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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> WITH ELECTION DAY A WEEK AWAY, MEET THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR AND HOPING TO UNSEAT J.B. PRITZKER THIS FALL.

>> I DO NOT WANT TO BE A WINNER BY CHEATING.

>> DAMNING TESTIMONY ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO OVERTURN HIS ELECTION LOSS AS THE JANUARY 6TH CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS RESUME.

>> WE DO HAVE IT IN HOUSE.

>> CHICAGO AREA HEALTH CENTERS PREPARE TO VACCINATE YOUNG KIDS FOR COVID-19.

>> OUR JOB IS NOT JUST DIFFICULT IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

>> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT UNVEILS THE NEW FOOT PURSUIT POLICY THAT LEADERS SAY HELPS PROTECT SUSPECTS AND OFFICERS.

>> A NEW BOOK TAKES A LOOK AT PIONEERING ICONS OF THE ARTS IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

>> AND PAUS CHICAGO TUNS 25.

WE SIT DOWN WITH THE FOUNDER TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SAVING FURRY FRIENDS.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> ELECTION WORKERS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS TESTIFIED IN THE LATEST JANUARY 6TH CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON THE ATTACK AT THE U.S. CAPITOL.

THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE FOCUSED ITS FOURTH HEARING ON EFFORTS BY THEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS CAMPAIGN TO OVERTURN LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS IN KEY STATES.

FORMER GEORGIA ELECTION WORKER MOSS WAS AMONG THOSE WHO TESTIFIED.

SHE AND HER GRANDMOTHER RECEIVED DEATH THREATS AFTER THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN CLAIMED SHE PRODUCED ILLEGAL VOTES FOR BIDEN.

WE WILL HAVE MORE LATER IN THE PROGRAM.

>> FORMER STATE SENATOR TOM CULLERTON IS SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT.

HE IS THE LATEST ILLINOIS LAWMAKER OF BEING CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION.

HE REPRESENTED THE 33rd DISTRICT UNTIL 2022.

THE PLEA AGREEMENT CULTURE TON TO REPAY NEARLY $250,000.

>> ILLINOIS POLICE OFFICIALS ARE WARNING MOTORISTS TO KEEP THEIR COOL AS THEY ENCOUNTER ANGRY DRIVERS.

>> THERE'S BEEN A TOTAL OF 105 EXPRESSWAY SHOOTINGS RECORDED THIS YEAR.

STATE POLICE SAY 35% OF EXPRESSWAY SHOOTINGS RESPONDED TO THROUGH MID-JUNE IN THE CHICAGO AREA WERE CLASSIFIED AS ROAD-RAGE INCIDENTS.

THAT IS UP FROM ROUGHLY 12% FOR ALL OF 2021.

>> UP NEXT, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES HOPING TO UNSEAT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER FACE OFF IN OUR WTTW NEWS FORUM.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> TENS OF MILLIONS HAVE BEEN SPENT A HARDLY A MOMENT GOES BY OUT A CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL.

SIX CANDIDATES ARE VYING FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR TO TAKE ON INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT J.B. PRITZKER.

THE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN MARKED BY BILLIONAIRE SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE COMPETING INTERESTS AND BATTLING NOT ONLY FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE STATE BUT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HERE ITSELF.

AND JOINING US IN THE ORDER THEY WILL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT, PAUL SCHIMPF AN ATTORNEY, GARY RABINE FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE RAYBINE GROUP THAT PROVIDES PAVING AND SNOW REMOVAL.

AND MAX SOLOMON ALSO AN ATTORNEY.

JESSE SULLIVAN AND DARREN BAILEY DECLINED OUR INVITATION AND ITCH RICHARD IRVIN'S CAMPAIGN DID NOT RETURN MESSAGES INVITING HIM TO JOIN US.

WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE HERE WITH US.

I WANT TO START LEFT TO RIGHT WITH THE NEWS OF THE DAY.

WE SAW COMPELLING TESTIMONY IN THE JANUARY 6TH HEARING FROM REPUBLICAN ARIZONA HOUSE SPEAKER ON HIS REFUSAL TO GO ALONG WITH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN APPLIED ON HIM.

DO YOU ACCEPT THAT BIDEN LEGITIMATELY WON THE 2020 ELECTION?

>> WELL, JOE BIDEN WON THE ELECTION HE IS MY PRESIDENT.

WE HAVE THE RULE OF LAW IN THIS COUNTRY.

PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE HIS LEGAL CHALLENGES IN COURT AND HE LOST.

SO JOE BIDEN IS MY PRESIDENT.

>> GARY RABINE A LEGITIMATE WIN FOR JOE BIDEN?

>> JOE BIDEN IS OUR PRESIDENT.

I DON'T THINK ABOUT THE ELECTION NOW IT'S GONE AND BY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN ILLINOIS.

>> MAX SOLOMON AFTER TESTIMONY, IT IS CLEAR THIS WAS A LEGITIMATE WIN AND CLAIMS OF A FRAUDULENT ELECTION DO NOT MEASURE UP.

>> I DISAGREE HE DON'T THINK JOE BIDEN WON.

HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BUT I DON'T THINK HE WON.

>> WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE THAT CONVINCES YOU?

>> WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE HE DID.

WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

>> THE REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYING THE CLAIMS OF FRAUD DID NOT MEASURE UP AND LOSSES IN COURT AND SOME OF THE TESTIMONY YOU'VE HEARD FROM REPUBLICAN IT IS DOESN'T CHANGE YOUR MIND?

