A STEP BACKWARD AND SOME CELEBRATE THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING ON THE EPA.

WE DEBATE THE ISSUE.

>> WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHO OVERTURNING ROE COULD MEAN FOR UNWANTED PREGNANCIES.

BUT WHAT MIGHT IT MEAN FOR THOSE DESPERATELY WANTING TO GET PREGNANT.

>> A CHICAGO BASED PHOTOGRAPHER FOCUSES ON IMMIGRANTS WHO OWN AND OPERATE SMALL BUSINESSES.

BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> Reporter: OFFICIALS ARE ANNOUNCING CHARGES IN THE HIGHLAND PARK MASS SHOOTING.

LAKE COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY ERIC RINEHART SAYS ROBERT CRIMO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SEVEN COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER.

DOZENS OF ADDITIONAL CHARGES WILL BE FILED TO ACCOUNT FOR WOUNDED VICTIMS AND THIS WAS A PREMEDITATED AND CALCULATED ATTACK.

>> THE LAST APPROXIMATELY 36 HOURS HAVE BEEN A LESSON IN THE DUALITY OF HUMANITY.

WHILE THE ACTIONS THAT BROUGHT US ALTOGETHER EXPOSED THE CRUELTY AND CALLOUSNESS THAT ONE PERSON COULD SHOW TO PEOPLE HE DID NOT KNOW IN TAKING THEIR LIVES, THE UNWAVERING COMMITMENT OF OUR HIGHLAND PARK TEAM, THE DRIVE AND DETERMINATION OF THOSE WHO ASSISTED US IN MAKING THIS ARREST, AND THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION AND THE GLOBE HAVE SHOWN US THE BEST IN HUMANITY.

>> AUTHORITIES SAY HIGHLAND PARK POLICE HAD TWO PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS WITH THE SUSPECT BOTH BACK IN 2019.

IN THE LATTER INCIDENT FAMILY MEMBERS SAY CRIMO THREATENED TO KILL ALL OF THEM.

POLICE CONFISCATED KNIVES AND A SWORD AND THAT RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT CRIMO'S ABILITY TO GET A FIREARM ID FROM THE STATE.

>> AND OFFICERS SHARED THAT THE DEATH COUNT HAS RISEN TO SEVEN, THUS THE SEVEN MURDER CHARGES.

THEY MADE PUBLIC THE NAMES OF THE FIRST SIX 2 DIED, KATHERINE.

>> THE McCARTHY'S TWO-YEAR-OLD SON WAS WITH HIS PARENTS AT THE PARADE ACCORDING TO A "GOFUNDME" PAGE HE WILL BE RAISED BY GRANDPARENTS.

AS OF 15 HIT-AND-RUNS AGO THAT FUNDRAISERS LOOKS TO HAVE RAISED $900,000.

MORE DETAILS ARE ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> SPEAKING IN CHICAGO TODAY, VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ADDRESSED THE HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTING.

>> AS WE ALL KNOW YESTERDAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DAY TO COME TOGETHER WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO CELEBRATE OUR NATION'S INDEPENDENCE.

AND INSTEAD THAT COMMUNITY SUFFERED A VIOLENT TRAGEDY.

CHILDREN, PARENTS, DPRAND PARENTS -- GRANDPARENTS, VICTIMS TO A SENSELESS ACT OF GUN VIOLENCE.

>> HARRIS WHO WAS IN THE CITY ATTENDING THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, CALLED FOR CONGRESS TO QUOTE HAVE THE COURAGE TO ACT AND TO RENEW THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.

HARRIS IS EXPECTED IN HIGHLAND PARK TONIGHT.

>> UP NEXT, WE CHECK IN WITH JOANNA HERNANDEZ WHO IS REPORTING LIVE TONIGHT FROM HIGHLAND PARK.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND NOW WE TURN TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" JOANNA HERNANDEZ WHO HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE ALL DAY SPEAKING WITH NEIGHBORS IN THE COMMUNITY IN HIGHLAND PARK AND JOANNA I'M SURE IT HAS BEEN AN EMOTIONAL TWO DAYS THERE.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM RESIDENTS?

>> WE CAN FEEL IT.

I WANT TO TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THE SCENE WHERE ALONG CENTRAL AVENUE AND GREEN BAY.

THERE'S TONS OF PEOPLE OUT HERE.

HOME RUN SECRET SERVICE MEMBERS.

VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ANY MINUTE HERE.

THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE IS WAITING HERE.

WE ACTUALLY DO SEE HER HERE.

WE WILL TRY TO SEE IF SHE COMES DOWN.

SHE IS COMING DOWN THE STREET ALONG GREEN BAY ROAD.

SHE IS HERE TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.

THEY'RE TONS OF SECRET SERVICE MEMBERS AND TONS OF PEOPLE OUT HERE.

THE STREETS CONTINUE TO BE BLOCKED OFF ALONG THIS AREA WHERE THE CRIME SCENE TOOK PLACE.

AGAIN KAMALA HARRIS ARRIVED HERE AND SHOULD BE PAYING HER RESPECTS AND IN THE AREA.

WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT HER AS SHE WALKS THROUGH HERE.

WE ARE ALONG THE CORNER OF GREEN BAY ROAD AND CENTRAL AVENUE.

TONS OF PEOPLE OUT HERE FROM THE COMMUNITY WAITING FOR THE VICE-PRESIDENT AS SHE MAKES HER WAY HERE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION.

WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE SEVEN VICTIMS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.

ONE IS 6-YEAR-OLD -- 63-YEAR-OLD JACKI SUNDHEIM SHE ATTENDED NORTH SHORE CONGREGATION ISRAEL FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND I SPOKE TO TWO SISTERS WHO ZAJAC LYNN WAS A HUMBLE AND -- JACQUELINE WAS HUMBLE AND SWEET PERSON.

>> SHE WORKED WITH OUR MOM A LOT.

IT'S INSANE.

I WAS SITTING WITH MY FRIENDS AND ONE OF THEM THE PARENTS WERE AT DAIRYQUEEN AND THE MOM AND HER GRANDPA AND HE HAD TO RUN IMAGINE 85 GOING TO A PARADE TO ENJOY FAMILY TIME AND THEN HAVING TO LIKE RUN FOR YOUR LIFE?

>> WE KNOW MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THE TRAUMA FOR THOSE WHO SURVIVED AND HAD TO RUN FOR THEIR LIVES.

I SPOKE TO A MOTHER WHEN SHE SHARES THE TERRIFYING MOMENTS WHEN SHE REALIZED PEOPLE AROUND HER WERE SHOT AND FALLING TO THE GROUND.

>> I COULD HOLD MY HAND AND RUN WITH ME AND I WAS RUNNING WITH HER.

AND I COULD FEEL THE BULLETS GOING BY ME AND ONE WENT BETWEEN US AND IT WENT INTO HER FACE.

WE KEPT RUNNING AND WE RAN INTO A BUILDING AND I LOOKED AT HER AND SHE WAS COVERED IN BLOOD.

WE WERE SO -- AND MY HUSBAND AND THE GIRLS WERE RUNNING DOWN THE STAIRS WHERE IT HAPPENED.

AND I WAS PROTECTING THEM ALL.

>> NOW, YOU ARE SEEING A LIVE IMAGE.

KAMALA HARRIS IS ALONG GREEN BAY ROAD AND PEOPLE ARE TAKING PICTURES OF HER.

SHE IS SPEAKING WITH OFFICIALS.

