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

I'M AMANDA VINICKY.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN AND PARIS SCHUTZ HAVE THE EVENING OFF.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> CLEAN UP BEGINS AFTER LAST NIGHT'S TORNADO AND SEVERE STORMS THAT DAMAGED MORE THAN 100 HOMES IN THE SOUTHWEST SUBURBS.

>> IT IS A HORRIFIC STATEMENT.

IT IS A HORRIFIC STATEMENT.

>> ANTIVIOLENCE EFFORTS IN THE HUMBOLDT PARK COMMUNITY AFTER MULTIPLE SHOOTINGS THIS WEEKEND.

>> THE SUPREME COURT DEALS A BLOW TO THE NCAA SAYING IT CANNOT PREVENT STUDENT ATHLETES FROM RECEIVING MODEST PAYMENTS.

>> HOW NIGHTCLUBS ARE FARING NOW THAT THE CITY HAS FULLY REOPENED.

>> WHY AMERICAN CANCELED HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS NEXT MONTH THAT AND MORE FROM CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS.

AS THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART PREPARES TO REOPEN IT RECEIVES AN $8 MILLION DONATION.

THE INSTITUTION'S PRESIDENT JOINS US WITH MORE.

>> THEY ARE A LOT SAFER THAN YOU THINK WHEN YOU ARE UP THERE, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT YOU.

>> AND WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF FREAK BIKES.

MEET THE PEOPLE WHO CREATE THESE CUSTOM RIDES.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

ComEd CREWS ARE WORKING TO RESTORE POWER AFTER LAST NIGHT'S STORMS.

THE STORM AND TORNADO ROARED THROUGH SUBURBS WITH 55 PLUS-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS IN WOODRIDGE AN EF3 TORNADO WAS THREE BLOOK BLOCKS WIDE.

ComEd REPORTED 22,000 HOMES WERE AFFECTED AND CREWS HAVE RESTORED POWER TO ALL BUT 3700 CUSTOMERS.

THERE ARE MORE THAN 150 OUTAGES.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE STORM AND TORNADO IN JUST A MINUTE.

>> NOT SO FAST FOR FAST DADDY'S PRISON TIME.

THE ALDERMAN HAS NOT REPORTED TO PRISON BECAUSE OF DELAYS CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC AND PERSONAL HEALTH CONCERNS.

HE WAS SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS FOR TAX FRAUD IN CONNECTION TO THE STATE'S MASSIVE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT.

THE LAWYER TOLD THE JUDGE HIS DOCTORS RECOMMENDED AGAINST VACCINATING THE 83-YEAR-OLD WHO HAS A NUMBER OF SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND A COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM.

THE ATTORNEY REPORTED HE CHIPPED BONES IN HIS HIP LAST WEEK AFTER A FALL.

THE BUREAU OF PRISONS HAS NOT YET ASSIGNED HIM TO A SPECIFIC PENITENTIARY.

>> UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ANNOUNCES IT IS REQUIRING COVID-19 VACCINATIONS FOR ALL IN-PERSON STUDENTS THIS FALL.

THE THREE CAMPUSES IN URBANA CHAMPAIGN, CHICAGO AND SPRINGFIELD HAVE 90,000 STUDENTS THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR SAW A TESTING CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT OUTBREAKS.

ANYONE PLANNING TO STUDY REMOTELY IS EXEMPT FROM THE VACCINATION REQUIREMENT.

GUIDELINES FOR FACULTY AND STAFF ARE STILL BEING HAMMERED OUT.

A NUMBER OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS INCLUDING UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, NORTHWESTERN, LOYOLA, COLUMBIA COLLEGE AND DePAUL ARE MANTATING STUDENTS BE VACCINATED BEFORE RETURNING TO CLASSROOMS THIS FALL.

>> AND AS WE JUST HEARD, INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AND A TORNADO LEFT BEHIND A TRAIL OF DAMAGE IN CHICAGO'S SOUTHWEST SUBURBS LAST NIGHT.

AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND MORE THAN 100 HOMES WERE DAMAGED IN WOODRIDGE, NAPERVILLE AND DARIEN.

REPORTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLASSIFIED THE TORNADO AS AN EF3 WHO COULD SEE WIND SPEEDS UP TO 165-MILES-PER-HOUR.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE MARK PUKNAITIS CHIEF OF THE NAPERVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND VICTOR GRENSINI PROFESSOR OF SCIENCE AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.

THANK YOU BOTH.

LET'S BEGIN WITH YOU, CHIEF.

WHAT IS THE LATEST THAT YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT THE INJURIES AND DAMAGE ON THE GROUND IN NAPERVILLE?

>> WELL, WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE CLEANING UP.

WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE ONLY HAD EIGHT PEOPLE AS YOU STATED THAT WERE INJURED.

TWO AS OF YESTERDAY WERE CRITICALLY INJURED BUT TODAY THEY WERE LISTED IN FAIR AND GOOD CONDITION.

EVERYBODY IS GOING TO SURVIVE THE EVENT AND THAT ALONE IS SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR.

WE HAD 130 HOMES THAT WERE AFFECTED THAT WERE DAMAGED BY THE TORNADO WHICH CAUSED ABOUT 20 OF THOSE HOMES TO BE UNINHABBABLE.

EXTRAORDINARY EVENT.

EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER FOR THE MOST PART THE CITIZENRY REALLY ADHERED TO THE WARNINGS THAT OCCURRED.

AND THOSE REALLY HELPED PEOPLE STAY SAFE AND TAKE COVER WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE AND UNTIL WE WERE ABLE TO COME OUT AND DO OUR JOB AND SEARCHING AND RESCUING AND ACCOUNTING FOR PEOPLE.

>> PARTICULARLY GIVEN ALL THAT HAPPENED.

BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD REPORTS THERE MAY HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TORNADOES AROUND THE REGION VARIOUS SPEEDS.

VICTOR GRENSINI WHAT DO WE KNOW AT THIS POINT?

>> WELL, WE KNOW THE ATMOSPHERE WAS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS.

THE TROPICAL STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAD A LEVEL OF THREE OUT OF FIVE RISK FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES WERE ISSUED.

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECTING STRONG TORNADOES.

BUT AS YOU MENTIONED A LOT OF EF2 DAMAGE ACROSS THE AREA AND THEN IN THE PRINCETON CIRCLE AREA OF NAPERVILLE, THE RATING OF EF3 LOOKS LIKE THE WINDS MAXED OUT AT 140-MILES-PER-HOUR WHICH IS ON THE LOW-END OF EF3 AND THAT WILL BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TORNADO IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS SINCE 2015.

YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE COAL CITY TORNADO ON JUNE 22 THAT YEAR HAD ROCHELLE.

A DROUGHT YEAR NOT ONLY IN PRECIPITATION BUT SEVERE WEATHER AND YESTERDAY BACK INTO IT.

MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE FOLKS AFFECTED YESTERDAY.

>> I HEARD DEBRIS AS MUCH AS 10,000 FEET IN THE SKY.

I LOOKED IT UP AND THAT IS LIKE SEVEN SEARS TOWERS OF DEBRIS UP IN THE AIR.

AND YET, AS YOU MENTIONED, VICTOR THERE WASN'T MUCH WARNING AHEAD OF THIS TORNADO.

SO HOW DID IT ACTUALLY FORM?

>> WELL, THIS IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION.

IT'S NIGHT.

IT'S FATHER'S DAY PEOPLE ARE WINDING DOWN GETTING READY FOR THE WORK WEEK.

THIS IS A QLCS, AND IT HAS EMBEDDED CIRCULATION THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO FORECAST FOR.

