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

I'M AMANDA VINICKY.

PARIS SCHUTZ AND BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HAVE THE EVENING OFF.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> THE INDIFFERENCE SHOWN TO MY COLLEAGUES IS DISGRACEFUL!

>> AN EMOTIONAL FIRST DAY OF HEARINGS ON THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION.

HEAR FROM LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON THEIR REACTIONS.

>> AN ESTIMATED 1.7 MILLION AMERICANS WERE DISPLACED BY NATURAL DISASTERS LAST YEAR.

WE LOOK INTO CLIMATE-INDUCED MIGRATION.

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS STILL USING THE DEEPLY FLAWED GANG DATABASE.

WE SHARE THE DETAILS.

SCIENTISTS LED BY A TEAM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DISCOVER A WAY TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE CROP YIELDS.

THE CELEBRITIES LIKE MICHELLE OBAMA ARE PLAYING IN DESTIGMATIZING MENTAL HEALTH.

>> A SUMMER OF PRODUCE AND FLOWERS WE CHECK IN WITH CHICAGO AREA STREET MARKETS TO HEAR HOW THEY ARE RECOVERING FROM THE PANDEMIC.

AND VINTAGE COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHICAGO PEOPLE AND PLACES FROM THE EYES OF VIVIAN MAIER.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> CHICAGO COVID CASES ARE ON THE RISE AND HEADED TOWARD A BENCHMARK THAT COULD TRIGGER RESTRICTIONS.

THE CITY IS ON PACE TO HIT 200 CASES PER DAY IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS ACCORDING TO PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER Dr. ALLISON ARWADY.

THAT WOULD PUT CHICAGO IN MODERATE RISK TERRITORY.

LOLLAPALOOZA IS STILL ON DESPITE THE SIGNS AND ARWADY SAYS CITY OFFICIALS ARE NOT CURRENTLY PREPARING FOR A NEW ROUND OF MASK MANDATES OR CLOSURES.

>> WE CERTAINLY ARE CONCERNED AS NUMBERS ARE INCREASING AROUND THE COUNTRY.

I EXPECT TO CONTINUE TO SEE INCREASES HERE WHILE IT'S SUMMERTIME AND WE CAN GATHER OUT OF DOORS, THAT REMAINS THE SAFER WAY TO DO SO AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE WE ENCOURAGE MASK WAVERING BUT WE ARE NOT AT A POINT WHERE WE ARE NEEDING TO RECOMMEND THAT FOR THE POPULATION.

>> AND CHICAGO'S COVID TRAVEL ADVISORY EXPANDS TO 14 STATES DUE TO RISING COVID CASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE NEW STATES ARE ALABAMA, DONALD LASSERE, ARIZONA, KANSAS, MISSISSIPPI, OKLAHOMA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS AND WYOMING.

TRAVELERS AND FIVE OTHERS ON THE LIST AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE ASKED TO QUARANTINE OR RECEIVE A NEGATIVE TEST PRIOR TO THEIR ARRIVAL IN CHICAGO OR QUARANTINE FOR A 10-DAY PERIOD.

>> AN ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS TOOK CENTER STAGE AT TODAY'S HEARING ON THE JANUARY 6 CAPITOL INSURRECTION.

SHANAHAN REPRESENTATIVE ADAM KINZINGER WAS SELECTED BY HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI TO SERVE ON THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6.

ADAM KINZINGER GAVE REMARKS AND HEARD WITNESS TESTIMONY FROM CAPITOL AND DC POLICE OFFICERS WHO FEARED FOR THEIR LIVES AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY THAT DAY.

ADAM KINZINGER SPOKE AFTERWARDS ALONG WITH THE PANEL'S OTHER REPUBLICAN, WYOMING REPRESENTATIVE LIZ CHENEY.

>> THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT AND THIS IS A DEMOCRACY DEFENDING MOMENT.

AND NO MATTER THE CONSEQUENCES, ME AND I KNOW LIZ WILL STAND AND DEFEND DEMOCRACY.

>> AND WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS WITH LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS.

>> MORE CHICAGOANS ARE LEAD WATER SERVICE LINES CAN APPLY TO HAVE THEM REPLACED.

ANY HOUSEHOLD WITH CHILDREN UNDER 18 THAT MEETS INCOME EXABILITY REQUIREMENTS CAN APPLY FOR THE FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM AND THAT IS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD HAVE BEEN DETECTED IN WATER.

LEAD SERVICE LINES CONNECT APPROXIMATELY 400,000 CHICAGO HOMES WITH WATERMAINS BURIED UNDER CITY STREETS.

CHICAGO HAS MORE LEAD SERVICE LINES THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE COUNTRY.

YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THIS ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACKS HEARD TESTIMONY FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHORS FOUGHT TO DEFEND THE CAPITOL FROM INSURRECTIONISTS.

HERE IS WHAT CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER TOLD THEM.

>> YOU TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THAT DAY.

YOU GUYS WON.

YOU GUYS HELD.

YOU KNOW DEMOCRACIES ARE NOT DEFINED BY OUR BAD DAYS.

WE'RE DEFINED BY HOW WE COME BACK FROM BAD DAYS.

>> JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND MUCH MORE ARE CONGRESSMAN DANNY DAVIS, A DEMOCRAT FROM THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD IN CHICAGO.

CONGRESSMAN BRAD SCHNEIDER, A DEMOCRAT FROM DEERFIELD.

AND CONGRESSWOMAN MARIE NEWMAN A DEMOCRAT FROM CHICAGO'S SOUTHWEST SIDE WE INVITED EVERY REPUBLICAN IN THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION AND REPUBLICAN MEMBERS FROM SURROUNDING STATES AND NONE SAID YES.

BUT THANKS TO THE THREE OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

AS YOU HEARD, CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER GOT PRETTY EMOTIONAL DURING THIS MORNING'S HEARING.

REPRESENTATIVE SCHNEIDER DO YOU THINK THAT THE TESTIMONY CHANGED HEARTS AND MINDS AT ALL?

>> I CERTAINLY HOPE SO.

I MEAN THESE ARE OUR POOR OFFICERS TESTIFIED WHO EXPERIENCED WHAT FOR THEM WAS PERHAPS THE WORST DAY OF THEIR LIVES.

FOR ME I WAS IN THE GALLERY I TOOK COVER AS THE MOB WAS TRYING TO BREAK-IN TO THE HOUSE CHAMBER.

I OWE MY LIFE TO THE CAPITOL POLICE THEY PROTECTED ME AND MY COLLEAGUES AS ADAM KINZINGER THEY PROTECTED OUR DEMOCRACY.

AND THEIR VOICES IT IS ESSENTIAL THEY ARE HEARD AND STORIES ARE TOLD.

AND THAT WE GET A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENED JANUARY 6 SO IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

>> REPRESENTATIVE NEW MAN, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING TO LEARN FROM THESE HEAR NTION THEY HAPPENED SIX MONTHS AGO.

WE ALL WATCHED MANY OF US IN HORROR ABOUT WHAT WENT DOWN.

WHAT CAN BE GLEANED?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I THINK THIS IS REALLY SIMPLE.

I THINK THIS COMMITTEE IS DEDICATED TO GETTING AT THE TRUTH.

WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?

WHO WAS ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS?

