JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HERE IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

PROSECUTORS ARE PUSHING FOR PRISON TIME FOR CHICAGO'S LONGEST-SERVING ALDERMAN, OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THAT AND MORE.

THE FOUNDER OF PETA ON ANIMAL RIGHTS.

WHAT SHAPED HER BELIEFS AND WHY SHE'S IN CHICAGO ON HER 75TH BIRTHDAY.

AND ENJOY THE CHICAGO RIVER WHILE LEARNING ABOUT EFFORTS TO TAKE CARE OF IT ON THE SHEDD AQUARIUM'S KAYAK CONSERVATION TOURS.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

A FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S SON HUNTER ON FELONY GUN CHARGES.

JURORS FOUND HUNTER BIDEN GUILTY OF LYING TO A LICENSED GUN DEALER MAKING A FALSE CLAIM ON THE APPLICATION BY SAYING HE WAS NOT A DRUG USER AND ILLEGALLY POSSESSING THE GUN.

HE FACES UP TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON, THOUGH.

FIRST TIME OFFENDERS GENERALLY RECEIVED FAR LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE.

HIS SENTENCING WILL LIKELY COME BEFORE ELECTION DAY.

HUNTER BIDEN'S CONVICTION ALSO COMES LESS THAN 2 WEEKS AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT AND PRESUMPTIVE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE DONALD TRUMP'S CONVICTION FOR FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS PUSHING BACK THE RELEASE OF ITS FULL DISTRICT BUDGET.

THE DISTRICT WAS SET TO PUBLISH THE SPENDING PLAN TOMORROW BUT SAYS WILL NOW BE RELEASED NEXT MONTH.

INSTEAD, THE NEWS COMES AS THE DISTRICT FACES IN NEARLY 400 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET SHORTFALL.

OFFICIALS SAY THEY'LL USE THE ADDITIONAL TIME TO DO, QUOTE, FURTHER DILIGENCE ON ITS NEW BUDGET MODEL, THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR DID AWAY WITH STUDENT BASED BUDGETING AND MOVE TO A NEW FUNDING MODEL WHICH IT SAYS WILL GUARANTEE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF RESOURCES TO ALL SCHOOLS.

CHICAGO BEARS, PRESIDENT AND CEO KEVIN WARREN IS RESPONDING TO THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY NOT MOVING ON A PROPOSAL TO BUILD A NEW BEAR STADIUM TODAY.

HE SAYS HE'S NOT DISAPPOINTED AND UNDERSTANDS THERE'S A PROCESS TO BIG EXPENSIVE PROJECTS LIKE THIS.

BUT I STRONGLY BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A NEW STADIUM, OBVIOUSLY FOR CHICAGO TO HAVE NEVER HOSTED A SUPER BOWL.

FINAL 4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF, THESE MEGA EVENTS.

WE'RE LOSING OUT AND, YOU KNOW, SPORTS BUSINESS JOURNAL COMES OUT OF THE TOP.

25 CITIES, YOU KNOW, RANKED AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, SPORTS EVENTS.

CHICAGO WASN'T EVEN ON THE TOP.

25, I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S EMBARRASSING.

WARREN SPOKE BEFORE MEMBERS OF THE LINCOLN FOR HIM ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND AND PLANS FOR THE TEAM.

BUT OF COURSE, HE ADDRESSED THE CONTROVERSY OVER FUNDING THE BEAR'S 5 BILLION DOLLAR DON'T LAKEFRONT STADIUM PROPOSAL.

HE WENT ON TO POINT OUT THAT THE CITY ONLY HAS 8 ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION CRANES IN THE SKY.

A REFLECTION HE BELIEVES OF THE CITY'S SLOWED GROWTH.

BUT THE WNBA IS SEEING RECORD RATINGS SINCE THE SEASON TIPPED OFF LAST MONTH.

THE LEAGUE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT ITS SEEING ITS BEST TELEVISION RATINGS IN ITS HISTORY AND HIGHEST ATTENDANCE SINCE 1998.

WNBA OFFICIALS SAY GAMES ARE AVERAGING 1.3 MILLION VIEWERS BUT NEARLY TRIPLES LAST YEAR'S AVERAGE OF 162,000 AND THE LEAGUE SAYS ARENAS HAVE ALSO BEEN FILLED TO 94% CAPACITY SO FAR THIS SEASON.

