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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> THIS BUILD BACK BETTER AGENDA AND WHAT IT WILL DO FOR THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS.

>> PRESIDENT BIDEN SPENDS THE AFTERNOON IN McHENRY COUNTY.

>> THEY ARE MAKING US ALL LESS SAFE.

>> THE COURTS ARE BEING BLAMED FOR RECENT VIOLENCE.

COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX AND SHARONE MITCHELL, JR.

RESPOND.

>> THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGING WEEKEND HISTORICALLY GOING BACK DECADES.

>> WITH MORE THAN 100 SHOT OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WEIGHS IN ON WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT THE SUMMER VIOLENCE.

>> REPORTS OF A STADIUM BAN ON SPECTATORS IN AN IMPENDING STATE OF EMERGENCY AS FEARS RISE IN JAPAN OVER HOSTING THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

>> FAIRIES MAYBE MYTHICAL BUT HOUSES FOR THEM ARE HOSPITAL POPPING UP IN CHICAGO THIS SUMMER.

>> A MULTIMEDIA COMPANY CONNECTS ARTISTS.

>> I'M ACT ANG TONIGHT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF CHICAGO'S BLUES LEGACY.

>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER AND TWO FEDERAL A.T.F.

AGENTS HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING SHOT WHILE DRIVING ON TO I57.

THE THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WERE GETTING INTO THE HIGHWAY IN AN UNMARKED VEHICLE AT 5:50AM WHEN THE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT THEM.

POLICE OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THERE IS A PERSON OF INTEREST BEING QUESTIONED AND MORE ON THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> DAY 13 OF A COOK COUNTY WORKER LABOR STRIKE.

PICKETERS TOOK TO THE LOOP.

THE WORKERS ARE PART OF SEIU LOCAL 73, THAT IS THE UNION REPRESENTS NURSES, HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE WORKERS AT STROGER HOSPITAL AND COOK COUNTY JAIL.

THEY ARE PICKETING FOR WHAT THEY CALL A FAIR CONTRACT AND REPORTEDLY RECENTLY TURNED DOWN AN OFFER OF AN 8.5% WAGE INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

>> AND THE NEXT STORY IS ABOUT GOATS WHO TOOK A BOAT RIDE ON THE CHICAGO RIVER.

EVERY YEAR ComEd HIRES GOATS TO CLEAR OUT VEGETATION UNDER POWER LINES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO GET ACCESS TO.

THE UNORTHODOX UTILITY WORKERS GOT A BREAK BY TAKING A BOAT RIDE ON THE CHICAGO RIVER AS A WAY TO PROMOTE ComEd'S PROGRAM.

ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY, A HERD OF 200 GOATS ARE DISPATCHED ANNUALLY TO GRAZE AROUND POWER LINES TO CLEAR 13 ACRES OF DENSE BRUSH.

>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MADE HIS FIRST VISIT TO ILLINOIS SINCE HE MOVED INTO THE WHITE HOUSE.

HE HAD A BRIEF CHAT WITH CHICAGO'S MAYOR BEFORE HEADING TO CRYSTAL LAKE NOT THE FREDLIEST TURF FOR DEMOCRATS TO HIGHLIGHT HIS PLAN FOR HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM CRYSTAL LAKE.

>> PARIS, BIDEN'S VISIT TO CRYSTAL LAKE WAS BRIEF ABOUT FOUR HOURS.

BUT IT HAD A PURPOSE, PROMOTING AN AGENDA HE SAYS WILL NOT ONLY BUILD BACK AMERICA, BUT HE SAYS IT WILL BUILD THE COUNTRY BACK BETTER.

>> AND TODAY I WANT TO OUTLINE SOME OF THE KEY PIECES OF THIS BUILD BACK BETTER AGENDA AND WHAT IT WILL DO FOR THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.

IT'S ABOUT A COUNTRY ONCE AGAIN THAT INSPIRES AND LEADS THE WORLD IN THE OPPORTUNITIES WE PROVIDE, THE CURES WE DISCOVER, THE TEMPERATURES WE PIONEER AND INDUSTRIES WE CREATE.

AND A NATION THAT LEADS THE WORLD IN COMBATING THE THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> AND HE SAYS THAT BEGINS WITH EDUCATION.

HENCE HIS VISIT TO THE McHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE I AM AT THE CAMPUS NOW.

HE VISITED THE EARLY LEARNING CENTER HERE.

THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO EXPAND A TAX CREDIT FOR CHILDCARE EXPENSES.

ALSO GIVE FREE PRESCHOOL TO ALL THREE AND FOUR-YEAR-OLDS AND TWO YEARS OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE FREE OF CHARGE ACCESSIBLE TO ANYONE.

OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PACKAGE PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASING THE WAGES PAID TO HOMECARE WORKERS WHO LOOK AFTER SENIORS.

>> WE ARE GOING TO REIMAGINE WHAT OUR ECONOMY AND FUTURE COULD BE AND SHOW THE WORLD JUST AS IMPORTANTLY WE'LL SHOW OURSELVES THAT DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRACY CAN DELIVER THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS AND THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA AND THE WORLD CAN LEAD AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

>> NOW, BIDEN AND HIS REMARKS DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE.

THOUGH MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT INDICATED YESTERDAY THAT SHE DID PLAN TO SPEAK WITH HIM ABOUT THAT.

LIGHTFOOT AS WELL AS COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT TONI PRECKWINKLE HAD A BRIEF AUDIENCE WITH BIDEN WHEN AIR FORCE ONE LANDED AT O'HARE.

THE MAYOR CALLED ON CONGRESS TO PASS A LAW CLAMPING DOWN ON GUNS.

I DID ASK ILLINOIS CONGRESSWOMAN LAUREN UNDERWOOD ABOUT THAT.

>> I'VE BEEN A LONGCHAMP I DON'T KNOW OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION MEASURES FROM BACKGROUND CHECKS TO BANNING ASSAULT WEAPONS.

I AM FROM THE SCHOOL OF SHOOTING GENERATION.

AND ACTION ON THIS ISSUE IS LONG OVERDUE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THIS PRESIDENT TO GET LEGISLATION SIGNED INTO LAW.

>> McHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE AND REALLY MOST OF McHENRY COUNTY ARE IN UNDERWOOD'S DISTRICT.

SHE HAD A TIGHT RACE EEKING OUT THE WIN.

McHENRY IS THE OTHER COUNTY THAT WENT FOR TRUMP OVER BIDEN IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST AND IT WAS A CLOSE ONE.

UNDERWOOD DESCRIBES THIS AS AREA AN INTERSECTION BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN AMERICA AND DEBATES ARE HEALTHY.

>> WHEN IT GETS TO BE DAMAGING IS WHEN THE RADICAL REPUBLICANS FURTHER THE BIG LIE.

WHAT I SAW IN THE PROTESTS PEOPLE HAVE NOT COME TO THE REALITY THAT THE ELECTION WAS FAIR, THE RESULTS ARE IN AND THAT WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

THAT'S OK.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T WELCOME THOSE FOLKS IN AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE ISSUES LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT TALK ABOUT THE CHILD TAX CREDIT.

WE WANT THEM TO KNOW WHY THEY GOT IT AND HOW THEY CAN USE IT TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES.

>> THAT SPLIT THAT POLARIZATION WAS ON DISPLAY OUTSIDE OF THE COLLEGE DURING BIDEN'S VISIT.

THE PRESIDENT ARRIVED IN CRYSTAL LAKE VIA HELICOPTER.

SURELY HE MISSED IT.

BUT HAD HE GOTTEN HERE VIA MOTORCADE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN GREETED BY A LOT OF PRO TRUMP PROTESTORS LIKE KAREN TIRIO WHO IS CHAIR OF THE MC GO PACT.