AND BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN AVOID IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

BECAUSE OF THE SPIRIT OF THIS IS MUCH LIKE THE 9/11 COMMISSION, WE JUST WANT TO GET TO THE TRUTH THAT IS WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS AND REVEAL THE TRUTH, LEARN FROM IT AND KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

THOSE ARE THE CRITICAL OBJECTIVES AND TO HELP THE NATION UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR COLLEAGUE, Mr. KING KINZINGER THIS WAS THE WORST DAY OF OUR DEMOCRACY SINCE 1812.

LET'S REMEMBER IT AND ADDRESS IT.

>> NOW, YOU HEARD EMOTIONAL FRUSTRATED WORDS AS WELL FROM THE MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO WERE THE FIRST TO GIVE TESTIMONY ADMONISHING REPUBLICANS AND OTHERS FOR UNDERCUTTING NOT WANTING TO GET TO THE TRUTH OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE CAPITOL RIOTS AND YOU HAD OFFICER DUNN SAYING YES HE DOES BELIEVE THAT CONGRESSMAN KINZINGER AND CHENEY THE TWO REPUBLICANS ON THE PANEL WERE COURAGEOUS FOR DOING SO BUT QUESTIONED WHY IT NEEDED TO BE COURAGE TO TELL THE TRUTH.

I WOULD LIKE TO POSE THIS TO EACH OF YOU.

DO YOU CONSIDER KING GEAR'S KINZINGER'S PARTICIPATION COURAGEOUS?

>> I WILL TAKE A SHOT AT THAT.

I THINK NOT ONLY WERE THEY COURAGEOUS BUT I THINK THEY WERE HONEST IN THEIR ASSESSMENTS OF WHAT THEY FELT.

AND WHAT THEY SAW.

AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE NEVER EXPECTED OUR DEMOCRACY TO BE ATTACKED IN THE WAY THAT IT WAS.

IT SEEMED SO UNREAL BUT I THINK IT REINFORCED THE UNDERSTANDING THAT DEMOCRACY IS REAL.

AND THAT PEOPLE DO, IN FACT, BELIEVE IT AND BELIEVE IN IT.

AND TO THINK THAT WE WERE UNDER ATTACK SIEGED BY INDIVIDUALS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY, THAT'S HARD TO TAKE.

BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT, TO KNOW IT AND KNOW THAT WE MUST PROTECT AT ALL COSTS OUR DEMOCRACY.

>> AND I WILL ADD, I THINK BOTH CONGRESSMAN KINZINGER AND CHENEY DESERVE THE RESPECT FOR STANDING UP FOR THE TRUTH.

BUT THE ONLY REASON IT'S BEING CALLED COURAGEOUS THEY ARE TWO OUT OF 200 REPUBLICAN VOICES WILLING TO STAND UP AND SPEAK THE TRUTH.

WILLING TO DO THE NECESSARY WORK FOR OUR COUNTRY TO INSURE THAT NOTHING LIKE JANUARY 6 EVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

SO THEY ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

BUT THE REFLECTION OF COURAGE IS ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE ALONE WITHIN THEIR CAUCUS DOING THE RIGHT THING.

>> BRIEFLY CONGRESSWOMAN NEWMAN DOES THAT UNDERMINE THIS EFFORT THAT CONGRESSMAN KINZINGER SAID HIS PARTICIPATION HOPEFULLY WOULD BRING THAT BIPARTISANSHIP TO IT AND WEED OUT ANY SORT OF BELIEF THAT THIS IS A FALSE ACT.

BUT IS IT ALL UNDERMINED BY THE LACK OF G.O.P.

SUPPORT?

>> WELL, I HOPE THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE NOT SUPPORTING CONGRESSMAN KINZINGER AND CONGRESSWOMAN CHENEY THAT THEY COME AROUND.

STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED WHEN WE HAVE INCIDENTS LIKE THIS SOMETIMES PEOPLE COME AROUND AND REGAIN THEIR SENSES.

FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM TO KINZINGER AND CHENEY FOR STEPPING UP IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY IN THEIR OWN PARTY.

WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE THEM.

WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM AND HAVE THE BIPARTISAN EFFORT.

AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE COME AROUND FROM THIS.

>> LET'S SWITCH GORES, AND -- GEARS AND TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE NEGOTIATIONS.

REPRESENTATIVE SCHNEIDER YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUS AND THE BIPARTISAN WORKING GROUP.

ARE TALKS NEARING A DEAL?

OR BLOWING PAST A MONDAY DEADLINE?

OR ARE THERE TOO MANY ROADBLOCKS?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE PASS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE GET A ROBUST PACKAGE THAT MOVES OUR COUNTRY FORWARD.

I AM WITH THE PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUS WE PUT FORWARD THE COMPROMISED PROPOSAL THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED IN THE SENATE.

THE NEXT STEPS ARE IN THE SENATE WHERE I DON'T HAVE THE INSIGHT.

BUT THIS SHOULDN'T BE PARTISAN.

INFRASTRUCTURE AFFECTS EVERY COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT IN OUR COUNTRY.

OUR NATION HAS BEEN GETTING A D GRADE FOR TWO DECADES WE SHOULD BE LEADING THE WORLD IN INFRASTRUCTURE MAKING SURE OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

AND THE SENATE FAILS US WE ARE GOING TO FALL FURTHER BEHIND.

>> CONGRESSWOMAN NEWMAN, DO YOU EXPECT A DEAL BY AUGUST BEFORE THE RECESS?

>> WELL, WE GOT A BRIEFING ON THAT THIS MORNING AND I SIT ON TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.

I BELIEVE THAT THE HOUSE IS ACTIVE AND WE PASSED A GREAT BILL THAT ADDRESSES EQUITY AND INNOVATION AND BRING OUR ROADS AND BRIDGES UP TO SNUFF.

AND MOVING US FORWARD.

AS I SAY THERE ARE NO DEMOCRATIC ROADS AND REPUBLICAN BRIDGES OR THEY ARE ALL AMERICAN BRIDGES AND ROADS.

AND WE NEED TO BRING THEM UP TO A POINT WHERE WE ARE IN A BETTER POSITION AS A COUNTRY BUT FOR ALL OF OUR WORKERS SO THAT THEY CAN GET TO WORK.

I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO HOLD FAST IN THE HOUSE THAT IF THEY DO NOT COMBINE IT WITH A ACTUAL RECONCILIATION PACKAGE IT IS NOT A DEAL.

SO OUR RECOMMENDATION TO OUR SENATE PARTNERS IS GO BACK AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE SUPPORTING TRANSIT AGENCIES AND ADDRESSING CLIMATE AND IF THIS BILL ACTUALLY BRINGS US INTO THE 21ST CENTURY AND NOT DRAW US BACKWARDS.

>> ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND WAS IN CHICAGO JUST TWO DAYS LAST WEEK AND HE CALLED GUN VIOLENCE AN ONGOING TRAGEDY.

CONGRESSMAN DAVIS HE ROLLED OUT A GUN TASK FORCE AND YET NUMBERS AND VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO GO UP.

WHAT ELSE CAN AND SHOULD BE DONE?

>> WELL, I THINK THE BASE OF SOME OF THE VIOLENCE IS, INDEED, POVERTY.

IT'S INDEED LACK OF SATISFACTION AND FEELING ON THE PART OF MANY PEOPLE.

THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY GUNS FLOATING AROUND IN OUR COUNTRY.

AND WE MUST FIND A WAY TO REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF GUNS IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO SHOULD NOT HAVE THEM.

THEY OUGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET THEM.

ONLY LAW ENFORCEMENT, MILITARY PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE SOME OF THE WEAPONS.

BUT I THINK IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TALKED ABOUT AND THE PLAN, ALL OF THOSE ARE GREAT IDEAS.

BUT FOR A CITY LIKE CHICAGO, I WOULD ADD TO THAT SERIOUS WHAT I CALL BLOCK CLUB ORGANIZING IN THE MOST AFFECTED COMMUNITIES THAT THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES MUST BE ORGANIZED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY CREATE STANDARDS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES WHERE WE LIVE.

BECAUSE I LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE.

I LIVE IN THE AUSTIN AREA.

THE LARGEST COMMUNITY AREA IN THE CITY.

AND, YES, GOVERNMENT, POLICE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LAWS ALL OF THESE THINGS MATTER.

BUT THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE MUST BE THE PEOPLE OURSELVES.

>> AND WE'LL LEAVE THAT WITH OUR PARTING WORD FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL PANEL TODAY.

MUCH APPRECIATION.

REPRESENTATIVES DANNY DAVIS, BRAD SCHNEIDER AND MARIE NEWMAN.

>> THANK YOU GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AN ESTIMATED 23 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY NATURAL DISASTERS EVERY YEAR SINCE 2010 ACCORDING TO THE WORLD METEROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION.

WHILE IT IS NOT OFFICIAL, SOME CALL CLIMATE INDUCED MIGRANTS CLIMATE REFUGEES AND AS FLOODS AND DROUGHTS AND WILDFIRES THREATEN COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S. AND ACROSS THE GLOBE SOME SAY GOVERNMENTS NEED TO PREPARE FOR MORE MIGRATION.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS CLIMATE INDUCED MIGRATION ARE SABINA SHAIKH DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'S PROGRAM ON GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT AND KATHLEEN ARNOLD, DIRECTOR OF DePAUL UNIVERSITY'S MIGRATION STUDIES PROGRAM.

WHAT DOES THE TERM CLIMATE CHANGE REFUGEE MEAN?

>> HI, I THINK THAT QUESTION WAS FOR ME.

THANKS.

SO, WELL, THE TERM REFUGEE IS DEFINED BY THE UNITED NATIONS AS A PERSON WHO CROSSED INTERNATIONAL BORDERS OUT OF FEAR OF PERSECUTION OR DISRUPTION.

CLIMATE REFUGEE THE TERM IS NOT FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGED SINCE THE MOVEMENT WE'VE SEEN IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IS INTERNAL WITHIN BORDERS OR SECONDARY DISPLACEMENT.

ASIDE, WHEN YOU HEAR THE TERM CLIMATE REFUGEE THE MOVEMENT WITHIN AND ACROSS BORDERS DUE TO CLIMATE HAZARDS.

BUT ACCUMULATED EVENTS AND CHRONIC CONDITIONS CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.

QUICKLY REGARDLESS OF THAT TERMINOLOGY IT'S CRITICAL TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE BURDEN OF THESE CLIMATE HAZARDS IS UNEQUAL AND THERE'S DIFFERENCES HOW IT AFFECTS PEOPLE ACROSS COUNTRIES WITHIN A COUNTRY AND ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS IN A CITY PARTLY DUE TO GEOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS AN OUTCOME DEEP ROOTED INEQUITIES THAT MAKE POPULATIONS MORE VULNERABLE.

>> BRIEFLY WHEN YOU SAY POPULATIONS, ARE THESE PEOPLE OF COLOR?

IS IT PARTICULARLY IMPROVISHED INDIVIDUALS?

I'M THINKING RICH FOLKS HAVE HOMES ON-SHORE LINES THAT ARE GETTING FLOODED OUT.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN?

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

THERE IS A CONFLUENCE OF FACTORS THAT WILL INFLUENCE HOW PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.

AND IT MAY BE THAT EXPOSURES TO THE HAZARDS MAY BE DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE BUT IT'S THE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE HAZARD AS WELL.

THERE'S UNEQUAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, LACK OF POLITICAL REPRESENTATION, RACIAL INEQUITIES AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES ALL OF THESE THINGS MATTER SIGNIFICANTLY.

I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT LAST SEGMENT AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO THINK BROADLY BEYOND THE IDEA OF PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION AND CONSIDER THE DIFFERENCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS DEFINED AS ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL LOGICAL, NATURAL AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT CLIMATE CHANGE PLANNING DOES NOT FURTHER EXACERBATE INQUALITY IN THE DESIGNS OR OUTCOMES.

>> AND LET'S PUT THE FURTHER INTO PERSPECTIVE SINCE 2008318 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY CLIMATE DISASTERS ACCORDING TO THE MONITORING CENTER.

THAT INCLUDES 156 MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED BY FLOODS, 119 MILLION BY STORMS.

AND 33.5 MILLION INDIVIDUALS DISPLACED BY EARTHQUAKES.

KATHLEEN, WHAT ARE THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED?

IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THESE DISASTERS?

OR IS IT MORE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS?

>> I THINK CLIMATE CHANGE IN CERTAIN RESPECTS HAS HAPPENED QUICKLY BUT THERE'S ALSO A SLOW PROCESS BY WHICH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.

WE HAVE ENOUGH WARNING SIGNS THE AFTERMATH IS CERTAINLY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY THE DEGREE TO WHICH WE HAVE BEEN OVERVETTING REFUGEES AND BUILDING WALLS AGAINST MIGRANTS.

BUT WE WERE TALKING EARLIER AND MOST MIGRATION HAPPENS INTERNALLY.

THERE IS A LOT WE COULD DO TO INSH YOUR THAT THE INSURE THAT THE ECO-SYSTEM IS NOT DESTROYED AND TOXIC WASTE IS NOT OCCURRING AND IT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS PEOPLE WHO ARE POORER.

VERY OFTEN WOMEN GATHER WATER WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

THEY HAVE DIFFICULTIES GETTING WATER.

THERE ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED IN SOME SORT OF DISASTER OCCURS POLICE DISPLACEMENT DOES NOT OCCUR BECAUSE OF BIG DISASTERS BUT SLOW ACCUMULATING ONES.

OFTEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE LITTLE RESOURCES FROM ABILITY AND SO ON, ARE GOING TO BE STUCK WHEREAS THE RICH PEOPLE YOU REFERRED TO WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE MORE EASILY.

>> THIS IS HAPPENING GLOBALLY, INTERNALLY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES ARE THERE PARTICULAR AREAS OF THE COUNTRY ARE WE SEEING EXAMPLES OF THIS IN THE CHICAGO AREA?

>> I THINK IN THE U.S.

THERE IS A SPECULATION THAT PEOPLE WILL MIGRATE TO WATER RICHER CLIMATE PROTECTED AREAS THOSE WHO CAN AND WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S ENTIRELY EVIDENT AT THE MOMENT THAT THIS IS PERMANENT MOVEMENT IT'S CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST POPULATION GROWTH ARE PLACES WITH COASTAL AND HEAT HAZARDS.