THAT'S A 17% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.

A POPULAR LOGAN SQUARE RESTAURANT IS THE LONE CHICAGO WINNER OF THE COVETED JAMES BEARD AWARD.

IN DESCRIBING OUR WORK.

IT'S PRETTY COMMON TO SEPARATE THE IDEAS OF HOSPITALITY FROM SERVICE SERVICE BEING LIKE THE TECHNICAL GETTING OF THE THING THAT YOU NEED AND HOSPITALITY HAS THE FEELING YOU GET WHEN YOU RECEIVE THAT THING AND THE YOU IN A SICK WAY IN THIS EXCHANGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE GASSED.

AND IT WAS FOR OUTSTANDING HOSPITALITY THAT THE 25 YEAR-OLD RESTAURANT LULU CAFE TOOK HOME.

THE PRESTIGIOUS MEDALLION AT THE 33RD ANNUAL AWARDS LAST NIGHT ACCEPTING THE AWARD WAS CHEF AND OWNER JASON HAMMEL.

HE'S ALSO BEEN A FINALIST 3 TIMES FOR BEST CHEF, GREAT LAKES.

BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO HAVE DINNER TONIGHT, THEY'RE CLOSED ON TUESDAYS.

CONGRATS TO LULU CAFE AND THE OTHER WINNERS.

AND ANIMAL RIGHTS PIONEER CELEBRATES A MILESTONE IN CHICAGO RIGHT AFTER THIS.

CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE ALEXANDER AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS HAS CHANGED THE WAY MANY PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ANIMALS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THEM.

THE GROUP'S ATTENTION GRABBING MEDIA CAMPAIGNS HAVE RAISE THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS OF PRACTICES LIKE FACTORY FARMING FOR PRODUCTION.

AND ANIMAL TESTING WILL ALSO DRAWING BACKLASH AT TIMES FOR TACTICS.

TODAY, PETA FOUNDER INGRID NEWKIRK WAS IN CHICAGO, PROTESTING PRACTICES IN THE PORK INDUSTRY OUTSIDE THE WINNER'S CIRCLE.

JOINING US NOW IS INGRID NEWKIRK.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU VERY SAME DOESN'T I ALWAYS WAS I JUST HAVE WE CAN IT'S ALSO THEIR UP SO AS WE SAID, TODAY'S YOUR 75TH BIRTHDAY, WHY SPEND CHICAGO?

WELL, A LITTLE PIG MAY BE A VEGETARIAN YEARS AND YEARS AGO.

AND THIS USED TO THE WORLD'S HOG BUTCHER CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY OF THE CONTINENT'S MAYBE OF THE WORLD.

SO I THOUGHT NOW THE STOCK MARKETS OF CASA STOCK SPECS, HAVE GONE AND IT'S SHOPPING MALL WOULD BE A WONDERFUL TIME TO COME CELEBRATE LABOR DAY BY HAVING A PICKUP TRUCK THAT WE DRIVE AROUND.

THAT REMINDS PEOPLE WHAT PICKS GOES THROUGH PICKS ARE INTELLIGENT AND SENSITIVE AND THAT JUST WONDERFUL.

IF YOU GET TO KNOW THEM AND I FEEL THAT WE CAN GIVE OUT VEGAN HOT DOGS.

PLUM PASTE, HOT DOGS.

AND SO WE DID ALL THAT FOR MY BEST DAY CELEBRATION AND FROM THE TRUCK.

YOU'RE ALSO PLAYING AUDIO OF WHAT THOSE LIKE A DRINK WATER.

YEAH, IT'S ABSOLUTELY REAL-LIFE FOOT.

A SOUND TRACK FROM THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE AND IT'S VERY CHILLING.

IT'S VERY UPSETTING.

BUT PEOPLE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S SO EASY FOR US TO JUST PICK UP SOME PIECE OF MEAT TO NOT REMEMBER THAT THAT CAME FROM A WONDERFUL LIVING BREATHING INDIVIDUAL LIKE A CELLS.

NOW, THOUGH, THE POPULAR HOT DOG RESTAURANT WINNER'S CIRCLE.

THEY DID RESPOND ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO YOUR PARENTS.

IN FACT, THANK YOU.