THANKFULLY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO DID AN EXCELLENT JOB THEY HAD A WARNING OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ALERTED ON CELLPHONES OR TORNADO SIRENS.

I THINK A LOT OF THAT SPEAKS TO THE LACK OF SIGNIFICANT INJURIES AND AT THIS POINT NO FATALITIES WHICH IS GREAT NEWS.

>> MARK PUKNAITIS WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE WARNING SYSTEMS?

FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT NIGHT OWLS THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN BED WHEN THE STORMS HIT?

>> YOU KNOW WE CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THE IMPORTANCE OF A CELLPHONE NOTIFICATIONS.

ESPECIALLY ON A SUNDAY EVENING.

PEOPLE ARE NORMALLY ASLEEP AT THAT TIME OF NIGHT WHEN THE TORNADO STRUCK.

RADIO AND TELEVISION MAY NOT BE THE ANSWER.

BUT EVERYBODY HAS THEIR CELLPHONE ON ALL THE TIT TIME AND AT NIGHT IT'S EVEN BEING CHARGED.

I THINK THAT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

>> DO WE NEED TO SIGN UP FOR PARTICULAR ALERTS OR IS IT AUTOMATIC?

>> SOME IS AUTOMATIC.

IT DEPENDS HOW SOPHISTICATED YOU WANT TO GET.

WE ALSO ADVOCATE THAT PEOPLE GET WEATHER RADIOS WEATHER ALERT RADIOS SPECIFIC RADIOS THAT STAY ON ALL THE TIME AND THAT CAN BE IN A BEDROOM OR WHEREVER YOUR SLEEPING QUARTERS ARE.

WE STRESS THAT WITH OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND OUR CITIZENS RESPONSE TEAMS OUT IN NAPERVILLE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO ALERT THE PUBLIC AND I THINK AS WAS POINTED OUT, AS TIME GOES ON WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE NEED TO STAY PREPARED IN SO MANY WAYS.

BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> HAVE THE EMERGENCY KITS AVAILABLE PLAN FOR THE FAMILY, WATER AND CANNED GOODS ON HAND.

VICTOR, PART OF THIS, I THINK, IS PARTICULARLY ACUTE BECAUSE THERE IS THIS ATTITUDE THAT TORNADOES ARE MORE PHENOMENA IN RURAL AREAS MORE RARE IN SUBURBS AND PARTICULARLY IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

THAT THERE COULDN'T BE A TORNADO IN THE CITY BECAUSE OF ALL THE SKYSCRAPERS.

WHAT IS THE TRUTH TO THAT?

>> FIRST I WILL GIVE A PLUS ONE TO THE CHIEF AND THE WEATHER RADIO.

IF YOU HAVE A SMARTPHONE IT WILL GO OFF FOR A TORNADO WARNING.

I DON'T WANT PEOPLE SEARCHING ON THEIR PHONE.

IT WILL GO OFF, THE WIRELESS ALERTS FOR TORNADO WARNINGS.

NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, TIME AND TIME AGAIN WE PROVE THE ATMOSPHERE PROVES TO US IT DOESN'T CARE IF THERE IS A LAKE OR BUILDINGS IT DOESN'T CARE IF IT'S NAPERVILLE OR DARIEN, THE STORMS HAVE HIT BEFORE.

YES, IT'S BEEN SOMETIME 2015.

SINCE WE HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT EVENT BUT WE KNOW THE EVENTS CAN HAPPEN AND WE HAVE TO BE READY FOR THEM.

AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS 11:30 P.M. ON A SUNDAY NIGHT.

>> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE REST OF THE SUMMER?

SHOULD WE BE PREDICTING MORE SEVERE WEATHER FUTURE TORNADOES WITH CLIMATE CHANGE?

>> WELL, THE CLIMATE CHANGE ANGLE IS DIFFICULT.

WE KNOW THAT OUR ATMOSPHERE IS BEING IMPACTED TO WHAT DEGREE WITH SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE REST OF THIS SEASON ALL I CAN SAY WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THAT IS BUCKLED BY THE PRECIPITATION WE HAVE HAD.

THAT IS INCLUDED SEVERE STORMS AND TORNADOES.

WE CANNOT LET OUR GUARD DOWN.

ALWAYS HAVE A SAFETY PLAN IN PLACE.

AND I'M THANKFUL THIS EVENT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE I WANT TO STRESS THAT.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH, MUCH WORSE THE FACT WE HAD FEW CASUALTIES SAYS A LOT ABOUT OUR WARNING SYSTEM AND HATS OFF TO THE CHIEF AND HIS CREW ALL FIRST-RESPONDERS AND THE FOLKS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER.

>> CHIEF LET'S LEAVE IT WITH YOU.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT IS IN STORE NEXT IN TERMS OF CLEAN UP AND RECOVERY?

>> SO WE'RE AT THE PHASE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE WANT TO ASSIST THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF CLEARING OUT THE ROADS RIGHT NOW.

THE NEXT STEP IS REALLY TO DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT STAGES OF WHERE THEY NEED TO GO TO GET THEIR HOUSES IN ORDER WHETHER THAT IS CONTACTING THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, OR WORKING OUT A GAME PLAN OF WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO HOUSE THEMSELVES.

WE'RE FORTUNATE WE ONLY HAD 10 PEOPLE THAT WERE DISPLACED.

AND I THINK TODAY AT THIS TIME WE HAVE EVERYBODY THAT IS HAS ANOTHER PLACE TO STAY.

THE RED CROSS AND SALVATION ARMY DID A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.

GETTING THINGS BACK IN ORDER.

THE STRESS LEVEL IS TREMENDOUS THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO TURN AFTER SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS.

WE HAVE CREWS ON 12-HOUR SHIFTS THAT ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK.

>> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO YOU AND TO ALL OF YOUR CREW ONCE AGAIN THAT IS NAPERVILLE CHIEF MARK PUKNAITIS AND VICTOR GRENSINI OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND GLAD THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU VICTOR.

>> UP NEXT, PHIL PONCE AND ANTIVIOLENCE EFFORTS IN A WEST SIDE COMMUNITY.

>> TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED ON THE WEST SIDE IN HUMBOLDT PARK AND ANOTHER 10 WERE INJURED.

THESE SHOOTINGS HAPPENED ON A WEEKEND WHEN THE COMMUNITY HAD COME TOGETHER FOR THE ANNUAL PUERTO RICAN PEOPLE'S DAY PARADE.

HOW ARE THE LOCAL ANTIVIOLENCE GROUPS WORKING ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ADDRESS AND PREVENT FURTHER VIOLENCE?

JOINING US WITH MORE IS ADAM TOLEDO C.E.O.

OF THE URBAN BROADER LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OR BUILD.

ADAM ALONZO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

REACTION TO THE SHOOTINGS IN THE COMMUNITY?

>> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU.

IT'S HORRIFIC.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S DAY PARADE IS ABOUT FAMILY AND UNIFIED EVENT.

AND SO ANYTIME THERE IS A SHOOTING ACT OF VIOLENCE LIKE THAT IT'S A TRAGEDY AND HORRIFIC FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THAT.

AND FOR KIDS AS WELL, RIGHT?

LIVING THROUGH WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THEIR PARENTS OR LOVED ONES WHO PASS ON AS A RESULT OF GUN VIOLENCE.

>> DISTURBING NUMBERS.

IS THERE A REASON FOR THE OUTBREAK THIS WEEKEND?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT REASONS WHY COMMUNITY VIOLENCE HAPPENS.

IT COULD BE PERSONAL, IT COULD BE AS A RESULT OF FACTIONS AND DISAGREEMENTS IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.