WE ARE SEEING MORE OF THE IMPACTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE ON HOUSING, TRANSIT SYSTEMS AND ENERGY AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL OF THESE WILL PLAY INTO FUTURE POPULATION MOVEMENT.

>> COUNTER INTUITIVE WHEN YOU ARE SEEING THE POPULATION EXPLOSIONS.

KATHLEEN, IS CHICAGO PREPARED TO HANDLE IF THERE IS AN INFLUX OF CLIMATE REFUGEES?

SOMETHING THE CITY IS PREPARING FOR AND ABLE TO PREPARE FOR?

>> CHICAGO IS CERTAINLY SEEM TO BE AUTHORIZING NEW CONSTRUCTION IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS TO ME THAT IS A BIT CHILLING.

OBVIOUSLY WE NEED, I THINK MERE UNIFICATION AS A COUNTRY ON THIS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS VISION OF PEOPLE RUSHING INTO CHICAGO BECAUSE THAT IS ALMOST LIKE THE FEAR OF CLIMATE INDUCED MIGRATION FROM ABROAD.

BUT, YEAH, I THINK THERE'S QUITE A LOT GOING ON ON THE WEST COAST.

THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING.

I DON'T THINK THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY MOVE HERE BUT WE NEED TO UNIFY AS A COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY INCLUDING WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.

I JUST READ THAT THEY DROPPED A NUMBER OF GREEN FRIENDLY PROPOSALS FROM THAT BILL TO GET IT PASSED.

AND THAT'S NOT GREAT MESSAGING.

IT SHOULDN'T BE A TRADE-OFF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS URGENT THAT IS NOT GOING TO LEAD TO MORE MASSES OF PEOPLE RUSHING TO CHICAGO YET.

>> AND 30 SECONDS LEFT, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FURTHER?

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BUT TO FURTHER ADDRESS CLIMATE RELATED MIGRATION?

QUICK EXAMPLE YOU COULD GIVE US?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT TALKING ABOUT CHICAGO THE CITY AND THE REGION CAN BE WELL POSITIONED TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT RELATED TO WATER RESOURCES AND TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO CHICAGO.

BUT A LOT OF IT DEPENDS HOW WE PLAN AND MANAGE FRESH WATER AND CLIMATE HAZARDS LIKE URBAN FLOODING AND HEAT THIS IS RELATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOUSING EDUCATION.

FURTHERING PROGRAMS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION THOSE ARE PART OF THIS PICTURE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO SABINA SHAIKH AND KATHLEEN ARNOLD.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHICAGO PEOPLE AND PLACES.

STAY WITH US.

THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD INCLUDING A SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH AIMED AT DRESSING GLOBAL HUNGER.

WHEN SHE DIED 12 YEARS AGO, PHOTOGRAPHER VIVIAN MAIER WENT FROM ANONYMOUS TO FAIRLY FAMOUS.

SHE HAS HAD BOOKS ON HER WORK PUBLISHED AN OSCAR NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY AND EXHIBITS AROUND THE WORLD.

THE NORTH SHORE NANNY IS GETTING MORE PRAISE FOR THE UNSEEN COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF PEOPLE AND PLACES.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" MARC VITALI HAS THAT STORY.

>> SHE TOOK MANY IMAGES OF CHILDREN, SOMETIMES THE KIDS SHE CARED FOR.

AND SHE HAD A SENSITIVE EYE FOR CHICAGO BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

THERE ARE SCENES OF THE LOOP IN 1970 AND THE RUBBLE FROM THE DEMOLITION OF THE CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE.

VIVIAN MAIER WAS UNKNOWN TO CURATORS AND HISTORIANS NOW SHE IS GETTING THE SECOND SHOW AT THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM AND IT'S ALL IN VIVID COLOR.

>> WE LOOKED ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF ACTIVITY AND LOOK FOR WAYS TO REVEAL SOMETHING ABOUT CHICAGO, CHICAGONESS, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

HOW ARE THEY SHAPING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT THE PLACE WE LIVE IN?

CREATIVE COMES OUT IN THE QUESTIONS, WHAT ARE PEOPLE DOING AND HOW ARE THEY REFLECTING THE CITY?

TO LOOK AT THE WORK IS TO REVEAL SOMETHING NOT ONLY ABOUT HER, THIS AMAZING ARTIST AND THE QUALITY OF THE WORK SHE GENERATED AND SOMETHING ABOUT US AS WELL.

>> IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH VIVIAN MAIER'S WORK YOU KNOW ABOUT HERSELF PORTRAITS.

SHE OFTEN FOUND WAYS TO DOCUMENT HER PRESENCE IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS.

MOST OF THESE COLOR WORKS ARE FOCUSED IN AND AROUND CHICAGO.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT LOOKING AT HER WORK SOMETIMES IT'S NOT EVIDENT YOU DON'T IMMEDIATELY SEE IT AS A CHICAGO WORK AND YET A LITTLE BIT OF TIME YOU SORT OF CAPTURE A SENSE THAT THIS REFLECTION IS OF THAT BUILDING.

AND YOU CAN SORT OF GROUND THE SCENE SHE'S PHOTOGRAPHING IN CONTEXT IN A PLACE IN CHICAGO.

PLACES REALLY CLEARLY IMPORTANT TO HER.

>> THE EXHIBITION INCLUDES A SELECTION OF SUPER 8 MOVIES INCLUDING MORE ON THE DEMOLITION OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING.

THE WORKS CAME FROM A DONATION TO THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM BY A LOCAL ART COLLECTOR WHO WANTS THE PICTURES TO BE ACCESSIBLE.

>> SHE IS ABLE TO WALK THAT FINE LINE BETWEEN BEING VOYEURISTIC AND EMPATHETIC SHE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO LIVE WITHIN THAT SMALL WORLD THAT THAT PERSON IS IN AT THAT MOMENT.

AND, YET, CONTINUE TO KEEP HER ART MAKING SELF ON TASK WHICH IS TO CAPTURE THIS PICTURE AT THE RIGHT TIME WITH THE RIGHT LIGHT AND THE RIGHT FRAMING TIME AND AGAIN.

I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE WAYS VIVIAN AND HER HISTORY CAN INSPIRE US.

HERE IS THIS AMAZING ARTIST WHO NEVER HAD THE CRITIC'S EYE, NEVER HAD ANY POPULAR SUCCESS IN OUR CULTURE.

AND, YET, WAS CREATING THESE FANTASTIC WORKS AND IT GIVES ME HOPE THAT OUR WORLD IS MORE FULL OF CREATIVITY AND GREAT ART MAKING AND MAYBE EVEN SOMETHING THAT COMES TO GENIUS THAN WE HAVE TIME TO ELEVATE AND RECOGNIZE AND GIVE ATTENTION TO.

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

>> IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE VIVIAN MAIER STORY VISIT US ON-LINE TO SEE JAY SHEFSKY'S REPORT ON THE DISCOVERY OF HER WORK IT IS AN EPIC STORY WITH MORE GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHICAGO PEOPLE AND PLACES.

SHOW IS OPEN FOR A LONG RUN AT THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"...

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS USING A GANG DATABASE THAT A CITY WATCHDOG TO BE FOUND FILLED WITH ERRORS.

WE SHARE THE DETAILS.

>> A POTENTIALLY WORLD CHANGING DISCOVERY AS SCIENTIST FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FIND A WAY TO INCREASE CROP PRODUCTION.