AGAIN THE CORNER OF CENTRAL AVENUE AND GREEN BAY ROAD.

SHE HAS JUST ARRIVED HERE.

PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE BEEN GATHERING AND COMING TO SEE THE AFTERMATH OF THE SCENE.

THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO DID NOT ATTEND THE PARADE BUT ARE HERE TO OFFER THEIR SUPPORT.

LISTEN TO WHAT A YOUNG RESIDENT HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE CALL SHE RECEIVED FROM HER MOTHER WORKING NEARBY THE PARADE YESTERDAY.

>> I CALLED MY MOM AND SHE WAS CRYING ON THE PHONE I DON'T THINK ANY MOTHER SHOULD HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THEIR LOVED ONES HAVING TO CRY ON THE PHONE AND TELLING THEM THEY ARE UNSAFE, THE UNCERTAINTY.

HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE NEED TO DIE UNTIL YOU DO 0 SOMETHING?

I'M NOT SAYING WE HAVE TO REPEAL THE SECOND AMENDMENT NO ONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A SEMIAUTOMATIC GUN TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.

>> NICOLAS TOLEDO WAS ONE OF THE VICTIMS KILLED AND IDENTIFIED.

ACCORDING TO A "GOFUNDME" PAGE MADE BY A FAMILY MEMBER HE WAS FROM MEXICO AND WAS A FATHER OF EIGHT.

HE IS DESCRIBED AS A LOVING AND ADVENTUROUS SOUL.

THE PAGE RAISED MORE THAN $65,000 FOR FUNERAL AND FAMILY.

THERE ARE PEOPLE AT THE HOSPITAL AS WELL.

WE HEARD FROM A MAN WHOSE COUSIN REMAINS HOSPITALIZED.

SHE WAS SHOT IN THE HIP BUT IS RECOVERING.

AND HE IS OFFERING HIS SUPPORT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COME TO TERMS WITH THE MASSACRE THAT TOOK PLACE DURING A PARADE WHICH IS THE HIGHLIGHT FOR MANY FAMILIES HERE.

>> I JUST KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN BEING RELIEVED THAT MY COUSINS ARE OK. AND TOTAL GRIEF THAT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR TOWN.

IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE THE SAME.

>> AND THE COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE RELEASED THE NAMES OF OUR VICTIMS WHO HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.

WE WANT TO SAY THEIR NAMES OUT LOUD.

WE KNOW ALL THE VICTIMS ABOUT TO NAME ARE FROM THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE START OFF WITH 64-YEAR-OLD KATHERINE GOLDSTEIN, ARENA McCARTHY, KEVIN McCARTHY AND 88-YEAR-OLD STEVEN STRAT TUS.

AND HIGHLAND PARK HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE OFFERING SERVICES TOMORROW STARTING AT NOON.

I WANT TO TAKE YOU AGAIN TO THE SCENE.

EVERYONE IS GATHERED AND YOU CAN SEE DOZENS OF PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND AROUND CHICAGO.

WE CAN SEE KAMALA HARRIS SPEAKING WITH OFFICIALS RIGHT NOW.

IT'S HARD TO SEE.

FURTHER DOWN WE WILL SHOW YOU AND WE WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE.

I'M EXPECTING TO TALK TO SOMEONE HERE ON THE SCENE.

HE WAS A SECURITY GUARD ALONG THE PARADE AND WE WILL BE SPEAKING WITH HIM SHORTLY.

FIRST, BRANDIS, I SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE HIGHLAND PARK FOURTH OF JULY PARADE SHOOTING ARE LORI POST PROFESSOR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND THE DIRECTOR OF NORTHWESTERN'S CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY AND ECONOMICS AND STUDIES VIOLENT DEATHS IN ILLINOIS AMONG OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES.

HIGHLAND PARK MAYOR NANCY ROTERING, PARTICIPATING IN THE PARADE AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING.

CONGRESSMAN BRAD SCHNEIDER WHO REPRESENTS HIGHLAND PARK AND DEERFIELD AND WAS ALSO AT THE PARADE AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING.

AND PHIL ANDREW A FORMER F.B.I.

SPECIAL AGENT NOW HAS A PRIVATE CONSULTING FIRM AND SERVES AS AN INSTRUCTOR SPECIALIZING IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND HOSTAGE IMAGE.

HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE HELD HOSTAGE BY LORI DAN IN WINNETKA.

>> MAYOR, I WILL START WITH YOU.

YOU WERE THERE AT THAT PARADE, TELL US WHAT YOU SAW AND EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY?

>> THE PARADE STARTED OUT AS A CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM.

PEOPLE WERE ECSTATIC TO BE TOGETHER AFTER TWO YEARS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE CITY MANAGER AS I WAS WATCHING THE HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND RACING DOWN THE SIDEWALK WONDERING WHAT HAD CAUSED THAT THE TO HAPPEN.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN POLICE CARS STARTED ROARING TOWARDS US.

THE CITY MANAGER TOLD ME THERE WAS A MASS SHOOTING AT CENTRAL AND SECOND AND IT IMMEDIATELY CHANGED FROM BEING A CELEBRATION TO AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION.

AND MY COUNCILMEMBERS AND I PROCEEDED TO TRY TO EVACUATE EVERYBODY ON THE PARADE ROUTE.

WE COULDN'T COMPREHEND THIS WAS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY.

WE MOVED SWIFTLY AND GOT PEOPLE TO GO AWAY FROM THE SCENE AND RAN TO A PARK NEARBY WHERE THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A HUGE CELEBRATION AND WERE ABLE TO EVACUATE THE PARK AS WELL.

>> OF COURSE, SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE WE LEARNED THE NAME, THE IDENTITY OF THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER.

AND ONCE WE DID LEARN THAT NAME, YOU SHARED THAT YOU WERE IN THE SUSPECT'S CUB SCOUT LEADER WHEN HE WAS MUCH YOUNGER.

TELL US ABOUT THAT EFFECT ON YOU LEARN BEING YOUR RELATIONSHIP?

>> IT SHOOK ME.

HE WAS A LITTLE BOY.

HE WAS SIX YEARS OLD AND CLEARLY HAS HAD WHATEVER IN HIS LIFE TO CAUSE HIM TO BRING TERROR TO THE STREETS OF HIGHLAND PARK.

BUT, YEAH, IT WAS BUN WARM FRONT THOSE MOMENTS WHERE YOU THOUGHT, OH, MY GOSH, I CANNOT BELIEVE T. >> STUNNING I'M SURE.

HIGHLAND PARK HAS A BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS IT WAS CHALLENGED UP TO THE SUPREME COURT SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

HOW ELSE CAN COMMUNITIES COMBAT MILITARY-TYPE ASSAULT WEAPONS ON OUR STREETS?

>> I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ISSUES PEOPLE NEED TO RECOGNIZE.

ONE IS THAT THE LAWS ARE CONFINING IN TERMS OF WHAT MUNICIPALITIES CAN DO RIGHT NOW SINCE 2018 I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE STATE TO REMOVE [INAUDIBLE] AND LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINES WHEN THE GOVERNOR CAME TO VISIT US I SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT THE NEED TO CHANGE THE LAW.

I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE SENATE PRESIDENT AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND I'M HOPEFUL ILLINOIS LEGISLATION WILL BE MOVED WITHIN THE NEXT SESSION TO ALLOW OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO BAN THE WEAPONS.

LET'S BE CLEAR.