JUST A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY THESE SORTS OF INCIDENTS HAPPEN >> WELL, AS YOU MAY KNOW, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SPOKE ABOUT THE SHOOTINGS THIS WEEKEND AND HERE IS WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.

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

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING ITS PART.

IT'S INVESTIGATING.

IT'S BEING PRO-ACTIVE.

IT'S ARRESTING PEOPLE AND BRINGING THEM 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 CLOSED.

>> WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE MAYOR'S STATEMENT?

IS THIS ISSUE REGARDING PRETRIAL RELEASE IS THAT RELEVANT TO WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND?

>> YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY VIOLENCE HAPPENS AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU COULD POINT TO ANY ONE SINGLE CAUSE.

I THINK IT IS A COLLECTION OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THAT ARE FAILING THAT ARE NOT WORKING.

AND I THINK IT'S DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT INTO ONE EXACT REASON WHY.

AND HERE ON THE GROUND, WE SEE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS FOR WHERE VIOLENCE WOULD ERUPT IN A COMMUNITY.

I WOULDN'T POINT TO THAT AS THE ONLY REASON OR THE SINGLE CAUSE, THOUGH.

>> SOME RESIDENTS HAVE COMPLAINED THAT POLICE ARE SHUTTING DOWN STREETS IN HUMBOLDT PARK, CAUSING STRESS AMONG NEIGHBORS.

ARE YOU HEARING ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?

>> SURE.

I KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT STREETS THAT WERE BLOCKED OFF GETTING READY FOR THE PARADE.

AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE NEED EASY ACCESS IN AND OUT OFF OF THEIR BLOCKS IF THEY WANTED TO GO AND PICK UP FAMILY MEMBERS.

TRYING TO COMMUTE AROUND AND FIND OPEN STREETS TO BE ABLE TO GET SOMEWHERE RELATIVELY CLOSE CAN BE DIFFICULT AND FRUSTRATING.

>> WHAT KIND OF ANTIVIOLENCE EFFORTS ARE THERE IN PLACE?

>> SURE.

WELL, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN RESPONSE TO THE VIOLENCE.

SO WE TAKE OUR CRISIS TEAM OUT WHEN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS ARISE.

WE HAVE OUR INTERVENTION TEAM WHO ARE WALKING THE STREETS AND TALKING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

ALSO TALKING TO THE GUYS ON THE CORNER AND TRYING TO ENGAGE WITH THEM.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU NEED?

HOW CAN WE OFFER A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY OR DIFFERENT PATH FOR YOU?

YOU KNOW AND WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE SUMMER AND WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY AND EVENTS.

WE HAVE SUMMER CAMPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT STILL WILL BE ABLE TO COME FOR SEVEN HOURS A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

WE'RE HAVING OUR GROUPS DO COMMUNITY WALKS.

YOU JUST WALK IN THE STREET AND TALKING TO NEIGHBORS AND FINDING OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE THEM IN A SERVICE OR OFFER THEM SOMETHING THAT THEY MIGHT NEED WE'RE THERE TO DO THAT AS WELL.

>> I WAS WONDERING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN -- WHAT IS A TYPICAL ENCOUNTER LIKE WHEN SOMEBODY FROM YOUR VIOLENCE INTERVENTION EFFORT ENCOUNTERS SOMEBODY WHO IS ON THE CORNER?

>> SURE.

I THINK IT IS A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS.

FIRST AND FOREMOST IT'S ABOUT THE APPROACH.

HOW DO I COME AND INTRODUCE MYSELF OR CHECK IN WITH SOMEONE ON THE CORNER.

HEY, THIS IS WHO I AM.

I'M HERE JUST CHECKING IN SEEING HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND HOW YOU ARE DOING.

THE OPEN CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENS.

AND WE SEE IF SOMEONE IS OPEN TO HAVING A CONVERSATION OR IF THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED.

BUT WE WELCOME HAND THEM OUR BUSINESS CARD AND SAY, HEY IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT NEED FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT ANYTIME DAY OR NIGHT.

>> VIOLENCE IS UP CITYWIDE.

HOMICIDES ARE UP 5%, SHOOTINGS UP 18%, YOUR GROUP DOESN'T JUST WORK IN HUMBOLDT PARK IT WORKS IN THE CITY.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS INRICE CREASE?

>> -- INCREASE?

>> THIS LAST YEAR-AND-A-HALF HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE.

PANDEMIC, SOCIAL UNREST, IT'S ALL THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD.

BUT THAT IS JUST LENT ITSELF TO MORE EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.

WE KNOW A LOT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND FEELING THE EFFECTS OF LIVING IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO THIS PAST YEAR HAS REALLY BEEN DIFFICULT FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO IT'S NO SURPRISE THERE IS AN UPTICK IN VIOLENCE IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING THE WAY THEY ARE.

>> LAST QUESTION, IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE CITY COULD BE DOING THAT IT ISN'T DOING SOMETHING IT SHOULD BE DOING MORE OF?

>> I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST DEEPLY INTO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN PRIMARILY UNDER INVESTED.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS ACROSS THE CITY, I THINK GIVING TO THOSE PROGRAMS TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF STEPS THEY HAVE THE NUMBER OF SERVICES THEY CAN OFFER WITHIN A COMMUNITY.

AND LISTEN TO WHAT THE FOLKS ON THE GROUND DOING THE WORKDAY IN AND DAY OUT.

LISTEN AND LEARN FROM THEM AND WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE AND GETTING THEM TO TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND.

>> ADAM ALONZO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHTS.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

ALL THE BEST.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, THE UNUSUAL WAY SOME CYCLISTS GET AROUND.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> HAVE YOU EVER THROWN OUT A BROKEN BIKE OR ANY OF ITS SPARE PARTS?

THERE IS A CHANCE A LOCAL BIKE CLUB SCOOPED UP THAT TRASH TO MAKE A WORK OF ART ON WHEELS.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" EVAN GARCIA RECENTLY VISITED LOGAN SQUARE TO LEARN ABOUT THE CITY'S BUSTLING CUSTOM BIKE CULTURE.

>> 14-YEAR-OLD MALCOLM IS RIDING A TALL BIKE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>> IT WAS SCARY.

BUT IT'S COOL.

IT'S LIKE WAY DIFFERENT IT'S LIKE I'M SO HIGH.

>> UNUSUAL BIKES OF ALL SHAPES AND ADVERTISES ARE HERE AT LOGAN SQUARE PARK.

TALL ONES, LONG ONES, AND A GIANT RAT ON WHEELS.

CUSTOM BIKES TO ME IS A REPRESENTATION OF YOURSELF YOU KNOW, LIKE THE CLOTHES YOU WEAR REPRESENT YOU.

THE THINGS YOU DO THAT SO THE BIKE YOU RIDE CAN ALSO REPRESENT YOU.

AND SOME OF US ARE WEIRDER THAN OTHERS I GUESS.

>> CHRIS IS A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL BIKE CLUB RAT PATROL WHICH STARTED IN 1999.

>> MOST OF THIS STUFF THAT I MAKE, WOULD COME OUT OF THE ALLEYS OUT OF THE TRASH PEOPLE'S LEFTOVERS I WOULD FIND AND BRING HOME AND TURN INTO MY GOLD.

>> RAT PATROL AND BIKE GROUPS SCOUR ALLEYWAYS FOR SPARE BIKE PARTS WHICH THEY WELD INTO WILD CREATIONS LIKE THIS GRILL BIKE.

>> THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE GRILL BIKE WAS WE LIKE TO EAT AND PARTY AND WE WANT TO TAKE IT WHERE WE GO.