>> WE ARE OUT HERE AS A WELCOMING COMMUNITY TO WELCOME OUR FAILING PRESIDENT AND LET HIM KNOW THIS IS TRUMP COUNTRY.

>> KAREN TIRIO HAS REVIEWED BIDEN'S PUTTING AMERICA TO WORK AND AMERICA'S FAMILY FIRST AND SAYS THAT THEY ARE UNSUSTAINABLE.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING SHE SAYS AS SOMETHING THAT IS TOTALLY FREE.

>> KNOW THAT YOU ARE RUINING OUR COUNTRY, YOUR PLAN IS ABOMINABLE IT IS UNSUSTAINABLE AND YOU ARE ALL FOR YOUR OWN CHURCH DOESN'T WANT YOU TO RECEIVE COMMUNION THAT IS A STATEMENT.

YOU ARE A BAD MAN.

>> NOW, BIDEN DID HAVE SOME FANS SUPPORTING HIM INCLUDING CAROL MALMGREN SHE WORKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND APPRECIATES THAT BIDEN SUPPORTS COMMUNITY COLLEGES LIKE McHENRY WHICH SHE SAYS DEFIED THE ODDS AND DURING THE PANDEMIC INCREASED ENROLLMENT.

>> HE SUPPORTS HIGHER EDUCATION AND I HAD A CAREER IN HIGHER EDUCATION SO I'M EXCITED THAT HE IS HERE.

AND I'M MORE JUST PASSING OUT FLAGS AND TRYING NOT TO TAKE SIDES TODAY BUT JUST BEING A PROUD AMERICAN TO WELCOME MY PRESIDENT TO CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS.

MY HOMETOWN.

>> CONGRESSMAN SEAN CASTEN WHOSE DISTRICT COVERS PART OF McHENRY WAS THRILLED TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT IN THE AREA AND SAYS HE LIKED WHAT HE HEARD.

>> AS A POLICY WONK AT HEART I'M DELIGHTED WE ARE CONTINUING TO PUSH THIS PROPOSAL THAT IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOVER FROM THIS RECESSION IN A WAY THAT IS EQUITABLE AND HELPS OUT EVERYBODY THAT WAS THE MISTAKE WE MADE IN 2008 AND THAT MEANS FIXING GAPS IN CHILDCARE AND PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO EDUCATION.

>> NOW, THERE IS A BIPARTISAN DEAL IN CONGRESS ON THE MORE CLASSIC CONCEPTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

THINGS LIKE ROADS, BRIDGES AND WHATNOT.

BUT NOT ON WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS CALLING HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE.

CONGRESSMAN RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI SAYS THAT HE DOES BELIEVE THAT SOME VERSION OF THIS PLAN BY BIDEN WILL GET G.O.P.

SUPPORT.

>> THAT HELPS US IN THE LONG RUN.

THE CHINESE ARE NOT WAITING FOR US.

AND OTHER COUNTRIES ARE NOT WAITING FOR US TO GET UPSKILLED OR BETTER EDUCATED.

THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE APPLAUDING WOULD BE OUR COMPETITORS.

WE CANNOT AFFORD FOR THAT NOT TO HAPPEN.

>> STILL, THE DIVIDE WE SAW ON DISPLAY HERE IN CRYSTAL LAKE VERY MUCH ALIVE IN WASHINGTON AND DEMOCRATS WILL ONLY SLIM MAJORITIES.

SO IT IS GOING TO BE AN UPHILL BATTLE, INCLUDING NOT JUST OVER HOW TO SPEND MONEY BUT HOW TO PAY FOR A PLAN LIKE THIS.

BIDEN SAYS HE HAS AN ANSWER FOR THAT INCLUDING HE WANTS TO SET A MINIMUM 15% TAX ON CORPORATE PROFITS AND ALSO REDUCING THE 2017 FEDERAL TAX CUTS THAT HE SAYS BENEFITED THE HIGHEST AND WEALTHIEST AMERICANS.

WITH THAT BACK TO YOU.

>> EVENTFUL DAY IN CRYSTAL LAKE.

>> AND WE'LL HAVE MORE ON BIDEN'S VISIT TO ILLINOIS LATER ON IN THE PROGRAM IN SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

NOW TO BRANDIS FOR A LOOK AT WHAT SOME ARE SAYING IS CAUSING THE PIKE IN VIOLENCE.

>> MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WERE SHOT THIS PAST HOLIDAY WEEKEND IN CHICAGO.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT HAS CONTINUALLY LAID BLAME ON THE COURTS FOR THE SUMMER VIOLENCE.

SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN IS POINTING HIS FINGER AT THE COURT SYSTEM SAYING PEOPLE WITH VIOLENT CHARGES ARE BEING RELEASED ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING.

THIS PAST WEEKEND, TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING WERE ARRESTED FOR VIOLENT CRIMES.

JOINING US ARE KIM FOXX AND SHARONE MITCHELL, JR.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TOGETHER I KNOW FOLKS PROBABLY THINK THE TWO OF YOU HAVE AN ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP.

AS WE DISCUSSED THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE ARRESTED ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING THIS WEEKEND.

SHARONE MITCHELL, JR. TO YOU FIRST, HOW FREQUENTLY ARE PEOPLE ON EM ARRESTED?

>> WE KNOW IT IS A SMALL PERCENTAGE.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'S CRIME LAB THAT WORKS WITH C.P.D.

AND THE CITY ANALYZED THE NUMBERS AND FOUND PEOPLE REARRESTED FOR A FELONY GUN CHARGE ON EM MAKEUP LESS THAN 1% OF CHICAGO'S FELONY GUN ARRESTS.

SO THE IDEA THAT THE PEOPLE ARREST SECOND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OTHER 99 DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AT ALL AND NOT JUST THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, AND STUDIES FROM MANY OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS THAT REJECT THIS IDEA THAT FOLKS RELEASED WHILE AWAITING THEIR TRIAL, IS DRIVING VIOLENCE.

IT JUST HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN TO BE TRUE.

>> YESTERDAY CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN SPOKE ABOUT THE VIOLENCE AND THE COURTS.

>> I HEAR A LOT ABOUT WHAT THE STATE'S ATTORNEY IS DOING, SHE CHARGED THESE PEOPLE WITH MURDER THAT WE BROUGHT BEFORE THEM THAT WE HAVE ARRESTED AND THE COURTS, THE COURTS, RELEASE THEM BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY, CREATING AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF US IN THE CROWD WHEN RETALIATION OCCURS WHEN STREET JUSTICE OCCURS.

>> KIM FOXX WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE STATEMENT?

>> LISTEN WE DO CHARGE PEOPLE WITH CRIMES AND JUDGES HAVE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED ON THE FACTS OF THE PRESENT A CASE SOMEONE'S BACKGROUND AND THEIR ASSESSMENT OF THEIR RISK.

AND THE CONSTITUTION HAS TO GUIDE THOSE DETERMINATIONS AND THE CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT JUDGES HAVE TO SET BAIL THAT IS AFFORDABLE.

AND LOST IN THAT CONVERSATION IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE TRULY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT ON BAIL OR ELECTRONIC MONITORING NOW AND AS PD MITCHELL SAID THE NUMBERS DO NOT SUBJECT STAINIATE THE CLAIMS THAT THE POLICE CHIEF MADE.

AS HORRIFYING THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS, AND FOR THE LOSS OF LIFE AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED AND GENERATIONS THAT LOST FAMILY MEMBERS, WE ALSO MUST RECOGNIZE IT'S HEARTBREAKING AS THAT IS WE HAVE TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT THE DATA SHOWS AND WHAT THE POLICIES ARE DOING.

>> ACCORDING TO THE COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THERE ARE AS YOU SAID, OVER 3,000 PEOPLE ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING.

72% ARE AWAITING TRIAL ON A VIOLENT LEAD CHARGE AND THAT INCLUDES 99 WHO HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER.