WE KNOW THE STATES AROUND ILLINOIS HAVE LENIENT GUN LAWS AND IT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR ILLINOIS TO TAKE THE ACTION.

IT IS A GOOD FIRST STEP BUT WE NEED LEADERSHIP FROM OUR LEADERS AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE AS A COUNTRY ARE NO LONGER FREE IF WE ARE LIVING IN FEAR.

THESE ARE WEEKLY EXPERIENCES THAT AND I MY FELLOW MAYORS ARE HAVING.

AND THERE'S LITERALLY A HANDBOOK SENT TO MAYORS TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO IN THE WAKE OF A MASS SHOOTING.

THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT OUR SOCIETY.

THAT THERE IS A HANDBOOK ON WHAT TO DO AFTER A MASS SHOOTING.

WE NEED CHANGE AND WE NEED IT NOW.

>> TELL US ABOUT THE POLICE RESPONSE AND THE CONTINUING INVESTIGATION AND WHAT IT MEANS NOW THAT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER ISSUED THIS DISASTER PROCLAMATION FOR LAKE COUNTY, MAYOR?

>> WE'VE HAD AN UNBELIEVABLE COLLABORATION ACROSS THE F.B.I., A.T.F., THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE AND OUR REGIONAL MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

THEY WORKED INCREDIBLY WELL TOGETHER.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF THE JOB THEY DID AND THE SPEED WITH WHICH THEY WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE THE PERPETRATOR.

>> MAYOR NANCY ROTERING I KNOW YOU'VE GOT QUITE THE EVENING AHEAD.

I THANK YOU FORFEITING US IN AND I THANK BRING IN OUR OTHER PANELISTS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

>> CONGRESSMAN BRAD SCHNEIDER, WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE AT THE PARADE?

WE KNOW YOU WERE THERE AS WELL?

>> SURE.

I WAS JUST ARRIVING AT THE PARADE.

WE DO FIVE PARADES ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.

THIS WAS THE SECOND.

I JUST ARRIVED AT THE SITE AND WAS TALKING TO MY TEAM TO CONNECT AND THEY HAD NOT YET MADE IT ON TO THE PARADE ROUTE.

THE SHOOTING STARTED 15 MINUTES INTO THE PARADE ITSELF.

AND I WAS TALKING TO MY TEAM AND THEY SAID THERE WERE SHOTS FIRED AND YOU EVER ONE WAS RUNNING TO SAFETY.

I MADE MY WAY AWAY FROM THE PARADE GROUNDS.

THIS WAS A EVENT AS THE MAYOR SAID, PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED, UNCLEAR WHAT WAS HAPPENING, IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPREHEND AT FIRST.

IT WAS WITHIN A MATTER OF SECONDS THE REPORTING AS MANY AS 70 ROUNDS WERE FIRED.

SEVEN PEOPLE WERE MEASURED AND 30 WOUNDED.

BUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS.

FOR A BETTER PART OF EIGHT HOURS, THE COMMUNITY WAS ON LOCKDOWN AND SHELTER IN PLACE.

VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE RESPONSE.

AGAIN AS MAYOR NOTED THE FIRST-RESPONDERS, POLICE RUSHING TO THE SCENE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SHOTS WERE FIRED BUT THE AREA POLICE FORCE, FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND THE FEDERAL AGENCIES CAME TOGETHER.

I HAD THE CHANCE TO OBSERVE THEM WORKING INCREDIBLE PROFESSIONALISM.

AND WITH THE GREAT URGENCY AND APPREHENDED THE SHOOTER.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH PARTICULARLY WITH SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.

THE MAYOR SAID THERE IS A HANDBOOK, A TEMPLATE FOR HOW TO RESPOND.

PHIL ANDREW A PARADE IS DIFFERENT.

HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO SECURE A PARADE PERIMETER?

>> WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT SOMEBODY DANGEROUS PERSON THAT WE'VE GIVEN A DANGEROUS WEAPON TO, IT'S ALWAYS VERY DIFFICULT.

WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS RESPONDING TO MASS VIOLENCE YOU HAVE TO ASSUME THAT YOU ALREADY IN WORST CASE SCENARIO.

IT'S BEEN MITIGATING THE DAMAGE THAT HAS ALREADY BEGUN AS OPPOSED TO PREVENTING IT.

WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT ANY KIND OF PUBLIC EVENT, BUT REALLY ANY KIND OF THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, WE NEED THE SAME LEVEL OF COORDINATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, WITH CHURCHES, WITH COOLS, WITH PARK DISTRICT, WITH THE UP TO, AND THE -- THE TOWNSHIP AND THE COMMUNITY.

THE COMMUNITY IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

THEY NEED TO BE LISTENING AND AWARE AND THEY NEED TO TALK WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT THEY FIND UNUSUAL.

AND THAT COULD BE SOMEBODY LIKE THIS SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE TRANSITION IN THESE 16 YEARS SINCE THEN AND SOMEONE WAS THERE TO SEE IT.

AND COULD HAVE ALERTED THE COMMUNITY AND SOME OF THE TOOLS ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS.

SOME OF THE TOOLS ARE MENTAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY INTERVENTION TOOLS.

AND SOME OF THEM ARE SIMPLY MENTORING AND COMPANIONSHIP AND A SENSE OF BELONGING.

BUT WE LOST THIS CHILD.

A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND HE TURNED TO ATTACK.

THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SECURE ANY EVENT FROM WHEN SOMEBODY HAS IDENTIFIATION AND PRONE FOR VIOLENCE HAS ACCESS TO AN ASSAULT WEAPON AND IS ACTING ON THAT.

WE ARE ALREADY IN WORST CASE SCENARIO.

>> LORI POST, DETAILS WERE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE ALLEGED SHOOTER, STILL LOOKING FOR A LOT OF ANSWERS.

GIVE US A SENSE WHY SHOOTERS SOMETIMES CHOOSE THEIR TARGETS?

WHAT MIGHT THEIR INTENTIONS BE?

>> NUMBER ONE THING IS OBJECTIVE WAS TO KILL AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

PROBABLY HE SELECTED THIS VENUE BECAUSE IT WAS A CROWD.

THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS AND PEOPLE ON THE SIDELINE EASY TARGETS.

HE KNEW THE COMMUNITY WHERE TO GO HE PICKED A PLACE TO HAVE THE ADVANTAGE WITH THE HIGHER POSITION AND WHERE HE COULD SHOOT PEOPLE WITH RAPID FIRE PHENOMENA.

>> AND LORI POST, YOU DID A STUDY ON THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN SOMETHING WE TALKED TO THE MAYOR ABOUT.

HOW EFFECTIVE WOULD A FEDERAL ASSAULT WEAPON BAN BE ON MASS ATTACKS?

>> IT'S VERY EFFECTIVE.

THIS IS THE TRAGEDY EVERYBODY IS LOOKING FOR THE SECRET SOLUTION TO SOLVING PREVENTING THESE MASS SHOOTINGS.

WE DID IT ONCE.

LEGISLATION WAS PASSED IN 1994 AND LASTED FOR 10 YEARS AND DURING THAT TIME WE ELIMITED 10 MASS SHOOTINGS THAT KILLED MULTIPLE PEOPLE AND IF WE LEFT THAT POLICY IN PLACE INSTEAD OF LET TO GO SUNSET WE WOULD HAVE PREVENTED 30 MASS SHOOTINGS BETWEEN 2005 AND 2019.

AND THAT WOULD HAVE SAVED MORE THAN 350 LIVES.