>> THE ROLE OF CELEBRITIES LIKE MICHELLE OBAMA AND NAOMI OSAKA ARE PLAYING IN DESTIGMANIZING MENTAL HEALTH IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

WE CHECK P WITH THREE STREET MARKETS TO HEAR HOW THEY ARE RECOVERING FROM THE PANDEMIC.

BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> NEW FEDERAL GUIDANCE ON MASKS AS THE COVID DELTA VARIANT SURGES IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION RECOMMENDS ALL INDIVIDUALS VACCINATED OR NOT WEAR A MASK IN INDOOR PUBLIC SETTINGS IN AREAS WITH SUBSTANTIAL AND HIGH TRANSMISSION.

ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SAYS THE STATE WILL FOLLOW THE NEW GUIDANCE AS NEW CASES ARE APPROACHING 200 CASES PER DAY.

THE CDC DEFINES HIGH TRANSMISSION AS 100 CASES FOR EVERY 100,000 PEOPLE OVER A SEVEN-DAY PERIOD.

>> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SIGNS A PACKAGE OF BILLS AIMED AT ADVANCING RIGHTS FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY.

THE NEW LAWS INCLUDE A MEASURE THAT EXPANDS INFERTILITY INSURANCE TO LGBTQ PLUS FAMILIES AND A REPEAL OF THE STATE'S HIV CRITTIZATION LAW.

THE -- CRIMINALIZATION LAW.

THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY TO REDUCING THE STIGMA OF HIV AND AIDS.

>> IT'S HIGH TIME WE TREAT HIV AS WE DO OTHER TREATABLE TRANS MISSABLE DISEASES.

THERE BY TREATING OUR RESIDENTS WITH DIGNITY AND FURTHERING OUR MISSION TO END THIS EPIDEMIC IN ILLINOIS.

>> WE'LL HAVE MORE TOMORROW.

>> NETFLIX IS MAKING AN ADULT CARTOON SERIES.

CHICAGO PARTY AUNT WILL DEBUT ON THE STREAMING SERVICE IN SEPTEMBER.

THE SERIES WILL FOLLOW THE EXPLOITS OF THE CHICAGO WOMAN WHO IS ALWAYS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY WHO ENJOYS A HEALTHY INTAKE [INAUDIBLE] IT'S BASED ON A CHARACTER BASED ON ACTOR CHRIS WAKAKI.

>> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS USING THAT SAME DATABASE.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

HEY HEATHER.

BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT TODAY'S HEARING LET'S START WITH THE WATCHDOG REPORT TWO YEARS AGO.

JOSEPH FERGUSON CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF C.P.D.

'S GANG DATABASE AND WHAT DID IT FIND?

>> IT FOUND THAT MORE THAN 135,000 CHICAGOANS WERE LISTED IN THE DATABASE AND 95% OF THEM WERE BLACK OR LATINO.

BUT THAT DATA WAS RIDDLED WITH ERRORS INSPECT GENERALLER JOSEPH FERGUSON FOUND AND WAS RIPE FOR ABUSE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN CHICAGO AND WAS DISPROPORTIONATELY TARGETED TOWARD BLACK AND LATINOS AND HE RECOMMENDED A HUGE NUMBER OF CHANGES.

>> DESPITE RELYING ON ALL THAT TODAY DURING A HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL'S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, C.P.D.

DEFENDED CONTINUING TO USE THIS DATABASE.

WHY DO OFFICIALS SAY WHY?

>> WELL, THEY'VE SAID IT'S IMPORTANT THAT CHICAGO POLICE KNOW WHO IS IN A GANG SO THEY CAN USE THAT INFORMATION TO TRY TO STOP RETALIATORY VIOLENCE BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE GANG-RELATED SHOOTS IN CHICAGO INVOLVE VIOLENCE THAT STARTS WITH ONE SHOOTING THAT LEADS TO ANOTHER AND SO ON.

THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE DATA THEY HAVE IS NOT PERFECT, BUT THEY SAID IT'S IMPORTANT TO USE WHAT THEY HAVE.

>> PARTICULARLY WANTING TO CONNECT THE DOTS IN THE TIME OF HIGH CRIME.

BUT IS THERE ANY HOPE FOR CHANGES IN HOW THE C.P.D.

USES THIS?

OR EVEN HOW IT KEEPS THESE RECORDS?

>> YES.

A NEW DATABASE IS DUE TO BE ON-LINE BY SEPTEMBER DEPUTY CHIEF TOLD ALDERMEN.

HOWEVER ALL OF THE DETAILS HAVE YET TO BE WORKED OUT.

IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW MUCH THE DATABASE WILL COST, EXACTLY WHO WILL BE INCLUDE IN THE DATABASE AND HOW THOSE LISTED IN THE DATABASE CAN APPEAL THAT RULING.

ALL RECOMMENDATIONS SET BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL THAT NEARLY TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS LATER WE'RE STILL WAITING TO FIGURE OUT.

>> WAIT AND FOLLOW WE WILL.

THANK YOU HEATHER.

>> THANKS AMANDA.

>> YOU CAN READ THE STORY ON WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> UP NEXT, DETAILS INTO NEW RESEARCH ON HOW TO DRAM TINGLY INCREASE CROP YIELDS.

STAY WITH US.

>> ALMOST A BILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO EAT ACCORDING TO THE RUNS WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.

BUT IN A WORLD CHANGING DISCOVERY, SCIENTISTS LED BY A TEAM FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HAVE FOUND A WAY TO MINUTE RNA TO BOOST CROP PRODUCTION BY A LOT.

IN FIELD TESTS BOTH RICE AND POTATO INCREASED YIELDS BY 50% AND ALSO BECAME MORE RESISTANT TO DROUGHT.

JOINING US NOW IS ONE OF THE SCIENTISTS WHO LED THIS RESEARCH, CHUAN HE THE JOHN IT, WILLSON PROFESSORS OF CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEM INDUSTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE BEGIN EXPLAINING HOW IS IT THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO MODIFY THESE PLANTS SO THEY CAN GROW AND PRODUCE SO MUCH MORE?

>> YEAH.

MY WORK HAS BEEN IN THE FIELD OF [INAUDIBLE] WE WORK ON RNA THAT AFFECTS WE DISCOVERED IS ESSENTIALLY A SWITCH THAT REGULATES PLANT GROWTH AND THIS SWITCH IS PREVIOUSLY NOT KNOWN TO SCIENTISTS.

WE'VE FOUND A WAY TO ACTIVATE THE SWITCH AND PLANTS GROW WITH DEEPER ROOTS AND MORE YIELD.

>> HOW EASY IS IT TO FLIP THIS SWITCH ON OR OFF?

>> IT'S QUITE EASY.

FOR MOST OF PLANTS PREVIOUSLY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO LEARN HOW THEY ARE WIRED AND WANTED TO THINK NEW WAYS TO BOOST IT.

AND HERE WE SHOWED THAT WE DO NOT NEED TO KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE PARTICULAR PLANT WE CAN ADD THE HUMAN PROTEIN INTO THE PLANT AND BOOST ITS GROWTH.

SO SEEMS TO BE A GENERAL APPROACH.