AND AS WE'VE STATED THERE'S BEEN RESEARCH DONE THAT FINDS THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN CRIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE BEING RELEASED PRETRIAL.

BUT THESE NUMBERS, SHARONE MITCHELL, JR.

DOES THIS CONFIRM WHAT BROWN HAS BEEN SAYING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CHARGED WITH MURDER OUT ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING?

>> I WOULD THINK THAT PEOPLE YOU HAD THAT ACCUSATION DOSE NOT MEAN THAT SOMEONE IS GUILTY.

THIS IDEA THAT BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS ACCUSED OF A CRIME MEANS THEY ARE GUILTY AND WE LEARN TIME AND TIME AGAIN, IS A MISTAKE.

WITH THAT SAID THIS IDEA BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS ON EM THAT THEY PRESENT SOME RISK IS REALLY NOT SUBSTANTIATED.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD TAKE LIGHTLY PUT A VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ON EM ARE ON 24 HOURS HOUSE ARREST AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE ARE ON GPS MONITORING.

WE KNOW THEY CANNOT GO TO THE STORE TO BUY GROCERIES OR THE DOCTOR WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE JUDGE.

WE KNOW FOLKS ARE VIOLATED AND CAN BE BROUGHT BACK IN THERE'S VIOLATION THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE OR AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION THEY ARE VIOLATED.

THIS IDEA BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS ON EM MEANS THEY ARE RUNNING WILD IN THE STREETS AND CAUSING VIOLENCE HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN BY THE DATA.

>> SO WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE MAYOR ON THIS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AS WELL.

HERE IS WHAT SHE SAID.

>> COOK COUNTY HAS TO OPEN UP FOR CRIMINAL TRIALS.

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING ITS PART.

IT'S INVESTIGATING AND BEING PRO-ACTIVE AND ARRESTING PEOPLE AND BRINGING TESTIMONY TO JUSTICE.

BUT THEN THE CASES SIT.

AND SIT.

AND SIT.

AND WE HAVE WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE OUT ON PRETRIAL RELEASE BECAUSE THE COURTS ARE EFFECTIVELY CLOSED.

>> ON JUNE 21, THE MAYOR SAYING COURTS HAVE NOT BEEN OPEN BUT WHILE JURY TRIALS WERE SUSPENDED DURING THE PANDEMIC WE KNOW THE COURTS REOPENED THE JURY TRIALS BACK UP IN MARCH.

CRIMINAL COURTS WERE OPEN AT THE TIME THAT THE MAYOR SAID THIS.

SHARONE MITCHELL, JR. TO YOU AGAIN, WHY DO YOU THINK THE MAYOR CONTINUES TO PUSH THIS PARTICULAR MESSAGE?

>> LISTEN, I THINK WE PUT BOTH THE MAYOR AND THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT IN A BAD PLACE.

WE ASSUME THAT THEY ARE GOING TO SOLVE THIS GUN VIOLENCE PROBLEM WITH THE SNAP OF A FINGER.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THE COURTS OR THE POLICE TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT WE'VE SEEN EXIST ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

CITIES FROM CALIFORNIA TO NEW YORK, EVERYONE IN-BETWEEN WHETHER WE HAVE A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO STEM THE TIDE OF GUN VIOLENCE.

AND THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS THAT WE WANT DIFFERENT RESULTS.

IF WE WANT TO ACTUALLY SEE MORE PEACE WE WANT TO REEVALUATE HOW WE APPROACH THE VIOLENCE.

WE SPEND $4 BILLION AS A REGION EVERY YEAR ON RESPONSES TO GUN VIOLENCE.

THINGS THAT HAPPEN AFTER SOMEONE IS SHOT.

POLICE AND PROSECUTORS, COURT SYSTEMS AND THE LIKE.

WE SPEND $150 MILLION ON ACTUALLY SOLVING CONFLICTS AND STOPPING CONFLICTS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN.

UNTIL WE ADDRESS THAT RATIO, WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET THE SAME RESULTS WE'VE SEEN YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

>> NOW, THE PANDEMIC DID SLOW DOWN THE COURT SYSTEMS, MAJOR COURT SYSTEMS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS.

KIM FOXX, HOW BIG OF A CASE BACKLOG ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOUSANDS OF CASES.

AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE COURTS HAVE BEEN OPENED BUT THEY HAVE BEEN SLOWED.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE A NUMBER OF CASES, BOTH THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD IN THE MOST CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES TO MAKE SURE THAT JUSTICE CONTINUES TO ROLL.

BUT WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT BACKLOG.

THE SUPREME COURT TOLD THE RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL MEANT PEOPLE COULD HAVE A TRIAL WITHIN 120 DAYS IN CUSTODY 160 DAYS IF THEY ARE OUT AND WHAT THE SUPREME COURT ORDERED THEY WILL NO LONGER HOLD THAT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN DEMAND A TRIAL AND WE WILL HAVE TO GO TO TRIAL WITHIN 120 OR 160 DAYS.

WHICH IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THOUSANDS OF CASES.

THE BACKLOG IS SIGNIFICANT.

THE SYSTEM WILL BE TESTED IN WAYS IT HAS NOT BEEN TESTED BEFORE BECAUSE OF THE SPEEDY TRIAL RULE BEING LIFTED AND THE THOUSANDS OF CASES WHILE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HAVE NOT BEEN RESOLVED IN THE COURTS OVER THE LAST 16 MONTHS.

>> WE HAD A SEGMENT WHERE WE HEARD FROM ANTIVIOLENCE ORGANIZATIONS, ONE OF THEM SAYING THAT WE CAN'T QUOTE POLICE OUR WAY OUT OF THIS SOMETHING WE HEAR FREQUENTLY.

KIM FOXX, DO YOU THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO DO HERE?

>> I'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY AND A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS AND AS THE MAYOR SAID THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE A WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH.

BUT TO THE POINT THAT THE PUBLIC DEFENDER MADE, I THINK WE NEED A MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION.

FROM THE CITY THE COUNTY, THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

SOME IS LIKE IN THE FIRST SEGMENT WE HEARD AROUND CREATING ACCESS TO EDUCATION, JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

IT IS NO SURPRISE TO ME THAT THE AREAS WHERE WE SEE THE MOST VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SOME OF THE MOST UNDER RESOURCED, UNDERFUNDED AREAS WHERE UNEMPLOYMENT IS HIGHER THAN THE CITY AVERAGE WHERE THERE IS A LACK OF ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT.

AND COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DISINVESTED IN FOR YEARS.

SO THE WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO ME IS NOT JUST SOCIAL SERVICE RESOURCES IN THE NOW BUT SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THESE COMMUNITIES SO THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT CRIME PREVENTION STARTS WITH INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES, HEALTHY THRIVING COMMUNITIES ARE SAFER.

>> THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

A LOT TO SIFT OUT.

THANK YOU TO KIM FOXX AND PUBLIC DEFENDER, SHARONE MITCHELL, JR. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> AND MAKE SURE TO TUNE IN TO TOMORROW'S PROGRAM WHEN WE'LL SIT DOWN WITH TIM EVANS OF CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY.

TO PARIS FOR A LOOK AT THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE SUMMER OLYMPICS.

PARIS?

>> IT'S USUALLY A GLOBAL CELEBRATION BUT THE OLYMPIC GAME ALSO TAKE PLACE IN TOKYO AMID A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

NEWS TODAY THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING BANNING ALL SPECTATORS FROM THE GAMES AND DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN TOKYO TO CONTAIN RISING COVID-19 CASES.

AND THIS COMES AMID THE SUSPENSION OF AN AMERICAN TRACK AND FIELD STAR OVER MARIJUANA USE.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE GAMES ARE PHILIP HERSH A FREELANCE JOURNALIST AN OLYMPIC SPECIALIST FOR THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE".