WE SAID LET'S BUILD SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE THE GRILL TO THE PARK OR TO THE BEACH.

THIS SWING BIKE WHICH LOOKS PRECARIOUS AS THE WHEELS SWING OUT OF ALIGNMENT WAS BUILT BY 19-YEAR-OLD AIDEN.

>> I NEVER SEEN SOMEONE MAKE ONE BEFORE.

YOU CAN PUT IT TO THE LEFT OF YOU OR IN FRONT OF YOU.

IT FEELS FREE AND FLOATY.

>> THROUGH ORGANIZING PUBLIC MEET UPS AND SCAFF ADVANTAGING FOR BIKE PARTS THEY HOPE TO DO IT YOURSELF SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO BIKE RIDING ACCORDING TO THIS MEMBER GOING BY WILEY COYOTE.

>> RAT PATROL WANTS TO LEARN HOW TO BUILD THEIR OWN BIKES AND MAINTENANCE THEIR BIKES AND DIVERT BIKES FROM THE WASTE STREAM.

>> THE ISOLATION BROUGHT ON BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC INSPIRED JUAN TO EMBRACE CHICAGO'S CUSTOM BIKE SCENE AND INTRODUCE HIS DAUGHTERS TO THIS HOBBY.

>> IT IS A FAMILY ORIENTED THING FOR ME, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE ALL NEED EXERCISE AND GET OUT AND THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN HAPPENING.

THAT IS WHERE I GOT INTO IT A LOT AND THE KIDS I SAID LET'S GO OUT WE GOT TO GO OUT AND GO RIDE MORE.

>> I JUST THINK THAT THEY HAVE A LOT TO SAY BUT YOU KNOW THEY PUT IT IN THEIR BIKES AND STUFF.

AND IT'S JUST REALLY COOL DESIGNS AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING GREAT THAT THEY ARE DOING.

>> I DEFINITELY WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND MAKE A BIG BIKE.

IT'S COOL HOW SOMETIMES WHEN ME AND MY DAD RIDE DOWN THE STREET PEOPLE STARE AT YOU IN A GOOD WAY.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M EVAN GARCIA.

>> IF JUAN AND HIS DAUGHTERS LOOK FAMILIAR BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF A FAMILY BAND.

THAT OUR OWN JAY SHEFSKY PROFILED FIVE YEARS AGO.

CAN YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO SEE THAT STORY AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RAT PATROL BIKE CLUB AND THEIR LOCAL MEET UPS.

>> LIKE TO PARTY, TOO.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" JEWEL'S PARENT COMPANY PARTNERS WITH DOORDASH THAT AND MORE FROM CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS.

A BIG BLOW NOT NCAA OVER STUDENT ATHLETE COMPENSATION AND A CHALLENGE TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IS TOSSED THAT AND MORE FROM THE SUPREME COURT.

>> COVID BROUGHT CHICAGO'S NIGHT LIFE SCENE TO A SCREECHING HALT AND HOW BUSINESSES ARE HOPING TO REBOUND NOW THAT THE CITY IS REOPENED.

>> AND THE HEAD OF A NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART ON AN $8 MILLION DONATION AND EXHIBITS.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS SENDS MORE THAN 400 LAYOFF NOTICES TO CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES INCLUDING TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF.

JESSE SHARKEY SLAMS THE LAYOFFS AT A TIME WHEN THE DISTRICT IS TO RECEIVE $2 BILLION IN FEDERAL COVID RELIEF.

SHARKEY SAYS WE WILL FIGHT THESE LAYOFFS AT THIS WEDNESDAY'S BOARD MEETING AND FIGHT THEM IN BARGAINING AND FIGHT THEM IN SCHOOL ACTIONS AS NECESSARY.

IN A STATEMENT C.P.S.

SAYS CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS YEARS, THE DISTRICT EXPECTS MANY OF THE IMPACTED STAFF TO BE HIRED FOR OTHER POSITIONS WITHIN C.P.S.

AND THE DISTRICT WILL BE HOSTING SEVERAL VIRTUAL HIRING EVENTS IN THE COMING WEEKS.

>> THE PRESIDENT OF THE ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER HAS DIED.

FRITZIE FRITZSHALL WAS PART OF A GROUP OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WHO FOUNDED THE MUSEUM'S PARENT FOUNDATION THREE YEARS AFTER NEONAZIS MARCHED THROUGH THE STREETS OF SKOKIE IN 1978.

HER AND OTHERS STORIES ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE MUSEUM THROUGH HOLOGRAMS AND VIRTUAL REALITY.

FRITZIE FRITZSHALL RETURNED TO THE AUSCHWITZ BIRKENAU CONCENTRATION CAMP TO RECORD HER STORY FOR ANOTHER PROGRAM THE MUSEUM IS DEVELOPING.

FRITZIE FRITZSHALL WAS 91.

>> A CUT BACK IN FLIGHTS FOR A MAJOR AIRLINE.

ONE OF CHICAGO'S GROCERY GIANTS PARTNERS WITH A POPULAR DELIVERY SERVICE AND A LONGTIME PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION IS SEARCHING FOR A NEW LEADER.

HERE TO GO BEHIND THE HEADLINES IS CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS EDITOR ANN DWYER.

AMERICAN AIRLINES CANCELED NEARLY A THOUSAND FLIGHTS SCHEDULED FOR THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF JULY.

WHY THE BIG CUT BACK?

>> THERE ARE A FEW REASONS ONE OF THE BIGGEST IS A STAFF SHORTAGE.

AND THAT'S MAKING IT HARD FOR THEM TO RESPOND TO THIS DRAMATIC UPTICK IN DEMAND FOR FLIGHTS RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW ANOTHER ISSUE IS UNPREDICTABLE WEATHER AT THEIR CHICAGO AND MIAMI HUBS.

BUT I THINK THE BIGGER CHALLENGE GOING FORWARD IS THE STAFFING ISSUE.

THEY NEED TO BRING BACK PILOTS WHO WERE FURLOUGHED DURING THE COVID ERA AND THEY HAVE TO ROLL THE PEOPLE BACK ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS, THEY ALSO NEED TO BE SURE THAT THE PILOTS ARE TRAINED UP TO FLY THE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT HAS COME ON-LINE SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.

AMERICAN HAS CHANGED OUT A LOT OF ITS FLEET AND SO ITS PILOTS NEED TO BE TRAINED TO FLY THEM AND THAT IS CREATING A BOTTLENECK WHY THE AIRLINE SAID THEY ARE GOING TO TRIM BACK THE JULY FLIGHT SCHEDULE BY ABOUT 950-1,000 FLIGHTS RIGHT NOW.

>> AS MUCH AS I CAN WAIT TO GO ANYWHERE I WOULD RATHER BE SAFE THAN SORRY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO FLIGHTS.

MOVING ON, JEWEL'S PARENT COMPANY IS PARTNERING WITH DOORDASH.

WHAT IS BEHIND THIS DEAL?

>> IT IS A BIG MOVE FOR DOORDASH FRANKLY.

IT IS A WAY FOR THEM TO EXPAND INTO THE GRORSRY DELIVERY BUSINESS WHICH IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE WANTED TO GO FOR A WHILE NOW IN ORDER TO TAKE ON THE INSTACARTS AND THE AMAZONS AND THE WALMARTS OF THE WORLD.

THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP, DOORDASH IS GOING TO BE CONNECTING WITH A SLEW OF GROCERY NAMEPLATES UNDER THE ALBERTSON'S LABEL, THE CORRECT PARENT OF JEWEL OSCO.

IN CHICAGO THEY WILL BE TEAMING UP WITH 86 OF THE 188 JEWEL LOCATIONS IN THE CHICAGO AREA TO DELIVER GROCERIES.