>> AND WE'RE SEEING ON OUR SCREEN ON THE LEFT THE CONTROLS AND ON THE RIGHT THE LARGER PLANTS AND POTATOES PRODUCED BY THE PLANTS.

YOU'VE TRIED FLIPPING THE SWITCH ON RICE AND POTATOES.

WILL IT WORK ON MORE THAN THAT?

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

IN FACT, IN ADDITION TO RICE AND POTATOES, MY KOBE LAB RATERS TRIED OTHER PLANTS.

WE'VE TESTED FIVE TO SIX TYPES OF PLANTS, INCLUDING TREES AND GRASS, AND ALL THE CASES THE APPROACH THE GENERAL WORKED FOR ALL OF THEM.

>> TREES AND GRASS AND WHAT WAYS MIGHT THAT BE HELPFUL?

I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS IF YOU YIELD MORE RICE, MORE POTATOES THAT COULD HELP TO FEED PEOPLE WITH FOOD INSECURITIES.

WHAT WOULD A TREE WOULD DEEPER ROOTS MEAN OR HAVING GRASSES THAT ARE MORE PLENTIFUL?

>> RIGHT.

WELL, I ALWAYS JOKE WITH TREES WITH DEEPER ROOTS, HERE HYDE PARK WHEN THE STORM COMES OVER BLOW OVER OUR TREES.

THE TREES INCREASED THE PHOTO SIN THIS AND GROW WITH MORE BRANCHES.

>> AND BY GROWING THOSE BRANCHES DEEPER ROOTS, COULD THAT HAVE AN IMPACT FOR INSTANCE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND MORE STORMS MORE SEVERE STORMS AND FURTHERMORE DROUGHTS AND MORE SEVERE DROUGHTS?

>> YES, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

AS YOU JUST SAID THE FIRST SORT OF THING COME TO OUR MIND IS OF COURSE THE FOOD SECURITY.

IT'S NOT A MAJOR CONCERN FOR THIS COUNTRY BUT FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD IT IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE PARTICULARLY WITH GROWING POPULATIONS.

IN IN ADDITION TO FOOD, I WANT TO MENTION THE PLANT STOCK MATERIALS PLANTS OFFER MORE OTHER THINGS TO US.

RUBBER AND NATURAL PRODUCTS AND FLOWERS WE HAVE A GENERAL WAY TO BOOST THE PRODUCTION OF ALL THESE MATERIALS.

SPEAK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, THESE PLANTS HAVE DEEPER ROOTS AND THEY ARE MORE DROUGHT RESISTANT AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THEY SURVIVE UNDER EXTREME GROWTH CONDITIONS BETTER WE ARE WISHING THE PLANTS CAN IMPROVE OR PRESERVE ECHO SYSTEMS AND BETTER SOLIDIFY SOILS AND OFFER MORE BIOMASS.

LASTLY, I WANT TO SAY YOU MENTIONED IF WE CAN PRODUCE MORE FOOD PEOPLE MAY NOT NEED TO CUT TREES DOWN TO HAVE LAND FOR FARMING HOPEFULLY WE CAN SAVE THE LANDS TO PRESERVE FORESTS.

YET YOU ARE MANIPULATING PLANT PROTEINS THROUGH RNA AND MANY PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS.

HOW CAN PEOPLE BE SECURE THAT FOODS PRODUCED IN THIS WAY WOULD BE SAFE TO EAT?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

SO GENETICALLY MODIFIED YOU MODIFIED DNA.

RNA WE ADDED RNA WE DO NOT TOUCH THE DNA IN PRINCIPLE WE DO NOT NEED TO GENETICALLY MODIFY PLANTS.

IN REALITY IN THIS PAPER, OR IN RESEARCH, WE DO ADD THIS HUMAN PROTEIN INTO PLANT DNA TO OBSERVE.

HOWEVER WE'VE WORKED OUT A WAY TO AVOID ADDING GENETIC MODIFICATIONS TO PLANTS GEOPOLITIC KNOWLEDGE.

GENE GNOME.

IN THE REAL WORLD APPLICATION IT WILL BE CHALLENGED TO -- APPLY A APPROACH GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS.

>> YOU WOULD EAT ONE OF THE POTATOES OR DO YOU TRY ONE?

>> I WOULD LOVE TO.

WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT.

BUT I WOULD EAT THE POTATO AS I SAID IN THE REAL APPLICATIONS WORKING TO AVOID THE GENETIC MODIFICATION.

>> AND BEFORE WE WRAP UP, HOW SOON MIGHT THIS BE USED BEYOND THE LABORATORY?

WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THIS RESEARCH?

>> RIGHT.

I AM A SCIENTIST MY FOCUS IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON.

BUT I OF COURSE WELCOME DIFFERENT LABS, CORPORATIONS OR ENTITIES TO COLLABORATE WITH US AND APPLY REAL WORLD CHALLENGE.

I WOULD PREDICT IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS WE WILL BE USED AND FIVE, SIX YEARS WE MAY START TO SEE THE IMPACTS OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.

>> WE HOPE TO HAVE YOU BACK TO LEARN MORE.

MUCH APPRECIATION THANK YOU TO CHUAN HE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> COVID-19 HAS AFFECTED THE CHICAGO AREA'S MANY STREET MARKETS SOME TEMPORARILY CLOSED SHOP AND THIS YEAR THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE BACK WITH SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS HOW SOME LOCAL STREET MARKETS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTING TO THE PANDEMIC ARE DAVID WOLFF OWNER OF THE WOLF FLEA MARKET.

NICOLE BENJAMIN DIRECTOR OF EVENTS WITH THE RAVENS WOOD LINCOLN SCARE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ESMIRNA GARCIA BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE PILSEN COMMUNITY MARKET.

WHAT HAS REOPENING LOOKED LIKE FOR THE LINCOLN SQUARE FARMERS MARKET POSED BY AN AVID SHOPPER AND LOVER?

>> THIS SEASON HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.

WE STARTED A MONTH EARLIER THAN WE USUALLY DO WE STARTED IN MAY AS OPPOSED TO JUNE BECAUSE LAST SEASON EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A ROCKY START ENDED UP BEING SUCCESSFUL AS A COMMUNITY SPOT FOR PEOPLE TO COME FEEL SAFE AND SHOP.

WE HAVE DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF FARMS AND VENDORS THIS SEASON.

WE HAVE EXPANDED INTO THE PLAZA NEXT TO OUR TYPICAL SPACE.

WE HAVE ABOUT 40 VENDORS AND IT'S BEEN AS BUSY AS EVER.

>> AND IN CONTRAST TO THAT, HOWEVER, DAVID, ROSEMONT FLEA MARKET WAS CLOSED LAST SEASON AND NOW RETURNING.

WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE SINCE COMING BACK?

>> WELL, I THINK PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO BE OUTSIDE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF COVID.

US BEING AN ALL OUTDOOR MARKET WE HAVE SEEN A LARGE INCREASE IN OUR CUSTOMER HERE AS OPPOSED TO 2019.

OUR BUSINESS HAS BEEN GREAT.

WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF NEW TYPES OF CUSTOMERS, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE WE FOUND OUR COLLECTIONS FROM THE PAST, BASEBALL CARD COLLECTORS REDISCOVERED THEIR PASSION FOR BASEBALL CARD COLLECTING DURING THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE THEY WERE HOME AND NOW A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE VENDORS AND CUSTOMERS.