AND Dr. MARK HUTCHINSON ONE OF THE LEADING TEAM DOCTORS FOR THE U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM.

MARK HUTCHINSON IS PROFESSOR OF OR THE PEED DICKS AND SPORTS MEDICINE AND WILL BE FLYING OUT TO JAPAN SATURDAY.

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

>> THANK YOU.

>> PHILIP HERSH STARTING WITH YOU, JAPAN WAS GOING TO ALLOW 10,000 SPECTATORS IN THE OPENING CEREMONIES.

NOW, WITH AN EXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY THEY ARE CONSIDERING BANNING ALL SPECTATORS.

DO YOU BELIEVE THE GAMES SHOULD GO ON?

>> I THOUGHT FOR A WHILE THAT THEY PROBABLY SHOULDN'T.

BUT WE ARE IN A SITUATION NOW WHERE THE TITANIC LEFT THE DOCK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.

THE JAPANESE PUBLIC EXPRESSED ITS OPINION STRONGLY IN POLLS OVER THE LAST FIVE TO SIX MONTHS THAT THEY WOULD PREFER NOT HAVING THE OLYMPICS THIS SUMMER.

EITHER CANCEL THEM OR POSTPONE PARTLY BECAUSE THE RATE OF VACCINATION IN JAPAN HAS BEEN VERY SLOW AND THEY ARE VERY FEARFUL FOR THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF THE JAPANESE CITIZENS.

>> AND Dr. HUTCHINSON YOU WILL BE FLYING OUT AS PART OF THE U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM.

WHAT ARE THE PROTOCOLS AND WHAT IS THE SITUATION GOING TO BE LIKE GIVEN THE PANDEMIC SITUATION?

>> THE IOC AND TEAM U.S.A. HAS GONE TREMENDOUS WORK IN ADVANCE TO MAKE IT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.

AND IN FACT, EVERY ATHLETE INCLUDING ANY ENTOURAGE INCLUDING MYSELF HAS TO TEST 96 HOURS BEFORE TRAVEL, 72 HOURS BEFORE TRAVEL AND ARRIVAL AND A DAILY BASIS WHILE IN JAPAN.

ALL ATHLETES AND COACHES EVERYONE WILL BE IN A RESTRICTED BUBBLE WITH RESTRICTED TRAVEL.

THEY WILL NOT BE INTERACTING WITH THE JAPANESE PEOPLE AS MANY OLYMPIC GAMES HAVE.

SO IT'S VERY WELL DESIGNED TO BE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.

>> AND PHILIP HERSH YOU SAID THAT THE TITANIC LEFT THE PORT.

THESE GAMES WILL GO AHEAD.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE COMPETITION TO LOOK LIKE?

>> WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE STRANGE NEEDLESS TO SAY WITH NO SPECTATORS.

IT WAS GOING TO BE STRANGE WITH SOME SPECTATORS BECAUSE THE JAPANESE PUBLIC HAS BEEN TOLD TO CLAP POLITELY BUT NO CHEERING OR YELLING OR WHATEVER.

IN SOME WAY IT IS WILL BE A JOYLESS OLYMPICS.

AN OLYMPICS THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE ON FOR 4.5 BILLION REASONS AND THAT IS THE $4.5 BILLION IN BROADCAST REVENUE THE IOC WILL GET.

>> A LOT OF MONEY IS AT STAKE.

Dr. HUTCHINSON WHAT IS THE VACCINATION SITUATION FOR AMERICAN ATHLETES AND IF YOU KNOW FOR ATHLETES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES?

WHAT JAPAN IS CONCERNED ABOUT IS BRINGING PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES THAT HAVE IS HIGHER EXPOSURE TO COVID-19 THUS IMPACTING THAT COUNTRY'S RATE?

>> I THINK THE JAPANESE PEOPLE'S CONCERN IS REAL.

I THINK THE IOC AND TEAM U.S.A. HAS STRONGLY RESPECTED THAT.

THEY RESPECT THE FACT THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO CONTAMINATE OR IMPOSE ANYTHING ON THE JAPANESE PEOPLE.

WITH THAT SAID, TEAM U.S.A. IS HIGH VACCINATED.

WE HAVE HAD ACCESS TO THE VACCINATION FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

I BELIEVE OVER 95% OF THE ATHLETES ARE VACCINATED.

IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL POPULATION OF ALL ATHLETES, PFIZER INTRODUCED OR ALLOWED ANY ATHLETE THAT WANTED THE VACCINATION THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THEM.

FOR THE OLYMPIC GROUP, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT HIGH VAX RATE -- VACCINATION OR HAD IT AVAILABLE TO THEM.

>> ANOTHER PART OF THE CONTROVERSY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES IS THE TRACK AND FIELD STAR SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON QUALIFIED BUT BECAUSE OF FINDING OF MARIJUANA, SHE HAS BEEN KICKED OFF THE TEAM FOR THE 2021 OLYMPICS.

LET'S LOOK WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS CASE.

>> THE RULES ARE THE RULES.

AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THE RULES GOING IN.

WHETHER THEY SHOULD REMAIN THE RULES IS A DIFFERENT ISSUE.

>> THE CONTROVERSY HERE, PHILIP HERSH IS THAT SHE TOOK MARIJUANA IN A STATE WHERE IT IS LEGAL.

THE ANTI-DOPING AGENCY ALL BUT ADMITTED IT IS NOT A PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUG.

WHERE DO YOU FALL ON THE DEBATE WHETHER THESE SHOULD REMAIN THE RULES?

>> I THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD IT RIGHT.

WHAT BROTHERS ME IS THE -- BOTHERS ME IS THE OUTRAGE THEY WANT RULES CHANGED AFTER THE FACT OF HER POSITIVE TEST AND I WISH SOME PEOPLE READ THE RULES.

DO I FEEL BAD FOR SHA'CARRI WHAT HAS GONE ON WITH HER MOTHER PASSING AWAY?

OF COURSE I FEEL BAD FOR HER.

BUT I THINK THIS HAS BECOME SOME MOMENT AND CAUGHT UP IN OTHER MOMENTS AND I WISH THERE WAS MORE RATIONAL DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

>> THE PRESIDENT SAID THE RULES ARE THE RULES AND HE WAS PROUD HOW SHE HANDLED IT AND THERE COULD BE A DISCUSSION WHETHER THEY SHOULD REMAIN THE RULES.

>> Dr. HUTCHINSON DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO CONTINUE CANNABIS AS A BANNED SUBSTANCE FOR ATHLETES THAT WANT TO COMPETE AT A LIE LEVEL?

>> I THINK IT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

AND THE WORLD ANTIDRUG ASSOCIATION THEIR MAIN MISSION IS PLAYING SAFELY AND PLAYING WITH NOBODY GETTING AN ADDED BENEFIT.

IT IS A FAIR PLAY FOUNDATION.

EVERY ATHLETE KNOWS IT.

AND EVERY ATHLETE KNOWS THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO PUT INTO THEIR BODY ANY MATERIAL THAT MIGHT BE TESTED OR CONSIDERED PERFORMANCE ENHANCING.

THE ATHLETES KNOW THAT.

BUT BY THE TAKE TOKEN I THINK THE ORGANIZATIONS CARRY A RESPONSIBILITY TO SAY WHAT ITEMS ARE SAFE SHOULD BE ALLOWED.

LIKE TYLENOL OR OTHER BASIC MEDICATIONS ARE PERFECTLY LEGAL AND ALLOWED.

THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE ALLOWED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PERFORMANCE ENHANCING AND SOME THAT RESPECT'S.

EVERYONE KNEW IN ADVANCE THAT MARIJUANA AT THE OLYMPIC LEVEL WAS ILLEGAL.