AND PREVENTED 1100 PEOPLE FROM HAVING INJURIES FROM GUNS.

>> CONGRESSMAN, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THE FEDERAL GUN LEGISLATION THAT PASSED IF IT COULD HAVE HELPED OR PREVENTED YESTERDAY'S SHOOTING?

>> WELL, IT CERTAINLY COULD HAVE HELPED WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED LAST MONTH IS THE BIPARTISAN SAFER COMMUNITIES ACT T PROVIDES $750 MILLION TO HELP STATES PUT IN PLACE THE RED FLAG LAWS THAT WOULD IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK TO THEMSELVES OR THE COMMUNITY AND REMOVE WEAPONS FROM THE INDIVIDUALS.

IT HAS SUPPORT FOR INCREASED BACKGROUND CHECKS ON PEOPLE UNDER 21.

BEFORE BUYING A RIFLE OR A LONG GUN.

IT IS A STEP BUT IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT AND THERE'S NO SECRET SAUCE TO SOLVING THIS PROBLEM.

BUT WE KNOW WHAT THE INGREDIENTS ARE.

AND UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS IS A STEP THAT WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SHOULDN'T HAVE A GUN, THE BAN ON THE LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINES, WON'T PREVENT ATTACKS BUT WILL RESTRICT LEGHTALITY OF THOSE ATTACKS.

THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO AND I'M COMMITTED TO DOING EVERYTHING I CAN, SMALL STEPS, BIG STEPS, WORKING WITH THE COON AND MY COLLEAGUES WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR KIDS AND COMMUNITIES SAFER THAN WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.

>> PHIL ANDREW ONE OF YOUR SPECIALTIES IS BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS.

THOUGHTS YOUR WHAT YOU THINK LAW ENFORCEMENT IS DOING WHEN SUSPECTS ARE POSTING VIOLENCE AND MASS SHOOTING ON-LINE?

>> REALLY WE NEED ALL NEED TO BE PART OF THIS.

AND WHAT SOMEBODY POSTS SOMETHING THREATENING ON-LINE THAT NEEDS TO BE HIGHLIGHTED NOT JUST TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA PROVIDER BUT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COMMUNITIES.

WHETHER IT BE IN A SCHOOL SETTING OR A COMMUNITY SETTING.

YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES DO A GOOD JOB AND IN ILLINOIS WE DO HAVE A RED FLAG LAW THAT IS CAPABLE OF REMOVING GUNS FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED A THREAT TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.

BUT WE HAVEN'T.

LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDS THAT INFORMATION.

AND THAT IS MOVING PAST THE STIGMA THAT REPORTING ON EACH OTHER BUT RATHER LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP EACH OTHER WHEN SOMEBODY IS SHOWING SIGNS OF DISTRESS.

>> LOTS TO TALK ABOUT HERE WHICH WE WILL BE PARSING OUT OVER THE WEEK.

MY THANKS TO HIGHLAND PARK MAYOR NANCY ROTERING, BRAD SCHNEIDER AND PHIL ANDREW AND LORI POST FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

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

>> IT'S NOT JUST THE OVERTURNING OF ROE.

ON THE FINAL DAY OF ITS TERM, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ISSUED A MAJOR RULING IMPACTING THE ENVIRONMENT.

IN A 6-3 DECISION JUSTICES RULED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO LIMIT THE CARBON EMISSIONS OF POWER PLANTS.

IT IS A MAJOR SETBACK FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.

BACKERS SAY IT'S AN APPROPRIATE CHECK ON UNELECTED REGULATORS AND RULES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE ECONOMIC HARM.

JOINING US ARE JEFFREY TREVINO AN EPA LAWYER AND STEWARD OF THE APGE LOCAL 704, THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS LOCAL EPA WORKERS.

PHILLIP BRAUN FROM THE KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND JAMES TAYLOR PRESIDENT OF THE HEART FORWARD INSTITUTE AND JENNIDER WALLING DIRECTOR OF THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL.

JEN, HOW BIG A DISRUPTION IS THIS TO CLIMATE CHANGE?

>> WE HAVE SO MANY MEMBERS OF HIGHLAND PARK I CANNOT TRANSMISSION WITH THAT IN RECOGNIZING OUR MEMBERS THERE.

BURT WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DANGEROUS INDUSTRIES ARE ALLOWED TO RUN WITH LITTLE TO NO REGULATION OR OVERSIGHT.

COMMUNITIES ARE AT RISK AND THE RULING WAS A RAW EXERCISE OF JUDICIAL POWER MEANT TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF FAR RIGHT POLITICIANS AND FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES.

AND WHILE THIS RULING DID NOT COMPLETELY TOPPL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS OR THE ABILITY OF USEPA IT DID REMOVE A TOOL IN THE TOOLKIT.

IT CURTAILS EPA'S AUTHORITY TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> ANY PRACTICAL IMPACTS YOU CAN SEE HAPPENING IN THE NEAR TERM AS A RESULT?

>> WE NEED TO VERY QUICKLY MOVE TO APPOINT WHERE WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE CLIMATE JOBS ACT IN ILLINOIS BECAUSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO USE THE BIG TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX WHICH IS SKILLS SWITCHING.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WHICH WE ARE DOING CUTTING COSTS, 3,000 JOBS AND REPLACING DIRTY EXPENSIVE COAL AND NATURAL GAS WITH CHEAP, CLEAN, RENEWABLE ENERGY AND Mr. PRITZKER WAS FIGHTING FOR THE PLANTS AND WE WILL NEED MORE LEADERS ACROSS THE STATE TO SHOW THE SAME COURAGE THAT HE DID IN JOINING THAT FIGHT.

>> IT IS THE STATE LAW THAT WILL LEAD TO THE CLOSURE OF COAL PLANTS BUTTH, JEN WE'LL PERHAPS GET BACK TO YOU.

PHILLIP BRAUN I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION TO THE DECISION.

CRITIQUE OF THE EMISSIONS LIST ECONOMIC IMPACT.

EXPLAIN, DO YOU BELIEVE THIS OPINION APPROPRIATELY CURTAILS EPA REGULATIONS?

>> I DO THINK IT APPROPRIATELY CURTAILS BUREAUCRATS FROM MAKING DECISIONS THAT SHOULD BE IN THE HANDS OF CONGRESS.

ULTIMATELY, BUT IT IS GOING TO TURN BACK THE ABILITY TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.

BUT IT IS A BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO.

>> AND WHAT ABOUT THAT ECONOMIC COMPONENT?

CAN YOU EXPLAIN?

>> EVERYONE KNOWS COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE IT IS NOT FREE.

THE QUESTION IS: WHO DECIDES WHAT THE COSTS ARE?

IS IT GOING TO BE THE EPA?

OR IS IT GOING TO BE CONGRESS?

AND SO THE REAL QUESTION IS, THE CURRENT REGULATIONS THE WAY THEY ARE GOING IS STRONG COSTS AND CAUSE INEFFICIENCIES IN THE ECONOMY.

YOU TAKE THE REGULATIONS AWAY IT MAKE A SUBSTITUTE FOR THEM MARKET ORIENTED REGULATIONS AND INEFFICIENCIES SHOULD NOT BE AS LARGE.

>> GEOFFREY, LEADERS IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAY THAT ALTHOUGH THIS IS A SETBACK THEY ARE NOT GOING TO STOP TRYING TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.

LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT GINA MCCARTHY, THE WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL CLIMATE ADVISER AND FORMER EPA ADMINISTRATOR HAD TO SAY.