AND INTERESTINGLY PORTILLO IS HOT DOGS FOR GIVING THEM WHAT THEY SAY IS THEIR BUSIEST LUNCH OF THE YEAR ON A RANDOM TUESDAY.

THAT WILL THAT WILL BE TODAY.

WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO THAT?

AND WHAT'S THE LINK WITH TO LOWES?

WELL, I THINK THAT THE WITNESS A WHOLE DID NOT TAKE A GOOD STABBED OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE WILL PROMOTE IN THERE VEGGIE AND THE VEGGIE HOT DOGS.

THINGS HAVE CHANGED THIS PROGRESS, EVEN A PLACE LIKE WHEN THE ON PORTILLO'S, THEY EVENT, VEGGIE OF A VEGAN FOOD.

AND THAT'S FANTASTIC.

IT JUST MEANS THAT FEWER AND FEWER ANIMALS KILLED.

I MEAN, IT'S HEALTHY OF PEOPLE.

IT MEANS A BETTER OF THAT'S METHANE THAT SPEWED OUT INTO THE ENVIRONMENT WHO CAN ARGUE WITH THAT.

SO WE WERE PROMOTING THE GOOD FOOD AND SAYING, PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THE STUFF THAT COMES FROM ANIMAL FLASH AS A CHILD.

YOU GREW UP IN ENGLAND.

THEN YOU MOVED INDIA AS AN ADULT.

YOU WORKED IN ANIMAL CONTROL IN THE DC MARYLAND AREA WHERE YOU STILL LIVE AND YOU MENTIONED A LITTLE PIG.

WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THAT LITTLE PIG AND THAT EXPERIENCE THAT SHAPED THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT ANIMALS AND HOW THEY SHOULD BE TREATED TODAY.

IT WAS A SURPRISE TO ME.

I WAS A LITTLE ENFORCEMENT AND I HAPPENED TO GO OUT ON THE CRUELTY CASE.

THE PEOPLE HAVE LEFT THIS ABANDONED ALL THE ANIMALS AND EVERY ANIMAL IS DEAD EXCEPT ONE LITTLE PIG AND I CARRIED HIM OUT TO THE WATER PUMP AND I HELD HIS HEAD UP AND GAVE HIM WATER AND HE GRUNTED AND SO ON AND GOING HOME THAT NIGHT.

I WAS THINKING I WONDER WHAT I HAVE TO EAT FOR.

DANA.

AND THIS IS BEFORE MICROWAVE OVENS.

AND I THOUGHT, OH, GOOD, I'VE DEFROSTED THOSE PORK CHOPS AND SUDDENLY I REALIZE HERE I AM PROSECUTING CHARGING SOMEBODY WAS COOL TO ONE LITTLE PICK AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO A SORT OF HAS TO KNOW MOST TO HELENA.

AND SO I REALIZED I WAS DOING SOMETHING COOL TO ANOTHER PIG.

I JUST DECIDED I'M NOT GOING TO EAT ANIMALS ANYMORE.

TAKING YOU TO BE THE PORK CHOPS THAT NIGHT.

I DID SO DID YOU RECEIVE THE IDEA?

WHEN DID YOU GET TO THE IDEA OF FOUNDING PETA?

WELL, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN A FAMILY THAT SAID WE LOVE ANIMALS.

AND I THINK THAT'S COMMON.

BUT WHEN I STARTED WORKING FOR THE GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT AND AN INSPECTION OF THE BAR TREES FAR FOAMS, ALL THESE PLACES THAT PEOPLE DON'T GET TO SEE.

MY EYES OPEN TO WHAT GOES ON AND HOW HIDEOUS THEY HOW THE ANIMALS ARE IN MISSOURI AND THEN PAY AND AND THEY DON'T WANT TO DIE.

AND I THOUGHT, WELL, IF I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THIS AND I HAD COACH, I WILL LET THE THOUGHT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THEY THINK THEY CARE ABOUT ANIMALS.

SO A FORMER GROUP PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS.

WE'LL DO THE HOMEWORK.

GO BEHIND THE SCENES, BRING OUT THE PHOTOS.

IT WAS PHOTOS THEM THOSE INTO NATURAL.

AND I THINK AND AND THEN SAY.

DON'T JUST MISERABLE ABOUT IT.

HERE'S YOUR CHOICE.