>> AND SHE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, TOO, THAT SHE HAD KNOWN THAT.

WELL, THERE IS A LOT TO UNPACK AND THE OLYMPICS GET UNDERWAY AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

THANKS TO PHILIP HERSH AND Dr. MARK HUTCHINSON THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANKS SO MUCH.

>> A CHICAGO TEAM THAT HELPED KEEP THE PERFORMING ARTS A FLOAT DURING THE PANDEMIC.

SO STAY WITH US.

MUCH MORE AHEAD INCLUDING THE SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WEIGHING IN ON THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO SUMMER VIOLENCE.

>> WHEN THEATERS ACROSS THE CITY SHUTDOWN LAST YEAR, A LOCAL MULTIMEDIA COMPANY TOOK THE PERFORMING ARTS FROM STAGE TO SCREEN.

WITH THE HELP OF COLLABORATORS THEY KEPT AUDIENCES IN TOUCH WITH ARTISTS.

MARC VITALI HAS THE STORY.

[♪♪♪] >> THEY HAVE CAPTURED THE BIGGEST BROADWAY AND TOURING SHOWS.

AND LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LIKE GIORDANO DANCE.

HMS MEDIA WAS A KEY PLAYER FOR 30 YEARS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT AND THEN THEY ADAPTED.

[♪♪♪] FROM A VIRTUAL MUSIC VIDEO TO BENEFIT THE ARTS FOR ILLINOIS RELIEF FUND... TO A CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE SPECIAL FROM ATOP NAVY PIER IT WAS A LIFELINE FOR ARTISTS CREATING 50 DIFFERENT DIGITAL ARTS PERFORMANCES AND THEY HAVE WORKED WITH WTTW OVER THE YEARS AND THEY DID THIS GREAT PERFORMANCES SPECIAL FOR PBS IN 2018.

[♪♪♪] >> WE SPOKE WITH THE COFOUNDER OF HMS MEDIA ABOUT THEIR PANDEMIC PIVOT.

>> PRIOR TO MARCH OF 2020 BUSY AS EVER GOING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN EVERY THEATRE YOU CAN IMAGINE.

COVID BRINGS THAT TO A SCREECHING HALT AND RATHER THAN STOP AND QUIT WE STARTED TALKING WITH EVERYONE, AND STARTED ZOOMING IMMEDIATELY HOW CAN WE RISE TO THE STORIES, WHAT MUSIC CAN STILL BE MADE?

WE FELT TO FIND PRODUCTION SCENARIOS WHERE WE COULD GET TOGETHER WITH OUR LONGSTANDING COLLABORATORS, STEPPENWOLF, LOOKINGGLASS, LYRIC OPERA, AND FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE CONTENT SAFELY AND GET IT TO PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE IT AND FEELS LIKE AN ARTS EXPERIENCE.

[♪♪♪] >> SCOTT SILBERSTEIN BELIEVES THAT STREAMING AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING ARE HERE TO STAY.

AND WILL EXPAND THE REACH OF THE ARTISTS.

>> NOT ONLY DO I THINK THAT A HYBRID OF STAGE AND SCREEN IS THE FUTURE OF OUR ENTIRE INDUSTRY SEEMS TO THINK THAT.

THERE IS NOT A SINGLE PART, BROADWAY, NATIONAL TOURS, CHICAGO THEATERS, DANCE, MUSIC, THAT HASN'T EMBRACED BRINGING CONTENT BOTH TO SCREENS AND TO STAGE.

>> SUDDENLY WE NOW CAN LOOK AT CHICAGO THEATRE DANCE MUSIC IMPROV AS A PLACE WHERE INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES WILL COME AND I'M THRILLED BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT GETS BETTER THAN CHICAGO FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.

>> IT FEELS LIKE BETWEEN COVID AND THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CHANGES WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT IT'S CALLED ON EVERY SKILL SET THAT WE'VE HAD TO HONE IN THE LAST 30 PLUS YEARS OF DOING HMS MEDIA.

AND THAT WAS TERRIFYING AND THRILLING AT THE EXACT SAME MOMENT AND THAT IS USUALLY WHERE SOME OF THE BEST ART HAPPENS THAT WONDERFUL NEXUS POINT BEEN FEAR AND THE THRILL YOU MIGHT CREATE SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT YOU COULD NEVER HAVE DONE BY YOURSELF.

[♪♪♪] >> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS MARC VITALI.

>> HMS MEDIA IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE GRANT PARK MUSIC FESTIVAL YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ON OUR WEBSITE AND SEE THE FULL VIDEO.

>> AND PARIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> OF COURSE YOU AND I WERE PART OF A VIDEO FOR WTTW LIKE THAT.

INTERESTING EXPERIENCE.

THANK YOU.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM TAKES A LOOK AT WHY FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS SUING TWITTER, FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE.

FAIRIES ARE COMING TO CHICAGO DETAILS ON WHERE TO FIND FAIRY HOUSES IN THE CITY.

[♪♪♪] SWEET SOUNDS OF THE BLUES HARP WE SIT DOWN WITH LEGEND BILLY BRANCH FOR HARMONICA LESSONS.

FIRST MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

CHICAGO MIGHT HAVE COBBLED TOGETHER A BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR BUT THE LONG-TERM PICTURE IS BLEAK ACCORDING TO THE REPORT FOR 2020.

THE DRIVER IS PUBLIC PENSION FUNDS WHICH ARE COLLECTIVE $33 BILLION IN DEBT.

AND THAT IS AN INCREASE OF 3.5% OVER THE PRIOR YEAR ALTHOUGH THERE IS A SILVER LINING.

THE RATE OF GROWTH IN DEBT HAS SLOWED AS THE DEBT ROSE 5.6%.

THE DEBT IS BASED ON CITY LAW THAT REQUIRES THE PENSION FUNDS BE FUNDED AT 90% BY 2045.

>> $10 MILLION IN CASH AND PRIZES IS UP FOR GRABS FOR ILLINOIS RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THE VACCINE LOTTERY WHERE ONE WILL BE DRAWN TO WIN $1 MILLION AND THREE YOUTH WILL WIN $150,000 EACH IN SCHOLARSHIPS.

RESIDENTS MUST HAVE GOTTEN ONE SHOT OF THE COVID VACCINE.

THE WINNER WILL BE DRAWN AT RANDOM.

AND THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED A SEPARATE SLATE OF CASH AND PRIZES FOR VACCINATED STATE WORKERS.

AND NOW BRANDIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> STAY WITH ME.

BECAUSE A PRESIDENTIAL VISIT COMES ON THE SAME DAY THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE TARGETED.

WITH THE SPIKE IN VIOLENCE WILL REINFORCEMENTS FOLLOW BIDEN'S VISIT?

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WEIGHS IN.

HERE WITH THAT AND MORE ARE WTTW NEWS REPORTER MATT MASTERSON WHO HAS BEEN COVERING THE CITY'S VIOLENCE ALONG WITH THE USUAL SUSPECTS, HEATHER CHERONE, AMANDA VINICKY AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

AS WE JUST HEARD, PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS IN THE PREDOMINANTLY REPUBLICAN ENCLAVE OF CRYSTAL LAKE WHERE AMANDA STILL IS AND SELLING HIS AMERICAN FAMILIES PLAN AT McHENRY COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

>> DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRACY CAN DELIVER PEOPLE IN ILLINOIS AND AMERICA AND THE WORLD CAN LEAD AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

I KNOW THAT IS A BORING SPEECH BUT IT'S IMPORTANT SPEECH.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND MAY GOD PROTECT OUR TROOPS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

>> AMANDA IS THIS THE BEST WAY TO SELL IT?

>> BORING, BUT IMPORTANT.