IT IS A BIG STEP BUT ALSO HELPS TO DIFFERENTIATE DOORDASH FROM THEIR COMPETITORS IN THE RESTAURANT DELIVERY SPACE.

GRUBHUB AND UBER EATS.

SO IT INDICATES THAT THE COMPETITION IN THE DELIVERY SECTOR IS INTENSIFYING ON ALL FRONTS.

>> EVEN WITH PEOPLE HEADING BACK TO SORRIES THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THAT HOME DELIVERY SERVICE.

>> PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN USED TO IT.

>> CONVENIENCE IS KEY.

AND NOW, THE FIELD FOUNDATION IS A MAJOR GRANT MAKING ORGANIZATION BASED IN CHICAGO BUT IT IS SAYING GOOD-BYE TO ITS PRESIDENT WHERE IS SHE HEADED AND DO WE KNOW WHO IS TAKING OVER?

>> ANGELIQUE POWER IS LEAVING TO TAKEOVER A LARGER FOUNDATION IN DETROIT THAT IS FOCUSED ON CHILD WELFARE ISSUES.

THE ORGANIZATION IS CALLED THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION.

THEY HAVE A PORTFOLIO OF $500 MILLION IN ASSETS TO WORK WITH COMPARED TO THE FIELD FOUNDATION $70 MILLION IN THE FOUNDATION WORLD THOSE ARE NUMBERS THAT MATTER.

THIS IS A MAJOR CAREER STEP FOR HER.

NOW, AS SHE LEAVES THE FIELD FOUNDATION, THE ORGANIZATION IS INDICATED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ELEVATE A VICE-PRESIDENT MARK MURRAY TO TAKEOVER ON AN INTERIM BASIS BUT THEY WILL BE CONDUCTING A GLOBAL SEARCH.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US, ANN, A PLEASURE AS EVER.

>> THANK YOU, AMANDA.

>> AND NOW TO PHIL PONCE AND A LOOK AT RECENT DECISIONS HANDED DOWN BY THE SUPREME COURT.

PHIL?

>> THANKS, AMANDA.

THE SUPREME COURT RULES UNANIMOUSLY TODAY THAT THE NCAA CANNOT PREVENT STUDENT ATHLETES FROM RECEIVING MODEST PAYMENTS.

IT WAS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF HEADLINE GRABBING RULINGS FROM THE COURT.

JUST LAST WEEK, THE COURT'S JUSTICES RULED UNANIMOUSLY A SURPRISE TO SOME PROGRESSIVES THAT THE A CATHOLIC CHARITY IN PHILADELPHIA HAD THE RIGHT TO REFUSE TO FOSTER CHILDREN TO SAME-SEX COUPLES.

BUT IT DUCKED ADDRESSING A CHALLENGE TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

JUST WHAT DO THESE RECENT RULINGS TELL US ABOUT THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION OF THE SUPREME COURT?

JOINING US NOW TO HELP US UNBACK THAT ARE MICHAEL SCODRO PARTNER AT MAIER BROWN AND FORMER ILLINOIS SOLICITOR GENERAL.

>> AND DAVID FRANKLIN, FRANKLIN CLERKED FOR JUSTICE GINSBURG.

CAROLYN SHAPIRO PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY'S CHICAGO KENT COLLEGE OF LAW SHE IS THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL'S INSTITUTE ON THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES AND SHE CLERKED FOR JUSTICE BREYER.

AND JOSEPH MORRIS PARTNER WITH MORRIS AND DE LA ROSA AND FORMER ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER PRESIDENT REAGAN.

>> Mr. FRANKLIN, THE SUPREME COURT RULED UNANIMOUSLY AGAINST THE NCAA OVER WHETHER MODEST PAYMENTS WERE ALLOWED TO GO TO STUDENT ATHLETES.

WHAT WAS THE ESSENCE OF THE CASE?

>> WELL, THE DECISION WAS ACTUALLY NARROW.

THE COURT AFFIRMED A LOWER COURT DECISION THAT HAD PREVENTED THE NCAA FROM ENFORCING ITS LIMITS ON EDUCATION-RELATED BENEFITS FOR STUDENT ATHLETES, PAYMENTS FOR TUTORING OR POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS AND INTERNSHIPS.

AT THE SAME TIME THE COURT DID NOT ADDRESS THE BROADER ISSUE OF WHETHER ALL OF THE NCAA'S RESTRICTIONS ON STUDENT ATHLETES VIOLATE THE ANTITRUST LAWS.

IN FACT, THE COURT SUGGESTED PERHAPS THAT THE NCAA STILL HAS A BROAD DISCRETION UP TO ENFORCE SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE THERE'S ONE MARKET OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WATCH AMATEUR SPORTS AND THERE IS ANOTHER MARKET OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WATCH PRO SPORTS AND THE NCAA HAS DISCRETION IN POLICING THAT BOUNDARY TO MAKE SURE THAT LINE DOESN'T BLUR.

THE MOST NOTABLE THING FOR ME IS THAT JUSTICE KAVANAUGH WROTE A SEPARATE CONCURRENCE LAMBASTING THE NCAA FOR NOT ALLOWING ATHLETES TO BE JUSTLY COMPENSATED.

>> DAVID FRANKLIN LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXACT LANGUAGE THAT JUSTICE KAVANAUGH USED BECAUSE YOU ARE RIGHT IT WAS ASSERTIVE.

I HE SAID... JOSEPH MORRIS DOES THAT MEAN THERE WILL BE A CHALLENGE A BROADER CHALLENGE ON THE WHOLE NOTION OF PAY FOR ATHLETES FOR COLLEGE ATHLETES?

>> THE ANSWER IS YES AND SOMETIMES INVITATIONS COME ENGRAVED IN MAIL AND THIS IS AN ENGRAVED INVITATION.

HE IS INVITING PEOPLE TO ASK THE QUESTION WHAT IS THE DIVIDING LINE FOR PURPOSES OF COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS BETWEEN COMPENSATED PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND AMATEUR ATHLETES AND HOW DO THE MARKETS DIFFER?

THE MESSAGE TODAY AS DAVID SAID IT IS A NARROW ONE.

IT IS THAT THE NCAA AND THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THEY ARE SUBJECT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE TO THE ANTITRUST LAWS AND THE RULES MEANT TO PROTECT CONSUMERS BY PUTTING COMPETITION INTO PLAY.

IF THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO THEY NEED TO PLAY BY THE RULES.

AND THEY NEED TO DO A CLEANER JOB OF MAKING CLEAR WHAT IT IS THAT THEY DO.

>> CAROLYN SHAPIRO LET'S MOVE ON TO ANOTHER CASE AND THE COURT DECIDED THAT 18 STATES THAT CHALLENGED THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, OBAMACARE, DID NOT HAVE STANDING TO BRING THE CASE.

WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THAT DO YOU THINK?

>> WELL, THAT WAS A CASE WHERE THE PLAINTIFFS TWO INDIVIDUALS AND A NUMBER OF STATES COMPLAINED THAT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT CAUSED THEM INJURIES AND THE JUSTICES SAID THERE ARE NO INJURIES HERE.

THE INDIVIDUALS SAID WELL THERE'S MANDATE BUT IN FACT THERE IS NO PENALTY ATTACHED TO THE MANDATE ANYMORE SO THEY SUFFER NO INJURIES AND THE STATE SAID WELL THE FACT THAT THERE IS A MANDATE MIGHT MEAN THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL ENROLL IN SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS AND THE COURT IS NOT THE KIND OF INJURY THAT ALLOWS SOMEBODY TO COME INTO FEDERAL COURT.