THERE ARE TONS OF CHOICES.

BUT THEN THE WANTS TONS OF CHOICES TODAY.

YOU CAN HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN THAT YOU TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL ARE KNOWN FOR DEPLOYING SOME PRETTY ATTENTION, GRABBING TACTICS, OBVIOUSLY THE PICKUP TRUCK.

THAT WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT FROM EARLIER BUT YOU DO IN THE NAME OF YOUR CAUSE IN ORDER TO TO GET ATTENTION.

BUT WHERE DOES THAT SORT OF WHAT IS THAT STRATEGY COME FROM?

WHY IT IT FEELS IN YOUR FACE, WHY AND WHAT DO YOU FEEL THAT'S NECESSARY?

WELL, YOU KNOW, THE ADVERTISES FOR ANIMAL BASED CLOTHING AND FOOD AND SO ON PAINT.

WONDERFUL PICTURES OF HAPPY.

DON'T SAY ANIMALS AND WEARING APRONS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST ENJOYING THE HOLD ITS NOT LIKE THAT.

AND SO WHAT WE DO IS SHOW THE REALITY THAT WE DO USE WE USE ALL SORTS OF THINGS TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.

AND, YOU KNOW, BEING IN THE PRESS BUSINESS, IT'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE A LOOK AT, EVEN IF THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, KNOCK IT DOWN OR IF THEY WANT TO OFF AT IT.

YOU NEED THE DISCUSSION THEY NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT IS THIS WRITER.

ISN'T THIS RIGHT TO BELIEVE THIS?

DON'T I BELIEVE THIS?

THIS IS HOW I WANT TO SAY MYSELF AS A DECENT KIND HUMAN BEING.

HEY, SHE'S GOT AN IDEA.

DO YOU EVER WORRY THAT SOMETIMES THE CAMPAIGNS MIGHT CAUSE A BACKLASH OR OF BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE?

IF IF PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE THEY ARE AGAIN WITH THE ROLLOUT OF CAMPAIGN.

NOT REALLY BECAUSE EVEN IF PEOPLE SAY THAT I DON'T MIND WILL NOT HIT TOO.

YOU KNOW, WHEN POPULARITY CONTESTS WE HAD TO MAKE PEOPLE THINK AND I THINK IT DOES CREATE THOUGHT PEOPLE GO HOME.

THEY DISCUSS IT.

THEY MAY MARKET.

BUT WHEN WE STARTED, PEOPLE MOCKED US FOR SAYING WAS WAS CRUEL, EVERYBODY.

EVERY CHILD WANTED A COAT OF HISTORY.

EVERY LITTLE GO WANTED TO WEAR.

MAKE.

AND OF COURSE, THOSE DAYS GONE AND BRINGING BROTHERS TOURED WITH ELEPHANTS STANDING ON THEIR HEADS.

PEOPLE SAID HOW DAY YOU THIS TO PUT PAY TO PROTESTING THAT.

THAT'S GONE.

SO WE HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING THE ENVELOPE AND ASKING PEOPLE TO THINK AND TO BE KIND WELL.

AND, YOU KNOW, TO THAT POINT, LET'S TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRESS THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE MADE.

YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 40 PETA HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE 44 YARDS.

YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT YOU'VE MADE?

PEOPLE CHANGING THEIR ATTITUDE?

I FEEL REALLY GOOD TIME IS A LONG WAY TO GO.

IT'S A BIG MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB AND THERE'S A LOT OF COOL TO IN THE WORLD, AS I SAY IN ZONE OVER THE WORLD.

PEACE.

SO WE COME TO EXPECT A PERFECT 12, THE GARDEN OF EDEN SORT OF PLACE.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SUPERMARKET AND ALL UPLAND MILK, SO IF YOU CAN CHOOSE BOY, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY AND ALL THAT TIME.

AND YOU LOOK AT SOMEONE STELLA MCCARTNEY, TOP SHE'S GOT APPLE LEVA COUNTY, THIS MUSHROOM LOVER ONLY DOESN'T USE ANY ANIMAL PRODUCTS.

A TOLL DON'T NEED TO BE SURVIVALISTS.

AND I THINK WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM THE IDEA THAT CHOOSE TAKE THE SKIN OFF AN ANIMAL AND PUT IT ON YOUR CELL YOUR SHOES.