>> WHAT IS THE SUPREME COURT REALLY WAS DOING WAS TO TRY TO SHIFT THE WORLD BACK TO WHERE IT USED TO BE.

AND THIS PRESIDENT KNOWS WHERE IT NEEDS TO HEAD AND SO DOES THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

THEY ARE INVESTING LIKE CRAZY AS THE PRESIDENT IS SETTING STRONG GOALS AND ACTIONS MOVING FORWARD.

>> WITH THE NEW LIMITS IN PLACE, WHAT CAN THE EPA DO TO CURB POWER PLANTS GREENHOUSE GASES?

>> AGAIN, HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNION AND MEMBERS THAT EMPLOY THE EPA I THINK THERE IS QUITE A BIT WE CAN DO.

THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO LET EVERYBODY REMEMBER THE LANGUAGE WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS ALREADY IN THE STATUTE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE CLEAN AIR ACT IT CHARGES THE EPA WITH THE DUTY TO FIND THE BEST SYSTEM OF EMISSION REDUCTIONS.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WANTING A GRANT FROM CONGRESS TO DO OUR JOBS.

WE HAVE IT.

IT'S CRYSTAL CLEAR.

IT'S BLACK LETTER LAW.

IN FACT, HISTORICALLY WHAT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HAS SAID IS WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY THAT CARBON EMISSIONS ARE A PROBLEM AND THAT EPA ENDURES THIS GREAT LATITUDE TO NOT JUST DETERMINE WHETHER WE REGULATE THE CARBON EMISSIONS AND HOW TO DO SO.

ANY IDEA WE DON'T HAVE THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE IS WRONG AND WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO BALANCE AS THE STATUTE REQUIRES IN BLACK LETTER LAW.

WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT HERE IS TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE HAVE A U.S. SUPREME COURT THAT I REFER TO AS THIS SUPREME COURT, WHICH SEEMS TO PRACTICE REAL IRREFERENCESY TO THE TYPICAL SUPREME COURT OF OUR HISTORICAL SUPREME COURT AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC.

>> WHAT SPECIFICALLY CAN YOU DO IN LIGHT OF THIS DECISION AS YOU NOTED THE CLEAN AIR ACT DOES SPECIFICALLY GIVE THE EPA THE AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE THE BEST SYSTEMS OF EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS AND WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT REGULATING SUBSTANCES THAT ENDANGER PUBLIC HEALTH TO INCLUDE GREENHOUSE GASES AND CARBON DIOXIDE N LIGHT OF THIS DECISION WHAT SPECIFICALLY CAN THE EPA DO?

>> WHAT OUR UNION MEMBERS IN THE EPA NEED TO DO IS CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STATES.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE INDUSTRY.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF INTERESTS OUT THERE TO COME TOGETHER WITH PLANS THAT WORK.

LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING HERE...

THE CLEAN POWER PLANT WORKED WITH STATES IT, WORKED WITH INDUSTRY.

AND THOUGH IT WAS IMMEDIATELY STAYED BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT SOMETHING IT HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE TO A RULE, INDUSTRY CONTINUED TO ESSENTIALLY ACT IF THE CLEAN POWER RULE WAS IN PLACE AND BEGAN TO MOVE FROM FOSSIL FUELS TO FRIENDLY FUELS TO REACH TARGETS IN SEVEN YEARS WE THOUGHT WOULD TAKE 15.

ALL THOSE TOOLS ARE ON THE TABLE.

ALL THE PLAYERS WHO WANT TO SEE CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTION STILL WANT TO SEE THAT AND STILL SEE IT'S POSSIBLE AND STILL SEE IT'S PROFITABLE.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUCCEED.

>> ECONOMICS COULD PLAY A PART IN THAT.

JAMES, COAL PLANTS ARE BEING PHASED OUT.

AND GIVEN THAT GENERATORS RUNNING ON NATURAL GAS, WIND AND SOLAR ARE CHEAPER, SO DOES THIS RULING REALLY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT GIVEN THAT TREND?

>> WELL, IT IS A WONDERFUL RULING.

IT IS A WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR DEMOCRACY.

THE CLEAN AIR ACT DOES NOT SAY THE WORDS CARBON DIOXIDE.

IT GIVES EPA THE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE SOOT, THINGS THAT PEOPLE HARM PEOPLE WHEN YOU BREATHE THEM IN.

CARBON DIOXIDE IS NOT ONE OF THE ELEMENTS.

THE SUPREME COURT SAID IF YOU WANT TO REGULATE EPA GET SPECIFIC CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION.

HAVE CONGRESS PASS A BILL.

THIS IS NOT A COUNTRY RUN BY A EPA DICTATORSHIP.

THE ONLY TIMES YOU SEE AN INCREASE IN WIND AND SOLAR DEVELOPMENT IS BECAUSE AND WIND WE HAVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR STATE GOVERNMENTS THAT FORCE PEOPLE TO PURCHASE WIND AND SOLAR POWER THAT SUBSIDIZE WIND AND SOLAR POWER.

[ALL TALKING AT ONCE] >> YOU DISPUTE THAT COAL POWER PLANTS WOULD BE CLOSING ANYWAY?

>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.

THE ONLY REASON THEY ARE CLOSING IS THEY ARE BEING FORCED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND BUREAUCRATS.

>> YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS LIMITS A FEDERAL AGENCY PUTTING IT BACK TO CONGRESS, INCLUDING THE JUSTICES THAT THE EPA OVERREACHED, NOW, IS THERE HOWEVER ANY ABILITY DO YOU BELIEVE THAT CONGRESS IS GOING TO ACT GIVEN STALEMATES WE HAVE SEEN IN WASHINGTON D.C.

INCLUDING DECADES 0 AND THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE?

>> NO, I DON'T.

CONGRESS IS [INAUDIBLE] I DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS WHO DENY CLIMATE CHANGE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE ARE UNFORTUNATE EFFECTS.

>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN YOUR OPINION FOR CLIMATE AS WELL AS FOR BUSINESSES THAT LOOK TO REGULATORS FOR REALLY THEY WANT CERTAINTY?

DOES THIS CAUSE CHAOS?

>> I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO CAUSE CHAOS.

ENERGY COMPANIES ARE ALREADY MOVING TOWARDS MORE EFFICIENT ENERGY SOURCES AS JENNIFER SAID THEY CAN LOOK AT STATE REGULATIONS AND I THINK IT'S NOT A COMPLETE LOSS.

>> JEN, YOU REFERENCE EARLIER DOES THIS HAVE A SPECIFIC IMPACT ON THAT IT REQUIRES ILLINOIS MOVING TO CLEAN ENERGY BY 2050.

AT LEAST ANY MITIGATION OF ILLINOIS' EFFORTS?

>> SO, OVERALL, THIS HAS NO IMPACT ON THE CLIMATE JOBS ACT IN ILLINOIS.

NO IMPACT WE ARE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT IT AND WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT IT AS WELL AND QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

BECAUSE OF THE RULING.

BECAUSE THERE ARE GOING TO BE SETBACKS AT THE USEPA.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE AND THIS DOES NOT GET RID OF THE ABILITY TO REGULATE CARBON EMISSIONS.

THE RULING SAID NOTHING ABOUT NEW AND EXISTING COAL-FIRED PLANTS.

SO HOPEFULLY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN COME BACK WITH OTHER REGULATIONS AS WELL.

BUT, AT THE STATE OF ILLINOIS IS NOT GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON US.

