANKS ON THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE FULL-BLOWN WAR ERUPTING OVER THIS COMMITTEE TAKE A LOOK.

>> THIS INVESTIGATION MUST GO FORWARD.

THE IDEA THAT ANYBODY WOULD BE PLAYING POLITICS WITH AN ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL IS DESPICABLE AND IS DISGRACEFUL.

>> UNLESS HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI REVERSES COURSE AND SEATS ALL FIVE REPUBLICANS WE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE.

>> RODNEY DAVIS WAS ALSO CHOSEN FOR THAT PANEL COULD HE SERVE ALONGSIDE LIZ CHENEY AND IGNORE MINORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY?

>> I DOUBT IT I THINK REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS IS A LOYAL REPUBLICAN.

THE MINORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY YANKED ALL THE MEMBERS IN RESPONSE TO THIS SURPRISE MOVE FROM HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI.

I DON'T THINK HE IS GOING TO BUCK HIS MINORITY LEADER AND CHOOSE TO SERVE.

THERE IS TALK ABOUT PERHAPS PELOSI PUTTING ADAM KINZINGER ON THE PANEL WHO HAS BEEN AS CRITICAL AS THE INSURRECTION OF TRUMP AS LIZ CHENEY.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THAT PANEL TO HAVE A BIPARTISAN SHEEN SO THAT FOLKS TRUST WHAT THEY COME UP WITH BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY DO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF EVERYTHING THAT CAUSED THAT AND ALL THE FAILURES THAT HAPPENED.

HOWEVER THAT HAPPENS, LAWMAKERS SHOULD PUT A PRIORITY ON THAT.

>> BUSY DAY IN POLITICS.

THANKS TO SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM, HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> UP NEXT, MEET A GROUP OF STREET VENDORS WHO ARE OWNERS OF THEIR OWN SHARED KITCHEN ON THE WEST SIDE.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... [♪♪♪] >> A GROUP OF FOOD VENDORS ARE OFFICIALLY THE OWNERS OF A KITCHEN AFTER HAVING RENTED IT FOR YEARS.

UNDER CITY REGULATIONS CITY VENDORS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PREPARE FOOD AT HOME AND RISK FINES IF THEY ARE CAUGHT WITHOUT A LICENSE.

JOANNA HERNANDEZ SHOWS WHAT IT MEANS FOR THIS GROUP OF VENDORS.

>> EVERY AFTERNOON JUAN JOSE GAMA GARCIA HEADS TO WORK.

HE SELLS EVERYTHING FROM TAMALES TO CORN AND FRUIT AND MEXICAN CANDY.

HE HAS BEEN A STREET VENDOR FOR 23 YEARS.

>> GAMA GARCIA IS ONE OF HUNDREDS OF VENDORS IN CHICAGO WHO HAS HAD TO ADAPT TO CHANGING CITY REGULATIONS OVER THE YEARS.

RULES REQUIRE VENDORS TO HAVE A LICENSE AND ALSO BAN THEM FROM PREPARING FOOD AT HOME.

TO FOLLOW CITY RULES GARCIA AND OTHERS STARTED RENTING A KITCHEN ON 16TH STREET AND SOUTH LAWNDALE.

SINGLE YEARS LATER THEY CAN -- SIX YEARS LATER THEY CAN OFFICIALLY CALL IT THEIR OWN.

>> GAMA GARCIA IS ONE OF MANY MEMBERS OF THE STREET VENDORS ASSOCIATION WHO HAVE BRANCHED OUT AND WORKED TO BRING THE SHARED KITCHEN TO LIFE.

>> FOR LUIS MELENDEZ, A TAMALE VENDOR THE KITCHEN IS A SIGN OF CHANGE FOR HIS FUTURE.

THEIR VISIONS CONTINUES TO GROW THEY ARE HOPING TO BUY THIS LOT TO EXPAND THEIR COMMERCIAL KITCHEN AND GET THE COMMUNITY MORE INVOLVED.

>> WE GOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD OPPORTUNITY FUND TO BE ABLE TO FIX AND RENOVATE THE SPACE HERE.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO EXPAND BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER PROGRAMMING WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THE COMMUNITY AND TO INTEGRATE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER THE PEOPLE OF NORTH LAWNDALE AS ENTREPRENEURS AND ALSO BE ABLE TO OFFER EDUCATIONAL TRAINING WITH NUTRITION.

>> OWNERSHIP OF THE KITCHEN EXPANDS OPPORTUNITIES TO OFFER OTHER VENDORS ASSISTANCE WITH LICENSING, LAW ENFORCEMENT, INVESTMENTS AND RETIREMENT.

WITH YEARS OF HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE THEY SAY THE NEW BUSINESS VENTURE WILL OPEN DOORS FOR VENDORS TO CHASE THE AMERICAN DREAM.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

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>> ART, HISTORY AND DANCE LESSONS WITH THE STALLIONS IN A NEW PERFORMANCE.

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