>> MICHAEL SCODRO, DOES THIS MEAN THAT THE COURT PRETTY MUCH HAS HAD IT WITH CHALLENGES TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT?

IS THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SAFE FOR NOW FROM JUDICIAL LEGAL CHALLENGES?

>> I THINK IF I WERE HOPING OR COUNTING ON THE COURT STEPPING IN AND INVALIDATING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT I THINK THAT I WOULD BE FAIRLY PESSIMISTIC AT THIS POINT.

AS OTHERS HAVE NOTED THIS IS NOT ONLY THE THIRD TIME BUT WITH EACH SUCCESSIVE APPEARANCE OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IN THE SUPREME COURT THE COURT HAS UPHELD IT BY A WIDER MARGE, NOW 7-2 AND WHILE THE ISSUES CHANGED CLEARLY AND STANDING IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ISSUES THAT THE TEXTUAL ANALYSIS THAT OCCURRED AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE IN THE FIRST, I THINK THERE IS A SENSE AMONG A NUMBER THAT THIS MAY INDICATE THAT THE COURT IS LESS AND LESS LIKELY TO TAKE UP YET ANOTHER CHALLENGE MUST LESS FIND STANDING UNDER THIS ANALYSIS AND MOVE ON TO THE MERITS.

>> JOSEPH MORRIS ANOTHER CASE WAS A CASE OUT OF PHILADELPHIA WHERE THE COURT RULED THAT A CATHOLIC CHILD WELFARE ORGANIZATION WHICH HAD BEEN SUED BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HAD THE RIGHT TO DECLINE FOSTER TO FACILITATE FOSTER CARE FOR CHILDREN TO SAME-SEX COUPLES.

WHAT WAS THE ESSENCE OF THAT CASE?

>> THAT'S RELIGIOUS LIBERTY MATTERS IT STILL MATTERS AND NINE JUSTICES AGREED.

LIBERTY COUNTS PARTICULARLY IN A FACTUAL SETTING WHERE IN A SENSE ANALOGOUS TO THE ACA CASE IT WAS HARD TO FIND WHERE SOMEONE WAS BEING INJURED THERE WERE ALTERNATIVES OTHER AGENCIES AVAILABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SAME-SEX COUPLES WHO WANT TO BE FOSTER PARENTS.

WHEREAS THE SACRIFICE HAD TO BE MADE SOMEBODY WITH THE CITY'S RULES WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS.

ONE ISSUE THAT COMES ACROSS ALL THESE CASES IS PEOPLE WHO THINK THERE IS A NEED FOR PACKING THE COURT THEMSELVES PACKING HERE THIS WAS A 9-0 DECISION.

IF YOU WANT TO OVERTURN THIS SYSTEM BY PACKING THE COURT YOU HAVE TO APPOINT 10 NEW JUSTICES.

IF PEOPLE THINK THAT THE SUPREME COURT IS A SUPER LEGISLATURE AND IT NEEDS TO BE PACKED TO ADJUST THE VOTING IN THE SUPER LEGISLATURE, THIS WEEK WE SAW THE ACA UPHELD WITH A VOTE FROM AMY COMEY BARRETT WHO PEOPLE ON CAPITOL HILL CLAIMED WOULD OVERTURN THE ACA.

I THINK WHAT WE SEE IS A COURT THAT IS WORKING VERY HARD NOT TO BE A POLITICAL BODY AND TO DO ITS JOB AS JUDGES.

>> MICHAEL SCODRO IS IT TOO SOON TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION THAT THE COURT IS SEARCHING FOR A CENTERED ROUND THEY CAN ALL AGREE ON AND NO NEED FOR CONCERN ABOUT A 6-3 CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY?

>> THANKS, PHIL.

I SAY THERE'S BEEN TALK FOR SOMETIME THAT IT'S EASY TO THINK OF THE COURT AS A 5-4 NOW IN TERMS OF THE 6-3.

WHAT THE DECISIONS INDICATE IS THERE IS A WILLINGNESS TO FIND NARROW GROUND AT TIMES FOR RULINGS FOR SUPER MAJORITY RULINGS.

I THINK THAT IT IS YET ANOTHER INDICATION THAT SIMPLY THINK BEING THE COURT AS IN A KIND OF CLEAR-CUT NUMBER SENSE THE 6-3 COURT IS PERILOUS AND OFTEN LEADS TO INACCURATE PREDICTIONS.

I THINK THERE'S WE HAVE A LOT MORE WATER TO GO OVER THE DAM AND WE'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT WHERE THE JUDGES STAND OVER THE REMAINDER OF THIS TERM AND THE KEY CASES NEXT TERM.

>> PHIL IF I CAN SPEAK TO THAT BRIEFLY.

I THINK AS MIKE SAID LOOKING AT THE SCOREBOARD AS IT WERE IS THE WRONG THING TO DO.

THE FACT IS THERE IS A SOLID CONSERVATIVE BLOCK WHO CAN CHANGE WHAT THE COURT DOES BY CHANGING THE MIX OF ISSUES THAT THE COURT ADDRESSES.

THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER THE COURT'S DOCKET AND IN A SENSE IT'S AGENDA.

I THINK IT'S LIKE IF YOU'VE GOT A BASEBALL TEAM THAT IS BUILDING BIGGER AND BIGGER BALL PARKS BECAUSE THEIR AMBITION IS DRIVING WILL HAVE THEM DO THAT.

SOME OF THE CASES LIKE THE ACA CASE WAS A FRIVOLOUS CASE TO BEGIN WITH.

THE FACT THAT THE CASE MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE COURT AND ATTRACTED TWO JUSTICES, INDICATES THAT I THINK THE CONSERVATIVES ARE STILL FEELING THEIR OATS HERE.

IT'S FAR TOO EARLY TO SAY THAT THE CONSERVATIVES ARE STALLING IN THEIR MOMENTUM ON THE SUPREME COURT.

>> CAROLYN SHAPIRO WE HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE FEELING IN SOME COURT THAT JUSTICE BREYER SHOULD STEP DOWN NOW WHILE THE DEMOCRATS HAVE CONTROL OF THE SENATE?

>> I THINK THAT JUSTICE BREYER HIMSELF AND I KNOW INSIDE IS VERY WORRIED AND SPOKEN PUBLICLY ABOUT THIS ABOUT THE COURT APPEARING POLITICAL AND I THINK THESE CALLS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO HIS CONCERN THAT IF HE WERE TO STEP DOWN THAT IT WOULD BE PERCEIVED AS PARTISAN.

BUT I WOULD IF I COULD, I WOULD SAY THE COURT IS POLITICAL.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE PARTISAN EXACTLY.

ALTHOUGH IT OFTEN IS.

IN CERTAIN RULINGS.

WHICH WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY INCLUDING AROUND THE ELECTION THIS YEAR.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT HE IS DISTINGUISHING IN HIS MIND BETWEEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POLITICS AND PARTISANSHIP AND I KNOW HE DOES AND IF HE DOES HE WILL WANT SOMEBODY WHO WILL FURTHER HIS LEGAL LEGACY BEYOND HIS TIME ON THE COURTS.

>> AND THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHTS AND THIS MAYBE THE LAST TIME THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE THE FOUR OF YOU AS GUESTS.

I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE PROGRAM AND DONE FOR ME.

MANY, MANY THANKS.

>> NOW AMANDA BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS, PHIL.

DANCE FLOORS ARE OPEN AGAIN IN CHICAGO SOME ARE.

AS BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS ARE NOW ABLE TO OPERATE AT FULL CAPACITY.