AND CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON US, OUR PROPERTY VALUES, AND EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON IN ILLINOIS WITH CATASTROPHIC WEATHER EVENTS AND CHANGES IN CLIMATE PATTERNS.

>> IN THE U.S., OF COURSE, THE TOP EMITTER OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND GREENHOUSE GASES.

OUR THANKS TO JEFFREY TREVINO, PHILLIP BRAUN, JAMES TAYLOR AND JENNIDER WALLING.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LOCAL IMPACT OF THE EPA RULING BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE, WTTW.COM/NEWS.

BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... HOW THE HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER FOLLOWING MONDAY'S TRAGEDY.

WE HAVE A LIVE REPORT.

PLUS DETAILS OF A "GOFUNDME" PAGE FOR A C.P.S.

TEACHER AND HER FAMILY WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED WITH WOUNDS FOLLOWING MONDAY'S MASS SHOOTING.

AND WHAT COULD THE OVERTURNING OF ROE VS. WADE MEAN FOR THOSE WHO DESPERATELY WANT TO GET PREGNANT?

AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER DOCUMENTS THE AMERICAN DREAM.

SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED AND OPERATED BY IMMIGRANTS.

BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> BROOKFIELD ZOO OFFICIALS RECEIVED NOTICE OF A POTENTIAL THREAT AT THE ZOO THIS AFTERNOON.

THE ZOO PUT OUT IN A TWEET IT IS NOW CLOSED.

HOWEVER, MANY ZOO GOERS ARE SHELTERING IN PLACE.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH THE ZOO'S POLICE TO INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE PARK AND AREA.

GUESTS ARE ASKED TO REMAIN SHELTERED IN PLACE UNTIL LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS ALL IS CLEAR.

>> REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER TODAY RELEASED RECORDINGS OF SOME OF THE PROFANITY-LACED THREATS HE HAS RECEIVED AGAINST HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY AS A RESULT OF HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE JANUARY 6TH CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS.

THE VIDEO EXPLAINS MANY CALLS ARE SCREENED BY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE INTERNS WORKING IN HIS OFFICE TO LEARN ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.

HERE IS PART OF THAT AUDIO WHICH CONTAINS GRAPHIC LANGUAGE.

>> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER AND STATE OFFICIALS ARE DELAYING A SESSION ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.

THE GOVERNOR, SENATE PRESIDENT AND HOUSE SPEAKER WILL CALL LAWMAKERS BACK TO SPRINGFIELD.

IT COMES A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER DEMOCRATS PLANNED TO HOLD THE SPECIAL SESSION IN LIGHT OF THE SUPREME COURT'S OVERTURNING OF ROE VS. WADE.

THE SPECIAL SESSION WAS EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON BILLS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS FOR ABORTION CARE AND PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE TRAVELING FROM STATES THAT BANNED ABORTION.

>> BACK TO JOANNA HERNANDEZ WHO SPENT THE DAY IN HIGHLAND PARK AND JOINS US WITH MORE.

>> AND BRANDIS, VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAS JUST LEFT.

WE DID SEE HER SPEAK WITH THE MAYOR AND ALSO ADDRESS THE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND SPEAKING WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SECURITY GUARD.

HE WAS HERE DURING THE PARADE.

HE HAS BEEN A SECURITY GUARD DURING THE PARADE FOR ALMOST 18 YEARS.

HE IS ALAN.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AND TAKING THE TIME AND SPEAKING WITH ME.

YOU WERE HERE YESTERDAY AND YOU ARE HERE NOW WITH A DIFFERENT SCENE CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOU ARE FEELING?

WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU THE PAST 42 HOURS?

>> SURE.

THE FIRST FOUR HOURS DURING THE SHOOTING AND EVERYTHING HAPPENED VERY FAST AND IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL, EVERYTHING HAPPENED WHERE I ALMOST FELT LIKE IT WAS OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE.

BUT THEN AFTER EVERYBODY SETTLED DOWN AND I WENT HOME AND THEN THROUGH LAST NIGHT, YOU KEEP PLAY TO GO OVER AND OVER AND OVER IN YOUR HEAD.

IT WAS TOUGH.

>> THAT IS ALL THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON?

REPLAYING?

>> SEEING THE CARNAGE AND THE BODIES AND -- >> YOU SAW PEOPLE DROPPING TO THE GROUND?

>> YEAH; YEAH.

>> THE HARDEST PART WAS JUST THE RAPID FIRE AND THEN THE RELOAD AND THE RAPID FIRE AGAIN.

AND IT TOOK LIKE A FEW MINUTES FOR IT TO REGISTER.

AND ONCE IT REGISTERS, THEN YOU GO INTO LIKE A MODE WHERE YOU JUST DON'T THINK IT'S REAL.

YOU CAN'T THINK IT'S REAL IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE WATCHING ALMOST A SHOW.

AND THEN WHEN YOU WALK AWAY AND REALIZE WHAT JUST HAPPENED IT WAS HARD.

>> AND WHAT HAS THE CONVERSATION BEEN LIKE WITH YOU AND PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY.

THERE WAS DOZENS OF PEOPLE AND YOU KNEW A LOT OF THEM?

>> THE MAYOR AND THERE'S STATE REPRESENTATIVES HERE AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE STATE POLICE.

AND THEY ARE ALL GOING TO GO YOU HAVE TO SEE COUNSELING YOU HAVE SO SEE SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL A WRECK.

>> YOU SAID YOU'VE BEEN A SECURITY GUARD DURING THE PARADE FOR ALMOST 18 YEARS.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE PARADE, WHAT IS THE PARADE LIKE?

>> IT IS A SMALL COMMUNITY PARADE WITH THANK GOD IT WAS A KID PARADE PASSED AND THE FIRE TRUCKS AND THE POLICEMEN PARK DISTRICT PEOPLE AND FLOATS.

AND THEN OUR JOB IS LITERALLY STRICTLY TO GET THE KIDS BACK AND JUST MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T RUN ON THE STREET.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A MELLOW TYPE OF JOB.

>> PEOPLE WERE SAYING THEY DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WILL COME BACK FROM THIS?

>> TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DIDN'T WANT TO COME HERE.

MY SON-IN-LAW WANTED ME TO COME WITH HIM.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU DON'T FEEL SAFE.

IT'S ONLY BE A DAY I HOPE THAT WILL GO AWAY.

>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK WITH ME.

TAKE CARE.

>> BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO AMANDA FOR DETAILS ON A FUNDRAISER FOR A C.P.S.

TEACHER AT THE HIGHLAND PARK PARADE.

>> BRANDIS THAT FUNDRAISER HAS RAISED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A COUPLE SHOT AND SERIOUSLY WOUNDED DURING THE MASS SHOOTING.

CHICAGO SEES ITS OWN SPIKE IN VIOLENCE WITH DOZENS SHOT AND EIGHT KILLED THIS WEEKEND.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER MATT MASTERSON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

LET'S START WITH CHICAGO'S VIOLENT WEEKEND BREAKDOWN THE NUMBERS FOR US.

ACCORDING TO THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT NUMBERS 68 PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN 51 SHOOTINGS OF THOSE VICTIMS 8 WERE KILLED.

THE WAY THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT DEFINES IS BETWEEN 6:00 P.M. FRIDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

THERE ARE SHOOTINGS OUTSIDE THAT WINDOW THESE WERE THE OFFICIAL NUMBERS THAT CAME FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

>> THE STAT COULD GET HIGHER AND WORSE.