THE 2, 8, ANIMAL YOU KILL THE MONEY.

MOVING AWAY FROM THAT.

WE HAVE ORGANS ON A CHIP, WHOLE HUMAN ORGANS ON A CHIP TECHNOLOGY HAS REALLY HELPED THEM A I WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE DAY WHEN THE AND WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE AND WE JUST NEED TO GO FURTHER AND KEEP PUSHING OURSELVES, OK, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHERE WE GO NEXT.

INGRID, NEW NEWKIRK, PETA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UP NEXT, OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON CORRUPTION SENTENCES AND SHELTERING MIGRANTS.

STAY WITH US.

PROSECUTORS PUSH FOR PRISON TIME FOR CHICAGO'S LONGEST-SERVING ALDERMAN COMES AS CITY COUNCIL PREPARES TO VOTE ON A MASSIVE POLICE MISCONDUCT SETTLEMENT AND MIGRANTS WITH SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN ARE NOW FACING EVICTION FROM CITY SHELTERS.

HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM AMANDA AND HEATHER SHARON.

WELCOME BACK.

SO HEATHER, THE SENTENCING FOR CHICAGO'S LONGEST-SERVING ALDERMAN IS 2 WEEKS AWAY.

OF COURSE, WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT ED BURKE.

PROSECUTORS ARE ASKING FOR 10 YEARS IN PRISON.

WHY DO THEY THINK HE DESERVES?

WHAT MANY FOLKS MIGHT THINK IS A HARSH SENTENCE AT HIS WELL, THEY HAVE 2 MAIN ARGUMENTS THAT THEY'RE MAKING TO JUDGE VIRGINIA, KENDALL, ONE, HE WAS PRAISING LEE ROUTINELY CORRUPT AND THAT HE HAD A WELL HONED PLAYBOOK OF CORRUPTION.

THEY SAY.

BURKE DOES NOT GO TO PRISON, PROSECUTORS SAY THAT WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO OTHER CITY OFFICIALS THAT IT IS OK TO ENGAGE IN REPEATED ACTS OF RACKETEERING AND CORRUPTION.

AND YOU'LL JUST GET TO SPEND SOME TIME AT HOME IN A VERY COMFORTABLE MANSION ENGAGE PARK.

NOW, BERKS LAYERS ARE GOING TO RESIST THAT.

THE CIFRAS LEE BECAUSE HE IS 80 AND THEY SAY HE IS VERY RIGHT?

WHAT ARE THEY ASKING FOR?

SO THEY SAY HOME CONFINEMENT IS APPROPRIATE HERE BECAUSE THEY SAY HE HAS SUFFERED ENOUGH.

THEY SAY THAT HE'S LEGACY HAS BEEN TARNISHED, THAT HE NO LONGER HAS HIS GROUP OF FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES THAT HIS NAME WILL FOR EVER BE LINKED TO REPEATED ACTS OF CORRUPTION IN CHICAGO.

THE PROSECUTORS SAY THAT IS SIMPLY JUST NOT ENOUGH PUNISHMENT.

AND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ASK JUDGE KENDALL TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE.

NOW, IF SHE DOES SENTENCE AT BURKE TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON, WHICH IS ON THE LOW AND THE FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES, IT WILL BE AMONG THE HARSHEST SENTENCE OF PUBLIC CORRUPTION CASES IN CHICAGO, NEARLY ON PAR WITH FORMER GOVERNOR ROD BLAGOJEVICH, WHO, OF COURSE, WAS ORIGINALLY SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON RIGHT BIRX LAWYERS, THEY SUBMITTED MORE THAN 200 LETTERS PLEADING WITH U.S. DISTRICT COURT.

JUDGE KENDALL, AS YOU MENTIONED, TO SHOW HIM MERCY, WHO WROTE IT.

SO IT WAS EVERYBODY FROM FORMER ALDERMAN LIKE PATRICK O'CONNOR AND CURRENT ALDERMAN NICHOLAS DAN WEBB.

BUT THE FAMED PROSECUTOR AND LAWYER AND FORMER POLICE SUPERINTENDENT GARRY MCCARTHY AND FORMER POLICE SUPERINTENDENT PHIL CLINE WHO SAID THAT THEY KNEW THE REAL AT BURKE AND THAT THEY KNEW THE REAL AT BURKE WAS NOT CORRUPT.

WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT IN THEIR ARGUMENT, THE PROSECUTOR SERVANTS SOUGHT TO LEVERAGE THOSE LETTERS AGAINST ED BURKE SAYING IT WAS CLEARLY REFLECTIVE OF THE FACT THAT HEAT.

IT'S NOT POWERLESS THAT HE HAS CALLED ON HIS STOCKPILES OF DECADES OF CLOUT TO HAVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE COME OUT AND SORT OF POUCH FOR HIM.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW JUDGE KENDALL REACTS TO THOSE EVEN ENTERS SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO SUBMITTED LETTERS THAT ARE NAMES THAT WE ALL KNOW.

WERE YOU CONNECTED IN A WAY TO HIS CLOUT?

THEY SAID LOOK AT WHAT HE DID FOR US FOR OUR SCHOOLS, FOR OUR FAMILIES.

HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT, PERHAPS OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF HIS HEART, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THAT HELPED HIM TO GET REELECTED.

HE HEARD THE ABILITY TO SAY GIVE A SCHOOL A NEW SIGN BECAUSE HE HAD ALL SORTS OF SWAY AT THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL.

SO IT'S REALLY ALL CONNECTED.

I THINK ANOTHER ONE YOU COULD ALSO SEE, BY THE WAY HIS WIFE WROTE AND SHE IS NOT JUST HIS WIFE THEIR SEEMINGLY SWEDEN.

ONE ANOTHER.

IT'S KIND OF ROMANTIC.

SHE SAID DON'T TAKE HIM AWAY.

IT'S HARD FOR ME TO DO THIS IN MY RETIREMENT YEARS.

IT'S ALSO AGAIN, SHE WAS POWERFUL AND HAD A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN HER OWN RIGHT.

BUT MANY WOULD CONNECT BOURKE TO ITS.

I LOVE AIDING HER AND MANY OTHERS, TOO, THAT THEY'RE IN POSITION.

AND TO BE CLEAR FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, SHE IS THE FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, A SUPREME COURT.

SO MOVING ON, HEATHER, WHEN THE FULL CITY COUNCIL MEETS TOMORROW, THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO VOTE ON 50 MILLION DOLLARS OR A 50 MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT TO 4 MEN WHO WERE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED AS TEENAGERS 1995 DOUBLE MURDER.

TELL US ABOUT THIS GROUP THAT SOME OF BEEN CALLING IT THE MARQUETTE PARK SO THESE WERE TEENAGERS BACK IN 1995.

WHEN THEY WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH THIS DOUBLE MURDER OF 2 MEN WHO OWNED A CAR LOT ON THE CITY'S SOUTHWEST SIDE.

ESSENTIALLY THE ONLY EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM WAS CONFESSIONS THAT CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS OR CHICAGO POLICE DETECTIVES, I SHOULD SAY, OBTAINED FROM THE TEENS.

NOW THOSE DETECTIVES WERE CHANGE WHERE WE'RE TRAINED BY FORMER COMMANDER JON BURGE TO, OF COURSE, FOR DECADES TORTURED BLACK PEOPLE INTO COURT CONFESSING TO CRIMES THAT THEY DID NOT COMMIT.

SO THIS IS REALLY I THINK PART OF THE LEGACY OF CHICAGO'S DEEP, DEEP HISTORY OF SIGNIFICANT POLICE MISCONDUCT.

AND EVEN THOUGH 50 MILLION DOLLARS SOUNDS LIKE A LOT.

ONLY 21 MILLION DOLLARS WILL COME DIRECTLY FROM CHICAGO TAXPAYERS.

THE CITY'S INSURANCE WILL KICK OVER THAT AMOUNT.

BUT ALSO THE EASEMENT SPENT A COMBINED 73 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CRIMES.

THEY DID NOT COMMIT.

AND I THINK THIS CASE IS, I THINK, ESPECIALLY SORT OF, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT TO MEN ARE THE SAME AGE AS I AM.

AND THAT I THINK IS REALLY SORT OF THING WHEN WIN TO PRISON IS TEENS AND THEY'VE RETURNED HIS MEN SIMPLY PUT A PRICE ON RIGHT BACK.

ALL ABOUT THE SAME AGE, RIGHT?