THAT IS OF THE CITY'S REOPENING IT'S WELCOME NEWS TO BUSINESSES THAT STRUGGLED OVER THE PAST YEAR.

BUT OTHERS HAVE BEEN SLOWER TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATIONS.

JOINING US NOW TO DISCUSS HOW COVID IMPACTED THE 23450EU9 LIFE BUSINESS ARE RENE ROMERO MANAGING PARTNER ATTRIBUTE BAR CHICAGO IN WEST TOWN.

>> JAKE AUSTEN MANAGER OF THE PROMONTORY IN HYDE PARK AND ALEX KONRATH GENERAL MANAGER OF ELECTRIC HOTEL 23450EU9 CLUB IN RIVER NORTH.

ELECTRIC HOTEL OPENED AS SOON AS IT COULD AN APPETIZER MENU THAT REQUIRED FOOD BE SERVED WHAT DOES BEING ABLE TO FULLY OPEN MEAN FOR BUSINESS?

>> FOR STARTERS THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON.

BEING FULLY OPEN FOR BUSINESS THE HOURS ALONE WERE ONE OF THE BIGGEST HINDERANCE TO US ESPECIALLY CHICAGO BEING A LATE NIGHT CITY AND THE BAR IS OPEN UNTIL 4-5:00 A.M.

BEING OPEN FULLY AND ALLOWING PEOPLE GENERAL ADMISSION AND NOT JUST RESERVATION ONLY AND THOSE LATE HOURS AS THE HOURS WENT UP AND THE RESTRICTIONS EASED OFF, SALES IN BUSINESS JUST CONTINUED TO IMPROVE AND FOLLOW SUIT.

WE ARE REALLY EXCITED AND HAPPY THE FACT WE CAN START TO GET BACK TO BUSINESS HERE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO FINISHING UP THE REST OF THE SUMMER WITH AN OPEN DANCE FLOOR.

>> GETTING BACK TO BUSINESS AND BACK TO BOOGIEING.

JANG, HOW HAVE THE -- JAKE HOW HAVE THE LAST FEW WEEKS BEEN AT THE PROMONTORY BEFORE THAT, YOU HAD TO TELL STAFF TO TELL PATRONS THEY COULDN'T DANCE EVEN AS PRESUMABLY YOU HAD GREAT MUSIC PUMPING.

>> IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.

ESPECIALLY LAST SUMMER WHEN WE WERE OUTDOORS AND HAD GOOD DJ'S, I MEAN TELLING SOMEBODY TO SIT DOWN WHEN THEY WANT TO DANCE IS A CRAZY THING TO DO IT MAKES YOU THE VILLAIN AND YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE HAVE A GOOD TIME THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE HERE FOR IT'S CULTURE.

THESE LAST COUPLE WEEKS WHERE WE HAVE HAD THE OPEN DANCE FLOOR HAS BEEN REALLY NICE.

WE DIDN'T GO TO FULL CAPACITY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK OUR STAFF IS READY FOR THAT.

BUT WE'RE SEEING THE SAME BAR REVENUE WE WOULD HAVE IF WE HAD TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE THAT IS HOW EXCITED PEOPLE ARE TO GO OUT AND THEY ARE BEING GENEROUS WITH GRATUITIES THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF THE STAFF.

CHICAGO APPRECIATES BEING ABLE TO GO OUT RIGHT NOW.

>> THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE ARE REALLY LIVING IT UP.

RENE, BEAUTY BARRIE OPENED AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW IT LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN IT DID BEFORE THE PANDEMIC FOR EXAMPLE, LOWER CAPACITY?

AND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE DANCE FLOOR?

>> WE WENT IN ABOUT A FIFTH OF OUR CAPACITY TO START IN JUNE.

WE HAD NOT BEEN OPEN FOR 14 MONTHS WE WANTED TO COME IN TO IT YOU KNOW, JUST WANTING TO HAVE THE BEST EXPERIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO JOIN US.

WE ADDED FURNITURE.

A NIGHTCLUB IS USUALLY A SPACE FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM BECAUSE YOU ARE ALLOWING SO MANY PEOPLE INSIDE.

CREATING A SPACE THAT WAS STILL A SOCIAL FEELING BUT ADDING A SENSE OF COMFORT AND YOU KNOW, HOMEYNESS MADE UP WORD, BUT IT WAS PRETTY DIFFICULT BUT YOU KNOW WE DID IT.

AND IT FEELS GREAT INSIDE.

SO, YEAH, WE ARE JUST READY TO WELCOME BACK PEOPLE WE ARE DOING IT SLIGHTLY SLOWER THAN MOST PLACES RIGHT NOW.

>> AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE PERHAPS SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE COUCH MAYBE THEY NEED A PLACE TO REST THEY WILL NEED TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO TAKE A BREAK.

>> ALEX, NOW THAT YOU CAN FULLY REOPEN, HOW DIFFICULT HAS IT BEEN TO FIND STAFF?

>> I'D SAY OVERALL BETWEEN NOW AND LAST YEAR WHATEVER WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING UNDER RESTRICTIONS, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW IS THE LOW INCOME WORKER LIKE A SECURITY GUARD OR A SERVER.

SERVERS AND BARTENDERS WE HAD A BIGGER PROBLEM WHEN THE BENEFITS WERE HIGHER BUT IN TERMS OF SECURITY, WITH UNEMPLOYMENT EXTENDED UNTIL SEPTEMBER I HAVE BEEN HAVING A HARD TIMEET PUTTING A TEAM TOGETHER FINDING PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING.

PROBABLY BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE HAVE FACED I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SECURITY TEAM TO BUILD IT TO 15 PEOPLE FOR A YEAR I THINK I'M AT 10 I NEED THREE OR FOUR MORE GUYS.

>> YOU HEARD IT HERE IF ANYBODY IS LOOKING.

JAKE HOW ABOUT YOU?

IS THAT LABOR SHORTAGE AT ALL AFFECTING YOUR ABILITY TO SCALE UP?

>> WE HAVE REALLY WONDERFUL STAFF HERE.

THE REASON PEOPLE LIKE COMING TO PROMONTORY WHO WORKS HERE AND WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT EVERYONE WANTED TO COME BACK AND DID COME BACK.

BUT I MEAN, WE STILL ARE LOOKING FOR SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T SERVE BAR FOR 15 MONTHS, IT'S HARD TO GET BACK UP TO SPEED.

IT IS CHALLENGING.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE BUT WE'RE DOING REALLY GOOD GETTING PEOPLE BACK.

WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT PEOPLE LIKE WORKING HERE.

>> RENE WHAT IS THE GENERAL SENTIMENT YOU ARE HEARING FROM PATRONS?

>> SO GLAD TO BE BACK IN THE SPACE.

AND BEYOND THAT IT'S ABOUT 50/50 IN THANK YOU FOR OPENING THIS SPACE AND KEEPING THE CAPACITY LOW AND CREATING THIS ENVIRONMENT.

WE DID A LOT OF THINGS THAT WOULD SUBLIMINALLY KIND OF MAKE YOU REACT IN A WAY WHERE THAT YOU WOULD REALIZE IT WAS NOT A DANCE CLUB.

WE WERE SHOWING MUSIC VIDEOS.

I WAS THINKING WHAT DO PEOPLE WANT TO WATCH THINGS.

WE NEVER DID THAT BEFORE IT WAS KIND OF LIKE HERE'S THE MUSIC AND DANCE WE DID THAT STUFF AND PEOPLE APPRECIATED THAT.

BUT ALSO, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL?

THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT IS ASKED OF US 15, 25 TIMES A NIGHT.