HOW DO THE NUMBERS COMPARE TO LAST YEAR'S FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND?

>> OBVIOUSLY WITH 70 PEOPLE SHOT THAT IS A SUBSTANTIAL FIGURE BUT IT'S DOWN FROM LAST YEAR.

BACK TO 2021 OVER THE SAME HOLIDAY WEEKEND THERE WERE MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE SHOT AND 17 PEOPLE KILLED.

SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN SPOKE AND SAID THE NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS DURING THE WEEKEND WAS THE NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS WERE DOWN 14% OVER THE SAME WEEKEND LAST YEAR AND THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS WAS DOWN 21% AND THE NUMBER OF HOMICIDES DECREASED BY 53% COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

>> AND MATT, YOU COVERED THAT AVAILABILITY FROM SUPERINTENDENT BROWN.

DID HE OR ANY OTHER C.P.D.

OFFICIALS SHARE REVISED STRATEGIES IN COMBATING GUN VIOLENCE IN LIGHT OF THOSE STEPS?

>> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME PLANS ALL YEAR.

THE CITY MAIN TANS AN -- MAINTAINS AN ALL ON HANDS DECK APPROACH WHERE CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE CALLED ON TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE CITY MAINTAINS IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

THE NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS AND HOMICIDES THROUGHOUT THE FIRST HALF OF 2022 ARE BELOW THE SAME TIME IN 2021.

BUT, OF COURSE, IT'S WORTH NOTING IN 2021 THAT WAS THE DEADLIEST YEAR IN CHICAGO SINCE THE 1990s SO THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE.

>> AND ALSO SOBERING LET'S GO BACK TO THE FUNDRAISER.

THERE IS A "GOFUNDME" PAGE CAMPAIGN HAPPENING FOR A C.P.S.

TEACHER AND HER FAMILY.

THEY WERE WOUNDED AT MONDAY'S SHOOTING.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

ZOE KOLPACK IS A PRE-K TEACHER AND SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE AMONG THOSE SHOT AND WOUNDED AT THE PARADE ON MONDAY.

TWO OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WITH THEM WERE WOUNDED.

AND WE'VE HEARD ALL FOUR HAVE UNDERGONE OR WILL BE SOON UNDERGOING SURGERY.

THE FUNDRAISER WAS STARTED TO HELP COVER HOSPITAL COSTS FOR THE FAMILY AND RAISED CLOSE TO $200,000 ALREADY.

OTHER FUNDRAISERS ARE GOING ON FOR OTHER VICTIMS AS WELL.

THEY'VE RAISED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND CLEARLY BEEN AN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILIES INCLUDING THE ZOE KOLPACK FAMILY AFFECTED BY THE SHOOTING.

>> I IMAGINE ALL OF THOSE FUNDRAISING NUMBERS WILL GO UP.

THE CHILDREN WERE UNHARMED DURING THE PARADE SHOOTING.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH US, MATT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU CAN READ BOTH OF MATT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN ALSO FIND A LIST OF "GOFUNDME" PAGES FOR THE VICTIMS IN THE HIGHLAND PARK MASS SHOOTING.

ALL AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

AND NOW, BRANDIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT OVERTURNING ROE VS. WADE COULD HAVE ON UNWANTED PREGNANCIES.

BUT THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION COULD IMPACT PEOPLE WHO DESPERATELY WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN THOSE UNDERGOING INVITRO FERTILIZATION OR IVF AND OTHER TREATMENTS.

ONE MILLION BABIES HAVE BEEN BORN VIA IVF AND 2% OF THE NATION'S LIVE BIRTHS ARE NOW A RESULT OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES.

NOW, SOME FEAR THE HIGH COURT'S RULING COULD CREATE RESTRICTIONS ON BABIES MADE OUTSIDE THE WOMB.

HERE ARE LORI ANDREWS PROFESSOR OF LAW AND DIRECTOR FOR THE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE LAW AND TECHNOLOGY AT CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

>> AND Dr. CAROLINA AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

Dr. GOLDMAN TO BE SURE WE UNDERSTAND, IN A NORMAL IVF CYCLE THE HOPE IS TO FERTILIZE AS MANY EMBRYOS AND IMPLANT ONE OR TWO AND FREEZE REMAINING EMBRYOS FOR FUTURE USE IF NEEDED, CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

SO THE IDEA IS IN A TYPICAL MENSTRUAL CYCLE A PERSON OF LATES ONE EGG.

AND IVF THE IDEA IS TO STIMULATE THE OVARIES AND RETRIEVE THE EGGS AND FERTILIZE THE SPERM IN THE LABORATORY AND GROW THE EMBRYOS OUT AND EMBRYOS EITHER ARE FROZEN OR TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE PATIENT'S UTERUS ONE AT A TIME OR WE CAN GENETICALLY TEST THE EMBRYO LOOK FOR ABNORMALITIES TO IDENTIFY THE HEALTHIEST EMBRYO FOR TRANSFER >> AND THE SUPREME COURT'S RULE IN THE DOBBS CASE THAT OVERTURNS ROE WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS HOW THE COURT'S DOING THAT COULD IMPACT YOUR FIELD OF MEDICINE?

>> RIGHT.

SO THE CONCERNS ARE MANY.

THE CONCERN IS REALLY IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAW.

BECAUSE IN STATES THAT ARE DEFINING LIFE AT FERTILIZATION OR CONCEPTION THIS IN ESSENCE MEANS THAT ANY EMBRYO IN THE LABORATORY COULD BE DEFINED AS A LIFE WORTHY OF PROTECTION.

AND THAT COULD HAVE DRAMATIC IMPACTS ON THE WAY WE PRACTICE IVF IN TERMS HOW MANY EGGS ARE FERTILIZED AND HOW MANY EMBRYOS ARE TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE PATIENT AND WHETHER OR NOT EMBRYOS CAN BE FROZEN AND DISCARDED IF NOT USED.

THE PRACTICE OF IVF DEPENDS ON THE ABILITY TO HAVE NEW ANSWERED CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN PHYSICIAN AND PATIENT ABOUT THE RIGHT THING FOR THAT PATIENT.

AND THERE'S NO ROOM FOR GOVERNMENT TO INTERFERE WITH THESE INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS.

>> PROFESSOR ANDREWS WHAT ARE YOUR LEGAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE THINKING HERE?

>> DOBBS DID AWAY WITH THE RIGHT OF A WOMAN HOW TO TERMINATE A PREGNANCY AND HAS IMPLICATIONS OF A WOMAN'S CHOICE TO BEGIN A PREGNANCY.

STATES CAN DEFINE WHEN LIFE BEGINS AND CAN PROTECT AN EMBRYO, THERE ARE POSSIBLE HOMICIDE CASES AGAINST DOCTORS BECAUSE NOT OF ALL EMBRYOS COME TO TERM AND WE SAW THAT HAPPEN WITH A LAW PASSED IN ILLINOIS SLIGHTLY INVITRO FERTILIZATION STARTED AND THAT LAW SAID ANY DOCTOR COULD BE PROSECUTED FOR CHILD ABUSE DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EMBRYO.

AND TO EVEN IN THE BODY, YOU DON'T GET A BABY EVERY TIME AN EGG MEETS SPERM.

30% OF THE TIME THE PREGNANCY DOES NOT PROCEED.

THERE WERE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO PUT DOCTORS IN JAIL.

IN ADDITION IF AN EMBRYO IS A PERSON YOU DON'T FREEZE PEOPLE THAT DOES AWAY WITH FREEZING.