CAN IMAGINE SPENT THAT MUCH OF OUR LIVES IN PRISON THIS WEEK ON THE SECOND AND OF THE SUPREME COURT'S DOBBS DECISION, PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SHARING DATA ABOUT THE COURT'S DECISION AND THAT IMPACT HERE IN PARTICULARLY IN CARBONDALE WHERE THEY WELL, I MEAN, IN GENERAL, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ILLINOIS NOT ONLY EXPECTED BUT SOLICITED AND THAT IS INDIVIDUALS COMING FROM OUT OF STATE 2, ILLINOIS, BECAUSE IN THEIR STATES IT'S NOW ILLEGAL TO RECEIVE AN ABORTION.

OTHER CURBS ON REPRODUCTIVE CARE, ILLINOIS, GOING VERY MUCH THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

SO YOU HAVE CLINICS THAT WERE EITHER BUILT OR EXPANDED ON THE BORDERS OF INDIANA, WISCONSIN.

IN THE CASE OF CARBONDALE, YOU HAVE 3 QUARTERS OF THE PATIENTS COMING FROM OUT OF STATE.

THE THAT STATES SUCH AS TENNESSEE, MISSOURI, KENTUCKY.

SO IT CERTAINLY SIGNIFICANT.

WE CONTINUE TO SEE ILLINOIS MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.

BY THE WAY, THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS, OF COURSE, ON THE ABORTION NUMBERS IN CONNECTION TO ADOPT.

BUT THESE ARE ALSO CLINICS THAT PERFORM ON GENDER AFFIRMING CARE.

AND YOU'RE SEEING ILLINOIS DO MORE WITH THAT.

THERE'S A NEW PROGRAM OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT AND YOU'RE SEEING IS WELL PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ILLINOIS SAY THAT THEY'RE SEEING OUT OF STATE RESIDENTS COME TO THEIR CLINICS FOR THOSE REASONS AS HAD A FEW SECONDS STARTING TODAY, MIGRANT FAMILIES WITH SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN CAN BE EVICTED FROM THE CITY SHELTERS.

THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN AN EXEMPTION SO THAT THE CHILDREN SCHOOL YEAR WOULDN'T BE DISRUPTED.

BUT THE LAST DAY SCHOOL FOR CHICAGO CHILDREN WAS ON THURSDAY ABOUT 30 SECONDS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS NEXT?

WHAT MIGHT BE NEXT?

BUT WELL OVER THE NEXT WEEK ABOUT 120 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN COULD BE AT ARE EXPECTED TO BE ASKED TO LEAVE CITY SHELTERS IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO GO, THEY CAN GO BACK TO WHAT'S CALLED THE LANDING ZONE AND REAPPLY FOR SHELTER.

AND IN FACT, WE LEARNED THIS WEEK THAT MORE THAN HALF OF THE MIGRANTS WHO BEEN EVICTED FROM THE SHELTERS HAVE GONE RIGHT BACK INTO THE CITY SHELTERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.

INDICATION THAT THE CITY IS STILL STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP THESE PEOPLE START NEW LIVES IN CHICAGO SITUATION THAT THAT IS SPOTLIGHT.

LADIES, THANK YOU.

AND I SHOULD BE CLEAR NOT TO A GYM AND A SHE'S A LITTLE RIGHT?

THANKS.

UP NEXT, A KAYAKING FOR CONSERVATION.

WE EXPLAIN AFTER THIS.

LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

ARE YOU LOOKING TO TAKE A BREAK FROM THE CITY?

RUSH?

THE SHEDD AQUARIUM IS OFFERING AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THE TRANQUIL BEAUTY OF THE CHICAGO RIVER WHILE LEARNING ABOUT EFFORTS TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

CHICAGO TONIGHT, JOANNA HERNANDEZ TELLS US MORE.

WHEN WE LIKE TURN THE CORNER HERE, YOU'LL SEE LIKE SEARS TOWER AND LIKE IS THAT YOUR DOT COM.

SO YOU WANT YOUR POUTY FACE NEW LIKE THIS.

THE WHOLE TIME MEET MAGGIE COOPER, ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE CONSERVATION ACTION DEPARTMENT AT THE SHEDD AQUARIUM AND YOUR HIPS.

JUST MOVE WITH YOUR.