I THINK PERHAPS WHAT HE MEANS BY THAT THAT THIS WAS A POLICY-FOCUSED SPEECH.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS TRYING TO RIB HIS SPEECHWRITER OR SOMETHING AND SAY GIVE ME A ZINCKER BUT THAT IS NOT THE PRESIDENT'S MODE.

HE PLAYED IT FAIRLY SAFE.

I WOULD SAY HIS CHALLENGE OR WHAT I'M GUESSING HE HOPES WHAT HIS SPEECH WOULD DO IF PERHAPS IT SOUNDED BORING PERHAPS PARTICULARLY IN COMPARISON TO HIS PREDECESSOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD GRAB ON TO SOME OF THE PROMISES HE MADE LIKE OK, CHILDCARE THAT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE IT'S TOUGH TO FIND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT DEMOCRATS SAID THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING BACK TO WORK IN ADDITION TO FEARS OF COVID AND REPUBLICANS WOULD ADD TO THAT AS WELL, THE STIMULUS PACKAGE THAT IS KEEPING PEOPLE FROM GOING BACK TO WORK.

HE IS HOPING PEOPLE WILL GRAB ON TO THOSE THINGS.

FREE EDUCATION AND PUTTING MONEY INTO THEIR POCKETS.

>> THE HEATHER THE MAYOR AND TO BE TON GREETED HIM -- TONI PRECKWINKLE GREETED HIM AT THE AIRPORT AND THE MAYOR PUSHED HIM ON ASSISTANCE WITH THE CITY'S VIOLENCE, DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO PUT A BUG IN THE PRESIDENT'S EAR FOR A COUPLE MINUTES?

>> PROBABLY NOT.

LORI LIGHTFOOT AND JOE BIDEN HAVE BEEN ALIGNED ON THIS ISSUE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CAMPAIGN.

LORI LIGHTFOOT ENDORSED JOE BIDEN DURING THE PRIMARIES.

SO THEY ARE ON THE SAME PAGE THEY AGREE THAT CHICAGO NEEDS FEDERAL HELP IN PROSECUTING GUN TRAFFICKERS.

WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT WERE THE PICTURES OF LORI LIGHTFOOT SHAKING THE PRESIDENT'S HAND AND CLEARLY HAVE A PATH TO GET TO THE WHITE HOUSE WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THE CHICAGO MAYOR HASN'T ENJOYED FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW.

>> AND PARIS, OBVIOUSLY, WE HEARD FROM CONGRESSWOMAN LAUREN UNDERWOOD EARLIER IN AMANDA'S STORY AND SHE WAS AT THE COLLEGE BECAUSE THIS IS IN HER DISTRICT.

IS THIS A BOOST FOR HER REELECTION THAT THE PRESIDENT CHOSE TO GO THERE AND NOT HERE IN CHICAGO?

>> WELL, WE HEARD AT NOUNS.

WE'RE THINKING WHY CRYSTAL LAKE?

BUT THAT HAS TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT THE POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS.

BIDEN AND DEMOCRATS WILL BE UP AGAINST DIFFICULT MIDTERMS IN 2022.

IN AN OFF ELECTION YEAR THE PARTY NOT IN POWER DOES BETTER AND REPUBLICANS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE REMAP.

LAUREN UNDERWOOD BARELY WON HER DISTRICT ONE OF THE PURPLE DISTRICTS THAT FLIPPED FROM REPUBLICAN TO DEMOCRAT IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

AND IT'S ONE THAT IF DEMOCRATS WANT TO KEEP THE HOUSE, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RETAIN A DISTRICT LIKE LAWYER LAYER'S.

I HAVE -- LAUREN UNDERWOOD'S.

I HAVE TO IMAGINE THE POLITICAL FOLKS RECOMMENDED THIS DISTRICT AS A WAY FOR THE PRESIDENT TO TRY AND HELP HIS PARTY RETAIN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE IN 2022.

>> AND MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT DID NOT STICK AROUND FOR THE EVENT SHE HOPPED ON A PLANE TO SAN FRANCISCO FOR A TECH SUMMIT IS SHE GETTING OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT VIOLENCE?

>> I'M SURE SHE WANTS TO SHOWCASE CHICAGO'S BURGEONING TECH COMMUNITY WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM HER WHAT SHE IS FINDING IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THIS IS PART OF THE DOUBLE STEP THAT SHE HAS TO DO AS MAYOR.

SHE HAS TO ADDRESS THE CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND ON THE STREETS IN CHICAGO.

BUT SHE HAS TO BE A BOOSTER FOR CHICAGO AND CONVINCE COMPANIES TO COME TO CHICAGO.

SHE LIKE RAHM EMANUEL HAS BEEN PROUD OF THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE RELOCATED TO CHICAGO EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THIS IS PART OF THAT BOOSTERISM, DIPLOMACY TO KEEP BUILDING UP CHICAGO'S ECONOMY PART OF HER ARGUMENT IS THE WAY TO STOP CRIME IS TO PROVIDE JOBS.

AND THIS IS ONE WAY TO PUSH THAT FORWARD >> AND SPEAKING OF SUMMER VIOLENCE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY ABOUT THE LATEST SHOOTING OF A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER AND TWO A.T.F.

ALCOHOL, TOBACCO FIREARMS AGENTS.

MATT, WE KNOW THAT SUPERINTENDENT BROWN DID NOT GIVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THAT SHOOTING BUT HE DID TALK ABOUT HOW MANY OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SHOT.

OR SHOT AT THIS YEAR.

IS HE SAYING IT'S A SPIKE OR A TREND?

WHAT IS HE SAYING?

>> IT APPEARS TO BE MORE OF A TREND.

HE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS GOING BACK TO LAST YEAR.

AND LAST YEAR 2020 AS A HIGH YEAR FOR OFFICERS BEING SHOT.

BROWN'S DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS UP 550% THE AMOUNT OF SHOOTINGS AT POLICE OFFICERS IN 2020 COMPARED TO FIVE YEARS EARLIER AND THIS YEAR IS NOT DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR.

LAST YEAR 79 OFFICERS WERE SHOT AND 10 WERE STRUCK.

THIS YEAR HALFWAY WE ARE AT 36 OFFICERS AND AFTER TODAY'S SHOOTING 8 OR 9 OF THEM HAVE BEEN SHOT.

THE NUMBERS ARE ON PACE TO MATCH WHAT WAS A HIGH YEAR.

AND THAT INCLUDES ANOTHER C.P.D.

COMMANDER AND SERGEANT ALSO SHOT OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

>> THAT IS A BIG JUMP.

THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS ARE THE LATEST HURT AND SOME MIGHT SAY THEY WERE TARGETED WE TALKED ABOUT THE 100 PEOPLE SHOT OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND HOW EFFECTIVE IS C.P.D.

'S ALL HANDS ON DECK WHOLE GOVERNMENT STRATEGY HOW IS THAT WORKING?

>> CITY OFFICIALS WERE QUICK TO THROW PRAISE AT THIS AFTER THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

ALL GOVERNMENT APPROACH.

BECAUSE THAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND HAD A 10-YEAR LOW IN VIOLENCE.

BUT YOU WOULD BE HARD-PRESSED TO FIND ANYONE CALLING IT A SUCCESS AFTER THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND THE SINGLE MOST VIOLENT WEEKEND OF THIS YEAR AND ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENT FOURTH OF JULY WEEKENDS WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST DECADE.

THIS GOVERNMENT APPROACH SUPPOSED TO HAVE MORE CITY DEPARTMENTS BEYOND JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ADDRESSING VIOLENCE.

BUT BROWN IS CONSISTENTLY POINTED THE FINGER AT THE COURTS AT STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX FOR LETTING VIOLENT OFFENDERS BACK ON THE STREET.

WE HEARD WHAT KIM FOXX HAD TO SAY.

AND THERE'S SOME WHO SAY THAT ARGUMENT DOES NOT HOLD WATER IT'S PEOPLE OUT ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING.