YOU CAN'T DO GENETIC TESTING BECAUSE THAT WOULD INVOLVE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT TERMINATING EMBRYOS THAT HAVE SERIOUS DISABILITIES.

SO THERE IS A GREAT POSSIBILITY FOR INTERFERENCE PARTICULARLY IN THOSE 22 STATES THAT NOW ARE BANNING ABORTION.

SOME ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE FETUS IS A PERSON.

>> Dr. GOLDMAN COULD YOU SEE OR IMAGINE A SITUATION WHERE PATIENTS AND IVF PROVIDERS ARE TRYING TO TRANSFER FROZEN EMBRYOS TO STATES WHERE ABORTION IS STILL LEGAL LIKE ILLINOIS?

>> YES.

AND THAT IS HAPPENING.

I HAVE COLLEAGUES IN A NUMBER OF STATES WHO ARE RECEIVING EMBRYOS FROM PATIENTS IN STATES WHERE THERE ARE THESE BILLS ON THE TABLE AND THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN FOR IT RIGHT NOW.

WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS THAT I WILL SILL A SAFE STATE.

WE ARE WE ARE PROTECTED AND SAFE AND WHAT WE ARE ALL LEARNING IS THAT THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES ANYMORE.

SO WE HAVE TO FIGHT TO PROTECT THESE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS.

AND I TAKE LITTLE COMFORT IN THE FACT WE ARE A SAFE STATE BECAUSE WE ARE SURROUNDED BY MANY STATES WHERE OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR ALL OF OUR REPRODUCTIVE PATIENTS ARE FACING THESE INFRINGEMENTS ON THEIR RIGHTS.

SO, YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION PEOPLE ARE MOVING EMBRIE QUOS.

OUR GOVERNING BODY IS SAYING IT'S PROBABLY PREMATURE TO BE DOING THAT.

BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW FAR LEGISLATOR ALSO TRY TO TAKE THIS.

>> AND STATES -- GO AHEAD.

>> WE ARE A SAFE STATE BECAUSE OF THE CASE THAT INVOLVED IN 1990 WITH THE A.C.L.U.

WHICH WON FOR WOMEN THE RIGHT TO ACCESS OF INVITRO FERTILIZATION IN ILLINOIS AND DID AWAY WITH LAWS THAT GOT IN THE WAY OF IT.

BUT THE WHOLE BASIS OF THAT CASE WAS THAT ROE VS. WADE PROTECTED WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS.

NOW THAT ROE VS. WADE IS OUT THE WINDOW THAT FEDERAL COURT CASE IN ILLINOIS GIVING WOMEN THE RIGHT TO USE INVITRO COULD HAD LOST ITS LEGAL BASIS.

>> COULD YOU IMAGINE A CASE WHERE INFERTILITY TREATMENTS AND PHYSICIANS ARE CRIMINALIZED IF A FROZEN EMBRYO DOES NOT SURVIVE THE THAW AND CANNOT BE IMPLANTED?

>> ABSOLUTELY I CAN IMAGINE THAT.

LOUISIANA HAS A LAW THAT SAYS THE EMBRYO IS A PERSON.

WOMEN CAN'T DECIDE TO TERMINATE THEIR EMBRYOS.

THE STATE CAN GIVE THEIR EMBRYOS TO SOMEONE ELSE.

WE ARE ALREADY SEEING INTERFERENCE IN OTHER STATES.

>> A COMPLICATED SITUATION OF GETTING MORE COMPLICATED.

Dr. GOLDMAN, ARE YOUR COLLEAGUES CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, BEING CRIMINALIZED?

>> YOU KNOW IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE ACTIVELY DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW.

I THINK ALL OF US WENT INTO THE FIELD TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR PATIENTS AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO.

I THINK ULTIMATELY, WE VIEW AND I VIEW REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE AS THE SPECTRUM OF BEING ABLE TO OFFER ALL ASPECTS WHAT A PATIENT NEEDS WHETHER SHE DESIRES A PREGNANCY DOES NOT DESIRE A PREGNANCY.

WANTS TO BUILD HER FAMILY FOR THE FUTURE AND IS NOT READY TO BE A PARENT RIGHT NOW, I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE PRACTICING GOOD MEDICINE AND ARE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.

I WANT TO ADD THAT WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT INFERTILITY AND THE CARE OF PATIENTS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO NEED TO PRESERVE THEIR FER AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.

I -- FER AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.

I TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH A CANCER DIAGNOSIS, THE ONLY OPTION IS TO FREEZE AN EGG OR EMBRYO FOR THE FUTURE.

AND SO WE NEED TO PROTECT THIS TECHNOLOGY ON BEHALF OF THESE VULNERABLE PATIENTS.

>> THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

THANKS TO CAR KARA GOLDMAN AND PRO FOESER LORI ANDREWS FOR JOINING US.

>> AND WE WILL BE BACK FIRST A LOOK AT THE WEATHER AND WE WILL BE BACK WITH A LITTLE MORE IN A MINUTE.

>> AND NOW BACK TO JOANNA WHO SPENT THE DAY IN HIGHLAND PARK HEARING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS IMPACTED BY YESTERDAY'S MASS SHOOTING.

VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS CAME TO HIGHLAND PARK TONIGHT TO PAY HER RESPECTS.

WERE YOU ABLE TO CATCH ANY OF WHAT SHE SAID TO RESIDENTS IN THE AREA?

>> WE DID CATCH A LITTLE BIT OF IT.

SHE WAS HERE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES.

SHE DID ADDRESS THE CROWD.

AND SAID SHE WILL BE SENDING AS WELL AS PRESIDENT BIDEN SENDING RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY.

TO THOSE AFFECTED AND PEOPLE WHO LIVETH THIS COMMUNITY.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE SCENE LOOKS LIKE.

PEOPLE ARE FROM THIS COMMUNITY WHO CAME HERE WITH SIGNS HERE.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY SAY.

NO ONE SHOULD OWN AR-15'S.

WE HAVE A MOTHER SAYS BAN ASSAULT RIFLES.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE ARE UPSET.

THEY ARE IN PAIN.

A LOT.

THEY WANT TO SEE THESE LAWS CHANGED.

AND MOTHERS LIKE THE MOTHER YOU SAW BEHIND ME AND PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE HERE AND PAY THEIR RESPECTS AND DEMAND CHANGE.

AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE HERE FROM HIGHLAND PARK.

BRANDIS, I SEND IS BACK TO YOU.

>> A LOT OF EMOTIONS RUNNING HIGH.

THANK YOU.

>> AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

WE DID RUN OUT OF TIME TO BRING YOU THAT STORY ABOUT A CHICAGO BASED PHOTOGRAPHER AND HIS PHOTOS ON IMMIGRANTS AND THE BUSINESSES THEY OWN.

BUT WE HOPE TO BRING YOU THAT PIECE ANOTHER NIGHT.

STAY CONNECTED WITH US BY SIGN UP FOR YOUR DAILY BRIEFING.

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>> YOU CAN ALSO GET THE SHOW VIA PODCAST AND THE PBS VIDEO APP.

AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. >> AND FOLLOWING THE MASS SHOOTING IN HIGHLAND PARK A DIVE INTO GUN LAWS WITH OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM.

>> AND MEET THE CREATORS OF AN OTHER WORLDLY NEW MUSICAL GETTING ITS WORLD PREMIER IN CHICAGO.

IT CAME FROM OUTERSPACE.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M AMANDA VINICKY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND GOOD NIGHT.

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