BUT IT'S KIND OF DOING YOUR BEST SECURE.

AND PRESTON TODAY, MAKING SURE THOSE DON'T LIE.

KEEP THE YET TO BE OUTSIDE AND EXPLORE NATURE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

BUT I LOVE THE MOST IS THAT I GET TO TAKE OTHER PEOPLE ITS COOPER'S FIRST PANEL OF THE SEASON AS THE SHEDD AQUARIUM KICKS OFF ITS 5TH YEAR OF KAYAKING FOR CONSERVATION TOURS.

WE TAKE PEOPLE OUT ALL SUMMER LONG TO EXPLORE THE CHICAGO RIVER IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY FAMILIAR WITH.

ALONG THE WAY YOU'LL SPOT DUCKS, BIRDS AND EVEN BEAVERS.

AROUND, LIKE 74 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FISH IN THE RIVER NOW, WHICH IS AWESOME.

AND LIKE 25 OF THOSE ABOUT ARE LIKE RESIDENT SPECIES.

COOPER SAYS IT'S AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT THE RIVER WILDLIFE AND HOW THEY'RE BEING CARED FOR.

HERE.

WE'VE JUST KIND FOUND SOME OF THE INVASIVE PLANTS THAT WERE OVERHANGING THE RIVER AND DROP THEM SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS PROVIDES GREAT HABITAT FOR TURTLES.

ONE OF THE STOPS ALONG THE WAY IS THE WETLANDS INSTALLATIONS LOCATED IN THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE RIVER.

THEY ARE WILDLIFE SEANTOR AREAS WITH A VARIETY OF NATIVE PLANTS.

THESE ARE PROVIDING REALLY AMAZING CRITICAL HABITAT RIGHT HERE ON THE CHICAGO RIVER THAT OTHERWISE WE DO HAVE IF WE LOOK BEYOND THESE ISLANDS, WE WILL SEE THE STEEL WAS KIND OF RIGHT ALONG THE WAY HERE.

AND IF YOU CAN KIND OF PICTURE, THIS IS A FISH.

HAVE A FLAT BOTTOM SEAL WAS SORT OF JUST A HIGHWAY COMING THROUGH HERE.

NOWHERE REST.

HANG OUT.

SO IT'S PROVIDING HABITAT BELOW THE WATER'S THESE PLANTS.

THEIR ROOTS ARE COMING RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF IT OF THESE MAPS AND THEIR ROOT SYSTEMS ARE PROVIDING HABITAT FOR FISH AND THE PROVIDING HABITAT FOR BIRDS IN.

AND YES, YOU SURE CAN.

IT'S A COLLABORATION.

STARTED WITH A NON-FOR-PROFIT URBAN RIVERS CALLED THE WILD MILES.

CHICAGO.

IT'S THE CITY'S FIRST FLOATING ECO PARK.

THE PROJECT HAS CREATED FLOATING ISLANDS AIMED AT IMPROVING WATER QUALITY.

YOU KNOW THAT THESE PLANTS WILL DRAFT OPTIONS AND OTHER STUFF OUT OF A LOT OF THAT MAYBE SHOULDN'T BE THERE.

SO THER THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE WAYS THAT THEY'RE HELPING TO IMPROVE EVER.

AND IT'S EASY TO FORGET.

YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY WHEN YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF NATURE.

CHICAGO RIVER IS A SPACE FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY.

IT'S EASY TO JUST GO OVER THE RIVER ON YOUR CAR, WALKING OVER A BRIDGE DOWNTOWN AND LOOKING AT AND T LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S COOL.

THAT'S SOMETHING THERE.

BUT IT'S NOT REALLY FOR ME.

I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN GET OUT TO PROGRAMS LIKE FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

AND THE SHEDD AQUARIUM OFFERS THE TOURS ON A PAY.

WHAT YOU CAN BASIS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE OPERATION DAYS.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

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WE'LL HAVE UPDATES FROM CITY COUNCIL ON THAT POLICE MISCONDUCT SETTLEMENT VOTE.

AND CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ELECTED TO THE U.S. SENATE JOINS US TO TALK POLITICS.

NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

CLOSED CAPTION WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, WHICH IS PROUD TO HONOR FOUNDER AND SENIOR PARTNER ROBERT, WHO IS