SO WE'VE BEEN DOING WELL.

>> TAKING UP THAT HOBBY ON BOTH ENDS.

ESMIRNA GARCIA HOW HAS THE PANDEMIC AFFECTED HOW THE PILSEN COMMUNITY MARKET OPERATES?

>> WE ARE A COMMUNITY MARKET FOR SO LONG.

IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE WANT TO BRING THE COMMUNITY IN.

HAVE THE LOCAL SHOPPERS KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GETTING THEIR THINGS FROM AND HAVING THE LOCAL PRODUCERS.

AND IN TERMS OF SPACE RESTRICTIONS THROUGHOUT IT'S MADE IT CHALLENGING.

BUT WE KNOW THAT OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY REALLY LOOKS FORWARD TO THE FARMERS MARKET EVERY YEAR AND WE'VE SEEN THAT THIS YEAR AS WELL AS LAST YEAR.

>> CHALLENGES, SPACE RESTRICTIONS WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

THE SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS?

PEOPLE NEEDING VENDORS AND BUYERS NEEDING TO STAY APART ALONG LINES WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

>> WELL TALKING ABOUT ONE, THERE IS A LOT OF VENDORS WHO DON'T HAVE FOOD.

WE ARE NOT EXACTLY A FLEA MARKET BUT WE ARE A FARMERS MARKET THERE IS A LOT OF LOCAL PRODUCERS.

AND BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE SPACE TO EVERYONE AND THERE IS A NEED FOR 70% FOOD AND 30% NONFOOD BE THE FARMERS MARKET CATEGORY IN ORDER TO BE A FARMERS MARKET.

IT HAS A FEW CHALLENGES FOR US IN THE COMMUNITY MARKET.

WE ALSO LOOK FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR VENDORS AS WELL.

WE'VE DONE THINGS TO MITIGATE THAT OR TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR EVERYONE.

>> NICOLE YOU MENTIONED LAST SUMMER WAS SUCCESSFUL LAST SEASON WITH THE FESTIVAL DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.

ARE YOU SEEING SIMILAR TRENDS THIS YEAR AND CAN YOU PERHAPS EXPLAIN WHAT MAY BE PRECAUTIONS WERE TAKEN THEN VERSUS NOW?

>> SURE.

I WILL SAY THAT WHILE LAST SEASON DID END BECOMING SUCCESSFUL IT WAS A NAIL-BITER.

I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TURN LEMONS INTO LEMONADE.

BUT BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE PROTOCOLS, NEEDING EQUIPMENT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE, BRINGING ON A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WE DIDN'T NEED BEFORE TO WORK WITH OUR MARKET MANAGER.

KEEP CAPACITY LIMITS TO COUNT TO MAKE SURE ALL THE VENDORS AND THE SHOPPERS FELT SAFE WHICH THEY DID.

AND I THINK SPEAKING TO WHAT ESMIRNA GARCIA SAID HAVING AN OUTDOOR SPACE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE TO SHOP AND THEY ARE PURCHASING FOOD THAT TOUCHED THE LEAST AMOUNT OF HANDS AS POSSIBLE GOING FROM FARM TO MARKET TO TABLE.

AND THIS SEASON WE'VE JUST SEEN MORE OF THAT NOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LIFT THE RESTRICTIONS UP UNTIL NOW SO THE MARKET IS A BIT MORE OPEN.

BUT WE GOT A LOT MORE FARMS AND FOOD VENDORS WHO WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR MARKET LAST SEASON WHO APPRECIATED THAT WE MAINTAINED OUR MARKET SAFELY AS AN IN-PERSON MARKET.

THAT IS WHY WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GROW THE FOOTPRINT AND MOVE INTO THE PLAZA SPACE AS WELL.

AND WORKING FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WE DO ALWAYS TRY TO ADD A BENEFIT TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO FULLY SUPPORT THE MARKET BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST A FEW STEPS AWAY AND PEOPLE CAN SHOP AND THEN IF THEY NEED SPICES THEY CAN WALK UP TO THE SPICE SHOP.

AND JUMP ACROSS THE STREET TO BUY A BOTTLE OF WINE.

SO IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD SO FAR I'M GRATEFUL.

>> YOU ARE MAKING PEOPLE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY.

DAVID AFTER TAKING THAT BREAK, AND I UNDERSTAND ALSO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES HAS BEEN GETTING VENDORS SOME OF WHOM FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE ARE YOU CLOSE TO GETTING BACK TO 2019 LEVELS?

>> YES, WE ARE.

THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IT WAS VERY CHALLENGING WITH A LOT OF THE COVID RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE IN PLACE.

A LOT OF OUR A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE HAVING CHALLENGES GETTING EMPLOYEES WE NEED EXTRA EMPLOYEES THERE DUE TO CAPACITY COUNTS AND WE HAD TO MAKE SURE WERE WEARING MASKS AND HAD TO HAVE MORE EMPLOYEES.

AND THERE'S BEEN A CHALLENGE THIS YEAR IN FINDING EMPLOYEES.

BUT WE'RE AS COVID RESTRICTIONS EASED, THE NEED FOR EMPLOYEES HAS EASED A LITTLE BIT.

BUT WE ARE BACK TO NORMAL OUR VENDOR ACCOUNT IS WHERE IT WAS IN 2019 AND OUR CUSTOMER COUNT IS WE'RE UP 20% FROM 2019 THIS IS OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR EVER CUSTOMER WISE WHICH IS A BIT OF A SURPRISE.

>> CONGRATS FOR THAT.

ONCE AGAIN APPRECIATION TO EACH OF YOU.

HAPPY FARMERS MARKET SHOPPING AND SELLING SEASON ONCE AGAIN, NICOLE BENJAMIN, DAVID WOLFF AND ESMIRNA GARCIA.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, BRANDIS FRIEDMAN AND BREAKING CYCLES OF TRAUMA IN A CONVERSATION THAT AIRED ON SUNDAY'S "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES" BUT FIRST A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> BREAKING INTERGENERATIONAL CYCLES OF PAIN TAKES SELF EXAMINATION AND SELF LOVE.

A BOOK BREAKS OWN THE SUFFERING THAT BLACK WOMEN HAVE FACED FOR GENERATIONS WHILE OFFERING A NEW WAY OF BEING STRONG THAT INVOLVES BEING COMFORTABLE WITH VULNERABILITY.

CALLED NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN, THE EMOTIONAL LIVES OF BLACK WOMEN AND THE AUTHOR JOINS US NOW.

SHE IS A LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

MEDICINE.

>> FIRST, WHY DID YOU WANT TO WRITE THIS BOOK?

>> YOU KNOW, BRANDIS IT WAS CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE WERE FAR TOO MANY BLACK WOMEN IN DEEP EMOTIONAL PAIN AND NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE PAYING ATTENTION TO TRANSPLANT AND THAT PAIN IS ROOTED IN A VARIETY OF FACTORS.

IT'S ROOTED IN GENERATIONAL FAMILY TRAUMA, PEOPLE WHO ARE CONFRONTING EVERYDAY RACISM, SEXISM AND DISCRIMINATION.

FEELINGS OF REJECTION BY BEING DENIED OPPORTUNITIES THAT BLACK WOMEN KNOW THEY HAVE RIGHTFULLY EARNED.