AFTER A WEEKEND WHERE 100 PEOPLE ARE SHOT WE WILL HEAR CALLS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY NEED TO BE DOING MORE.

>> WE HEARD FROM KIM FOXX AS WELL AS SHARONE MITCHELL, JR.

TOMORROW NIGHT WE WILL BE HEARING FROM CIRCUIT COURT CHIEF JUDGE TIM EVANS.

ARE THESE CLAIMS LEGIT?

FALSE?

>> NO.

THEY ARE NOT.

WE HEARD FROM TIM EVANS SPOKESPERSON WHO SAID IT'S ONLY 16 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER THAT HAVE BEEN LET OUT ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING AND A SMALL FRACTION 1% HAVE REOFFENDED.

SO THAT IS NOT WHAT IS DRIVING THE SURGE IN CRIME.

AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING FRUSTRATED THAT DAVID BROWN HAS BEEN PRESENTED WITH THESE FIGURES AND HE HAS DISMISSED THEM AND SAID LOOK I DON'T BELIEVE THEM.

AND THAT HAS SORT OF GROUND THE CONVERSATION TO A HALT BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT TO HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION WHEN ONE PERSON DISMISSES THE EVIDENCE IN FRONT OF THEM.

AND I THINK THAT WE SAW LAST FRIDAY THE CITY COUNCIL WAS FRUSTRATED WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.

THE QUESTION IS DOES THE VIOLENCE CONTINUE TO SURGE THIS SUMMER IN CHICAGO AND DOES THAT IMPERIL BROWN'S POSITION AS MAYOR LIGHTFOOT COMES UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE TO DO SOMETHING TO STOP THE BLOODSHED.

>> WOULDN'T BE A SPOTLIGHT WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT CORRUPTION AT CITY HALL AND SINCE OUR LAST SPOTLIGHT ANOTHER ALDERPERSON WAS INDICTED.

ALDERMAN CARRIE AUSTIN AND HER CHIEF OF STAFF MAKES THREE ACTIVE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS UNDER INDICTMENT.

WHAT IS THE LATEST?

>> CARRIE AUSTIN HAS NOT RESIGNED AND SHE HAS NO PLANS TO RESIGN SHE WAS PARTICIPATING IN A FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.

SHE WAS CHARGED FOR TAKING KICKBACKS FROM A DEVELOPER IN HER WARD AND INCLUDING WERE GRANITE COUNTERTOPS AND NICE BATHROOM TILE.

YOU CANNOT SCRIPT THIS BUT IT IS ANOTHER BLACK EYE AND I HAVE YET TO GET A RESPONSE FROM THE MAYOR WHETHER SHE WILL ASK CARRIE AUSTIN TO STEP DOWN AS CHAIRMAN OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONTRACTING OVERSIGHT AND EQUITY COMMITTEE WHEN ED BURKE WAS CHARGED WITH A CRIME BACK IN 2019 HE WAS FORCED BY A FORMER MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL TO STOP DOWN AS CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THE MAYOR DOES.

>> FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SUING FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND GOOGLE CLAIMING HE HAS BEEN WRONGFULLY CENSORED.

>> WE ARE DEMANDING AN END TO THE SHADOW BANNING, A STOP TO THE SILENCING AND A STOP TO THE BLACKLISTING, BANISHING AND CANCELING THAT YOU KNOW SO WELL.

OUR CASE WILL PROVE THIS CENSORSHIP IS UNLAWFUL, IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND COMPLETELY UNAMERICAN.

>> PARIS, DOES HE HAVE A CASE?

I DON'T THINK THERE IS A LEGAL EXPERT THAT SAYS THERE IS A CASE F A COURT WERE TO RULE THAT FACEBOOK OR TWITTER COULD NOT DO, IT WOULD PROBABLY VIOLATE THE COMPANY'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO INSTITUTE THEIR OWN RULES OF ENGAGEMENT AND HAVE FOLKS ABIDE BY THEM.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THIS THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS A HISTORY OF COUNTER SUING AND SUING.

FUNDRAISING PITCH WENT OUT RIGHT AFTER THIS LAWSUIT WAS FILED.

IT'S MORE OF A PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGY A MARKETING STRATEGY TO GET MORE MONEY INTO THE COFFERS TO STOKE THE BASE TO KEEP HIS NAME IN THE NEWS ON A HOT BUTTON ISSUE.

AS HE DEBATES WHAT HE DOES IN 2024.

>> AND IS THIS A DISTRACTION -- SORRY I WAS GOING TO SAY WOULDN'T YOU LOVE TO SEE HIM GIVE A DEPOSITION?

>> IT'S LIKE BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.

>> WELL, TO THAT END, AMANDA, IS THIS A DISTRACTION FROM THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION'S ACTUAL LEGAL WOES?

HIS C.F.O.

WAS INDICTED.

IS THIS A DISTRACTION?

>> IT MIGHT BE A DISTRACTION.

AGAIN, I SPOKE WITH A LOT OF SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST TODAY HERE IN CRYSTAL LAKE WHO VERY MUCH BELIEVE THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN FROM HIM.

THEY WERE CARRYING TRUMP 2024 FLAGS.

AMONG HIS SUPPORTERS I'M NOT SURE THAT ANYBODY WILL BE PARTICULARLY SWAYED IS LEAVING THE TRUMP TRAIN BECAUSE OF THE LAWSUIT THAT IS FACING HIM ON THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS.

IF IT'S MEANT TO BE A DISTRACTION I'M NOT SURE HOW WELL THAT WOULD WORK.

MAYBE MORE OF A FUNDRAISING PLOY PARTICULARLY AS HE DOES FACE THESE ISSUES ON THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS AND LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS THAT COULD HURT HIM FINANCIALLY.

>> HEATHER, CHICAGO'S PENSION DEBT ROSE BY OVER $1 BILLION LAST YEAR AND CHICAGO OWES $33 BILLION NOT FOUR EMPLOYEE PENSION FUNDS.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

>> WELL, IT MEANS THAT CHICAGO IS GOING TO HAVE TO DIG VERY DEEP FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

THIS IS ALL HAPPENING BECAUSE THE CITY IS NOW HAVING TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE LAW THAT SORT OF PUTS THE PENSIONS ON A SCHEDULE TO GET TO A BETTER FUNDED LEVEL TO INSURE THAT THEY CAN PAY PENSIONS TO EMPLOYEES AS THEY RETIREMENT THE HARD TRUTH IS THAT THIS WAS EXPECTED.

I SPOKE WITH FINANCE OFFICIALS WHO SAID YEP THIS IS WHAT WE EXPECTED THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST BUT IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE CITY'S FACING SUCH A STEEP FINANCIAL BAD FINANCIAL SITUATION WHICH IS ONLY BEEN ALLEVIATED AABILITY BY THE FEDERAL AID COMING FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAID REPEATEDLY THAT SHE WANTS CHANGES TO HOW PENSIONS ARE PAID.

BUT THAT IS NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON.

THE CITY IS JUST GOING TO HAVE TO MEET THESE BILLS AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY MEAN MORE TAX HIKES AND A POTENTIAL REDUCTION IN SERVICES.

ZERO SUM GAME, YOU RAISE REVENUE, CUT SPENDING OR BORROW MONEY AND THE CITY HAS BORROWED AS MUCH MONEY AS IT CAN AT THIS POINT.

SO IT'S OPTIONS ARE LIMITED.

>> WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THANKS TO MATT MASTERSON, HEATHER CHERONE, AMANDA VINICKY AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

UP NEXT, HOW THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT IS CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF NATURAL AREAS.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> THERE'S SOMETHING MAGICAL HAPPENING IN CHICAGO THIS SUMMER.