>> DO YOU HAVE A ANSWER FOR THEM?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, ASAP.

IT WAS REALLY A MATTER THAT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP STAFFING.

WE JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE SAFE.

WE WANT OUR STAFF TO BE SAFE.

WE WANT EVERYONE INSIDE TO BE SAFE AND IF WE CAN'T PROVIDE THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO RUSH.

>> BE SAFE AND HAVE SOME FUN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EACH OF YOU JOINING US ALEX KONRATH, RENE ROMERO AND TO JAKE AUSTEN WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND HAPPY DANCING.

>> THANK YOU AMANDA.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, GUEST HOST MICHAEL PUENTE WITH MORE ON A BIG GIFT TO A POPULAR CITY MUSEUM IN A CONVERSATION THAT AIRED ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES".

STAY WITH US.

>> IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS, THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART WILL REOPEN ITS DOORS AFTER TEMPORARILY CLOSING DUE TO COVID-19.

WHEN THAT HAPPENED ON JULY FIRST, THE MUSEUM WILL BE KICKING OFF OPERATIONS WITH A MAJOR FINANCIAL BOOST.

THE MUSEUM SAYS IT RECENTLY RECEIVED AN $8 MILLION DONATION THE LARGEST SINGLE GIFT IN ITS 39-YEAR HISTORY.

THE MONEY COMES FROM AUTHOR McKENZIE SCOTT, THE EX-WIFE OF AMAZON FOUNDER JEFF BEZOS AND ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.

JOINING US IS THE MUSEUM'S FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, CARLOS DELL LOW TORO.

WELCOME TO LATINO VOICES.

>> WELL, IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE THE MUSEUM CLOSED IN MARCH 2020.

WHAT HAVE THE PAST NEARLY 500 DAYS BEEN LIKE?

AND HOW DID THE MUSEUM ADAPT VIRTUALLY?

>> YOU KNOW WE ACTUALLY HAD AN AMAZING YEAR.

WE PROBABLY GOT MORE PRESS COVERAGE LAST YEAR THAN IN ANY YEAR OF OUR HISTORY.

WE WERE DOING SO MANY PROGRAMMING EVENTS WE WERE THE ONLY ONES IN TOWN DOING LIVE TOURS WITH A CAMERAMAN AND GUIDE AT THE SAME TIME.

SO ONE CAN INTERACT WITH THEM.

IT WAS NOT A YouTube.

IT WAS LIVE ON.

WE HAD PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO SAW US.

IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR AND SAD YEAR FOR ALL OF US.

SO MANY PEOPLE PASSED AWAY.

IT WAS A VERY SAD YEAR FOR ALL OF US.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

LET ME ASK YOU THIS: WHAT CAN ATTENDEES EXPECT ON JULY FIRST WHEN THE MUSEUM REOPENS?

ANY SAFETY PROTOCOLS WILL BE IN PLACE?

>> WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING THEM.

WE ARE THINGS ARE CHANGING SO FAST.

YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'LL KNOW MORE BY THE TIME WE ACTUALLY OPEN.

WE HAVE A STAFF GROUP AND TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.

IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE MASKS TO GET IN BUT ONCE THEY ARE IN TAKE IT OFF I'M NOT SURE.

THIS IS NEW TO ALL OF US.

I WILL SEE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING.

AT EVERYPLACE I'VE GONE TO, THERE IS NO NEED FOR A MASK.

WE WANT TO BE SAFE AND NOT SORRY.

>> RIGHT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS $8 MILLION DONATION.

HOW SIGNIFICANT AND HOW BADLY NEEDED WAS THE GIFT?

AND HAVE YOU EARMARKED WHAT YOU MIGHT USE THE MONEY FOR?

>> THE GIFT IS SO SURREAL.

I STILL HAVE TO SAY DID THIS REALLY HAPPEN?

IT IT IS JUST AN AMAZING GIFT.

IT IS SO NICE BECAUSE IN A SENSE IT IS A CONFIRMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SO MANY GREAT THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND SO MANY PEOPLE COME TO THE MUSEUM ALL THE TIME.

SO YOU KNOW ALL THE GREAT ARTISTS WE'VE WORKED WITH.

IT IS A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT EVENT FOR THE EVENT.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY?

OUR BOARD AND STAFF ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO DO IT.

EVERYBODY HAS GOOD IDEAS.

MOST OF IT WILL WINDUP IN AN ENDOWMENT BUT WE ARE DISCUSSING HOW WE END UP DOING IT.

THIS IS A VERY GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.

A VERY GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

CARLOS, WHAT MAKES THE MUSEUM SO SPECIAL AND WHY DO YOU THINK IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE RECIPIENT OF SUCH A GENEROUS GIFT?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.

WE ARE FREE.

THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.

WHEN I WAS A KID ALL THE MUSEUMS WERE FREE.

AND MY PARENTS TOOK THE FAMILY TO SEE ALL THE MUSEUMS.

NOWADAYS IT CAN BE EXPENSIVE TO SO MANY PEOPLE.

AND I THINK WE ARE ACCESSIBLE WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE FREE.

I THINK THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK WE DO GREAT WORK AS WELL.

WHEN ONE COMBINES THE THINGS IT'S IMPORTANT WE ARE A PLACE THAT WE WANT EVERYBODY TO COME.

FOLKS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS.

KIDS, ADULTS, EVERYBODY, SENIORS.

WE WANT EVERYBODY TO COME TO THE MUSEUM TO SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL AND FANTASTIC OUR CULTURE IS.

AND SHARE IT WITH PEOPLE FROM BOTH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF REASONS PEOPLE COME TO THIS PLACE.

I LIKE WORKING AT THIS PLACE.

>> ONE OF YOUR EXHIBITS IS BY ARTIST WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS ARTIST?

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HER.

>> THIS IS AN AMAZING STORY.

SHE IS A FANTASTIC ARTIST CAME TO CHICAGO FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO.

HER SHOW WAS ABOUT TO OPEN WHEN THE COVID HIT.

BASICALLY IT'S BEEN UP FOR A YEAR AND THREE MONTHS WITH NO AUDIENCE.

BUT NOW IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN AND PEOPLE WILL SEE A REALLY, REALLY GREAT ARTIST YOU KNOW HERE IN CHICAGO AND WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT ARTISTS IN CHICAGO WE REALLY DO.

AND WE ARE PROUD THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE A CHANCE TO SHOWCASE THOSE ARTISTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND CARMEN IS AN AMAZING ARTIST AND PEOPLE WILL BE IMPRESSED BY HER.

>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPECIFIC UP COMING EXHIBITS YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO?

>> COUPLE THINGS ARE PERMANENT COLLECTION SHOW THAT THERE WAS A FEW CHANGES.

AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND OF COURSE, COME THE FALL WILL BE OUR SHOW WHICH IS ALWAYS A BIG HIT FOR US AND I THINK YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HONOR THE PEOPLE WHO PASSED AWAY IN COVID AND I THINK IT WILL BE VERY SPECIAL FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T FOR SOMEONE THAT PASSED AWAY EITHER A FRIEND, A FAMILY MEMBER, A FRIEND OR SOMETHING, BUT COVID HIT ALL OF US.

AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HONOR THESE PEOPLE AND ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A PLACE FOR THEM IN ALL OF OUR HEARTS THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND THAT IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

HONOR PEOPLE WHO PASSED AWAY.

>> OUR THANKS TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. >> CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WEIGH-IN ON THE PUSH TO RENAME LAKE SHORE DRIVE.

AND A GRAPHITE PAYS TO A PROMINENT ART CENTER IN BRONZEVILLE.

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

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

GOOD NIGHT.

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