AND YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE TO CARRY SO MUCH THAT WE ARE EXPECTED TO NOT ONLY DO IT ALL BUT DO IT ALL ON OUR OWN.

AND THESE FEELINGS WE'RE CARRYING AROUND INTERNALLY LIKE A TICKING TIME BOMB AND THEY ARE EATING AWAY AT US.

THEY HAVE REAL SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS NOT ONLY ON OUR MENTAL HEALTH BUT ALSO OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH.

WE KNOW THAT STRESS AND TRAUMA ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO PHYSICAL HEALTH AND EXTENDING FROM THAT ARE LIFE EXPECTANCY WHERE BLACK WOMEN HAVE A THREE-YEAR SHORTER LIFE EXPECTANCY THAN WHITE WOMEN.

NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN TO SHOW THE OTHER SIDE OF WHAT STRONG BLACK WOMEN SHOW THE WORLD.

AND BY DOING THAT, OFFER THIS SPACE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THESE DIFFICULT EMOTIONS THAT MANY OF US ARE EXPERIENCING.

AND OPEN THE DOORS FOR RECEIVING THE NECESSARY SUPPORT THAT WE NEED.

>> AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE STRONG BLACK WOMAN MONIKER.

I MADE IT TO PAGE TWO AND I READ SOMETHING FAMILIAR TO ME AS A BLACK WOMAN.

YOU MENTIONED YOUR GRANDMOTHER TELLING YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER TELLING YOU LIFE AIN'T FAIR AND DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE.

THE VERSION IN MY FAMILY WAS WHO TOLD YOU LIFE IS FAIR.

WHY DO WE PASS THIS TOUGH LOVE ON THROUGH THE GENERATIONS?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE ARE TRYING TO TEACH OUR YOUNG GIRLS THAT LIFE AS A YOUNG BLACK GIRL, A YOUNG BLACK WOMAN AS AN OLDER BLACK WOMAN IS GOING TO BE TOUGH.

WE'RE TRYING TO TOUGHEN UP OUR GIRLS SO THEY WILL HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE TO GET THROUGH SOCIETY.

BUT YOU KNOW, BY DOING THAT, WE'RE NOT HONORING THOSE EMOTIONS THAT ARE ALSO A PART OF THAT PICTURE.

WE'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DEPRESSION, TO THE ANXIETY.

AND BY TEACHING GIRLS ONLY TO BE STRONG, WE'RE ALSO KIND OF MINIMIZING AND DISMISSING THOSE OTHER FEELINGS THAT MAY BE LYING BELOW THE SURFACE.

>> WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT THE STRONG BLACK WOMAN AND YOU MENTIONED IT AS WELL.

TWO THINGS: WHY DO WE FEEL TO ADD THE WORD STRONG?

BUT CAN THAT ALSO BE A POINT OF PRIDE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY?

>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY A POINT OF PRIDE.

I DEFINITELY HAVE HELD BEING CALLED A STRONG BLACK WOMAN AS SOMETHING THAT I'M PROUD OF AND IT'S REALLY MANY OF THE STRENGTHS THAT WE SO DEEPLY ADMIRE IN EACH OTHER, THE WAY WE HOLD OUR HEADS UP.

THE WAY WE'RE ABLE TO BE RESILIENT AND OVERCOME DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES TO MAKE A WAY OUT OF NO WAY.

AND BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH HARD TIMES.

BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, IS AVOIDING AND DENYING WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE INSIDE.

AND YOU KNOW THAT IS WHAT I OFFER IN THIS BOOK NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN IS THAT WE CAN BE PROUD, STRONG BLACK WOMEN BUT ALSO ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE VULNERABLE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE DIFFICULT EXPERIENCES THAT WE'VE HAD.

ACKNOWLEDGE THE EMOTIONS THAT COME WITH THAT THE WAY IT IMPACTS OUR LIVES BEHAVIORALLY AND IMPACTS OUR RELATIONSHIPS.

AND IN DOING THAT, WE CAN MOVE OUT OF A SPACE OF SHAME AND ISOLATION AND BUILD COMMUNITY IN UNDERSTANDING AND OPEN OURSELVES UP TO RECEIVE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND RESOURCES THAT WE NEED.

>> HAVE YOU NOTICED IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAS THERE BEEN A SHIFT TO DESTIGMATIZE MENTAL HEALTH?

>> I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT THIS IS A PIVOTAL TIME IN TERMS OF TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH PARTICULARLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

I THINK THAT IS THE CELEBRITIES THAT ARE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH ARE PLAYING A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THAT.

PEOPLE LIKE MICHELLE OBAMA, MEGHAN MARCEL, NAOMI OSAKA, BEYONCE THE WOMEN WHO ARE BEAUTIFUL AND REVERED AND TALKING ABOUT DIFFICULT TIMES THAT THEY'VE HAD.

AND WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT THAT GIVES THE EVERYDAY BLACK WOMAN PERMISSION TO BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER OWN SUFFERING AND TO KNOW THAT SHE IS NOT ALONE.

AND THAT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME EXPERIENCE.

>> THE BOOK IS PART THERAPY.

THERE ARE PARTS WHERE YOU TELL THE READERS TO ASK THEMSELVES CERTAIN QUESTIONS.

AND WHAT ARE YOU PROVIDING THERE AND HOPING FOLKS TAKE AWAY?

>> YOU KNOW ONE THING I WANTED TO PROVIDE IS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE SIGN AND SYMPTOMS MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES LOOK LIKE.

SO OFTEN WE TALK ABOUT TRAUMA AND DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AND THROW THE TERMS AROUND AND PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL LIVES.

AND SO I WANTED PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THROUGH REAL EXAMPLES TO BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS THAT MIGHT BE SHOWING UP IN THEM.

AND IN DOING SO BE ABLE TO REFLECT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I AM GOING THROUGH.

I HAVE DIFFICULTY SLEEPING.

I HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING OUT OF BED.

I'M FINDING MYSELF IRRITABLE AND ON EDGE AND AFRAID TO LEAVE MY HOME.

I'M HAVING CRYING SPELLS AND DEEP SADNESS AND BY RECOGNIZING AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE IN OURSELVES THAT AWARENESS IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS MAKING BEHAVIORAL CHANGE AND FOR REACHING OUT FOR SUPPORT.

>> OK. 20 SECONDS LEFT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO TAKEAWAY FROM THE BOOK?

>> YOU KNOW OUR MENTAL HEALTH ADDRESSING OUR MENTAL HEALTH IS URGENT.

THE TIME FOR US AS BLACK WOMEN IS TO DO SO IS RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE NOT ALONE AND WE CAN BE BOTH STRONG AND VULNERABLE AND OUR VULNERABILITY DOES NOT MEAN WEAK NOONS CONGRATS TO YOU.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND AGAIN THE BOOK IS CALLED NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN THE EMOTIONAL LIVES OF BLACK WOMEN.

AND YOU CAN READ AN EXCERPT ON OUR WEBSITE.

BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM EXAMINES ILLINOIS' REPUBLICANS' REACTION TO THE JANUARY 6 HEARING FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE HALLS OF CONGRESS.

>> AND THE GOVERNOR SIGNS A NEW LAW THAT ALLOWS TRANSGENDER ILLINOISIANS TO CHANGE THEIR NAMES OR MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M AMANDA VINICKY.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND GOOD NIGHT.

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