YOU CAN FIND FAIRY HOUSES IN THE CITY'S NATURAL AREAS AND MAYBE SPOT A FAIRY OR TWO.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER PATTY WETLI JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE FUN.

WHAT ARE FAIRY HOUSES?

AND WHY ARE THEY BEING SEEN ACROSS THE CITY THIS SUMMER?

>> WELL, THEY ARE THESE MAGICAL WOODEN STRUCTURES FOR MAGICAL, MYTHICAL CREATURES.

AND YOU WILL FIND THEM IN 20 OF THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT'S NATURAL AREAS.

CELEBRATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THESE AREAS.

WHICH FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THEM THESE ARE POCKETS OF WETLANDS OR TIMES THEY ARE THE ENTIRE SPACE AND THE SPECIAL PLACES IN CHICAGO AND CELEBRATED WITH THE SPECIAL FAIRY HOUSES.

>> WHY FAIRY HOUSES?

WHY GO WITH FAIRY HOUSES?

AND WHO BUILT THEM?

ACTUAL FAIRIES OBVIOUSLY?

>> THE FAIRIES NEEDED HELP FROM THEIR HUMAN COUNTERPARTS.

YOU KNOW NATURE ITSELF HAS THIS MAGICAL QUALITY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE SO THE FAIRY HOUSES ARE DESIGNED TO EVOKE THAT SENSE OF WONDER IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS.

AND THEY WERE BUILT BY A VARIETY OF PEOPLE IN SOME INSTANCES, BY CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN PARK DISTRICT ART PROGRAMS.

THEY COULD HAVE BEEN BY CHURCH GROUPS AND GIRL SCOUT GROUPS AND A LOT INCORPORATE FOUND MATERIALS YOU MIGHT SEE ACTUAL FAIRY TWIGS IN THE FAIRY HOUSES.

>> AND WHERE MIGHT ONE FIND A FAIRY HOUSE?

>> WELL, THE PARK DISTRICT HAS A FANTASTIC MAP THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER BUT THEY ARE SPREAD ALL OVER THE CITY FROM WEST RIDGE TO PINK TOWN PARK TO BIG MARSH AND SOUTH SHORE.

ALL OVER, HIGHLY INSTAGRAMABLE, SOCIAL MEDIA FRIENDLY GO OUT THERE AND GO SEARCHING FOR THEM, AND SHARE THEM, GO FIND THE FAIRIES AND DO SOMETHING FUN.

>> PATTY WETLI FIND OUR FAIRY HOUSES.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ PATTY'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE WE SHARE DETAILS ABOUT THE CITY'S MORE THAN 90 NATURAL AREAS.

ALL AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND NOW PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND CHICAGO'S MUSIC SCENE IS SLOWLY REOPENING ONE LOCAL ARTIST IS WASTING NO TIME GETTING BACK ON THE STAGE.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU INTRODUCES US TO CHICAGO BLUES LEGEND BILLY BRANCH AND SHARES SOME OF HIS LIFE HIGHLIGHTS AHEAD OF ONE OF BRANCH'S LIFE PERFORMANCES SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

[♪♪♪] >> BLUES HARMONICA PLAYER BILLY BRANCH HAS BEEN PLAYING THE MOUTH HARP SINCE HE BOUGHT HIS FIRST ONE AT 11 YEARS OLD.

>> AS SOON AS I PUT IT IN MY MOUTH I COULD PLAY ANY FOLK MELODY OR CHRISTMAS CARROLL.

WHEN THAT HARMONICA WORE OUT BECAUSE I WOULD PLAY IT ALL THE TIME I WOULD BUY ANOTHER ONE.

>> IT TURNED INTO A PASSION.

BRANCH WENT ON TO PLAY FOR BLUES LEGEND WILLIE DIXON AND THE ALL-STARS FOR SIX YEARS.

[♪♪♪] >> IT WAS AFTER PLAYING AT THE JAZZ FESTIVAL IN 1977 WITH DICKSON AND OTHERS THAT BRANCH'S OWN GROUP BILLY BRANCH AND THE SONS OF BLUES WAS BORN.

[♪♪♪] >> I CONSIDERED IT AMAZING TO HAVE PLAYED WITH SUCH LEGENDARY GREATS, WILLIE DIXON AND BO DIDDILY AND OTIS RUSH AND JUNIOR WELLS.

THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT LAID THE GROUND WORK FOR THE BIG ROCK SCENE AND ROCK 'N ROLL.

[♪♪♪] >> BRANCH CONTINUED HIS COMMITMENT TO THE MUSIC GENRE BY STARTING HIS INTERNATIONAL BLUES AND SCHOOLS INITIATIVE IN 1978 THAT IS STILL ACTIVE TODAY.

>> I'VE ALWAYS SEEN PART OF MY ROLE AS A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN TO AS KIND OF SOW THE SEEDS.

BECAUSE WHEN I DISCOVERED THE BLUES THE BEAUTY OF IT AND THE DEPTH OF IT I FELT LIKE EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS.

>> DESPITE HIS NATIONAL OUTREACH, BRANCH SAYS THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE.

>> IT NEEDS TO BE EMBRACED BY ITS CREATORS, BY ITS ORIGINATORS.

BECAUSE WE HAVE SITUATIONS NOW WHERE THERE ARE FESTIVALS WITH NO BLACK PERFORMERS, BLUES FESTIVALS IS LIKE AN OXYMORON.

>> WHAT MORE DO YOU THINK THE CITY COULD BE DOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR THE IMPACT THAT BLUES HAS HAD ON THE CITY?

>> THE CITY AS A WHOLE SHOULD EVEN MORE FIERCELY EMBRACE THE BLUES.

IN A PERFECT WORLD I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COMMON AND CHANCE WHO ARE RIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO, DIRECT SOME OF THEIR ENERGIES AND ATTENTION TO THE BLUES.

AND MAKE IT RELEVANT TO THE 21ST CENTURY.

>> BRANCH RECEIVED A NUMBER OF ACCOLADES ACKNOWLEDGING HIS WORK AS ACTIVIST AND MUSICIAN.

LAST YEAR HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE 2020 BLUES HALL OF FAME AND RECENTLY CREATED A SONG ENTITLED THE BALLAD OF GEORGE FLOYD THAT WILL BE AT THE GRAMMY MUSEUM.

>> CAN YOU MAKE IT TALK?

[♪♪♪] >> AS BRANCH CONTINUES TO EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE, HE SAYS HIS MISSION REMAINS THE SAME... TO GIVE BLUES THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVES.

[♪♪♪] >> EVERYONE CAN RELATE TO THIS BECAUSE IT IS THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE HUMAN CONDITION.

EVERYBODY GOES THROUGH STRUGGLES, EVERYBODY HAS PROBLEMS.

AND THE BLUES IS A WAY OF RELEASING AND EXPRESSING THIS AND MAKING IT NOT FEEL SO BAD.

[♪♪♪] >> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

[♪♪♪] >> BILLY BRANCH PLAYED A FEW IN-PERSON SHOWS INCLUDING AT ROSE'S LOUNGE.

HE IS WORKING ON HIS NEXT ALBUM.

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

STAY CONNECTED BY SIGN UP FOR YOUR DAILY BRIEFING.

AND YOU CAN GET "CHICAGO TONIGHT" STREAMED ON FACEBOOK, YouTube AND WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND 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. >> IN LIGHT OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND'S VIOLENCE TIM EVANS ADDRESSES QUESTIONS ON WHETHER BAIL REFORM LEADS TO AN INCREASE IN CRIME.

>> HOW A WOOD WORKER IS CUTTING UP THE FURNITURE INDUSTRY AND WE LEAVE YOU WITH SOME OF THE HMS MEDIA'S ADAPTATION OF SWEET HOME, CHICAGO.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PATIENTS PAIRS.

>> I'M >> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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