>> NO, IT DOESN'T.

WE HAVE A LOT OF TESTIMONY FROM PENNSYLVANIA, EVEN GEORGIA, OF PEOPLE SAYING HANDS ON EXPERIENCE WATCHING THINGS HAPPEN THAT WE HAVE NO ANSWERS TO.

THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

>> AND OTHER NEWS OF THE DAY, THE SENATE RELEASED SPECIFICS OF A BIPARTISAN GUN DEAL.

IT WOULD INCLUDE FUNDING FOR RED FLAG LAWS, THERE ARE RED FLAG LAWS IN ILLINOIS IT COULD CLOSE THE BOYFRIEND LOOPHOLE AND ENHANCED BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR 18-21.

QUICKLY, SHOULD CONGRESS PASS THIS PACKAGE?

>> NO, WE NEED TO ENFORCE THE LAWS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

MORE RESTRICTIONS ON LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE OUR KIDS SAFER.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ARMED TRAINED VETERANS PRESENT IN SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE SAFETY.

ENFORCING THE LAW WE HAVE IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND PAY MORE ATTENTION TO MENTAL HEALTH.

WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN THIS COUNTRY AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE SPENDING MORE TIME AND ATTENTION ON.

I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF NEW GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION.

AND AS A STATE SENATOR I VOTED AGAINST GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION IN THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

>> WE'LL GET TO THE ILLINOIS LAWS.

SHOULD THE SENATE AND HOUSE PASS THIS NATIONAL PACKAGE?

>> WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WE HAVE A BAD STATE'S ATTORNEY WITH KIM FOXX.

WE HOPE THEY WILL ACCOUNT FOR THE SMALLEST CRIMES AND THE BIGGEST WE WOULD BE IN BETTER SHAPE.

>> THE NATIONAL BIPARTISAN PACKAGE?

>> I DON'T BELIEVE IN KNEE-JERK APPROACH TO PASSING LEGISLATION.

WE DON'T WAIT FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN AND HURRY UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

GUN ISSUES ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A VERY CLOSE LOOK AT AND NOT RUSH INTO LEGISLATION.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT ILLINOIS' GUN LAWS.

I THINK ALL OF YOU PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE FIREARM ONTARIOERS IDENTIFICATION CARD KNOWN AS THE FOID CARD.

Mr. RAYBINE, HOW SHOULD THAT PROGRAM CHANGE?

>> ONE OTHER STATE TWO STATES THAT HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A FOID CARD.

NOWADAYS WE CAN DO BACKGROUND CHECKS WITH LICENSES WE DON'T NEED THE LAYER IN MY OPINION OF THE FOID CARD.

>> WHAT CHANGES WOULD YOU MAKE TO THE FOID CARD?

>> GET RID OF IT.

IT IS AN INDUMP RENS ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND I BELIEVE IN THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND I BELIEVE EVERY GOOD GUY WHO WANTS TO HAVE A GUN SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A GUN WITHOUT RESTRICTION OR REGULATION IN EXCESS OF WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDES.

>> Mr. SCHIMPF?

>> ONE OF THE REASONS I'M THE BEST CANDIDATE ON THE REPUBLICAN RECORD I HAVE A VOTING RECORD PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO GUESS WHEN I AM ON THE ISSUE.

I CO-RESPONSED LEGISLATION TO APOLISH THE FOID CARD.

THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT GETS TO GET FOID CARDS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

IT'S NOT DOING ANYTHING TO MAKE US SAFER.

THE FOID IS A FAILED EXPERIMENT THAT NEEDS TO END.

>> YOU BROUGHT UP LOCAL PROSECUTORS LIKE KIM FOXX.

THE STATE AND THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE SAFETY ACT STARTING IN JANUARY WILL MEAN THE END OF CASH BAIL IN ILLINOIS AMONG OTHER PROVISIONS IN THIS ACT.

WOULD YOU IF YOU WERE GOVERNOR, KEEP THE SAFE T ACT INTO LAW AND IF NOT HOW WOULD YOU WORK TO CHANGE IT?

>> GET RID OF THE SAFE T ACT IT IS NOT SAFE AT ALL.

WHEN WE GET RID OF HOPEFULLY BY JANUARY, SOMETHING HAPPENS AND NO CASH BAIL WAS A MISTAKE IN THAT PACKAGE.

I WILL GET RID OF IT.

AND TO THE SECOND QUESTION I'M HOPING THAT AS GOVERNOR WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET BACK ON THE TABLE WITH THE DEMOCRATS.

BUT HERE WHAT I'VE SAID ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS THEY ARE NOT GOING TO WORK WITH A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR.

I WILL NOT SIT HERE AND TELL YOU WE WILL BE HAPPY TOGETHER.

I WILL GIVE THEM AN AN INCENTIVE AND MOTIVATION TO DO IT.

118 REP SEATS 59 SENATORS AND WE WILL COMPETE IN EVERY SEAT.

>> YOU WOULD USE POLITICAL MUSCLE TO CHALLENGE THE SEATS.

Mr. SCHIMPF, THE SAFE T ACT AND IT WOULD END CASH BAIL AND KEEP VIOLENT ALLEGED OFFENDERS IN JAIL WITHOUT BAIL.

>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT THE SAFE T ACT IT WAS PASSED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT KEPT IN THE DARK.

THEY WERE DELIBERATING EXCLUDEDDED FROM THE DRAFTING PROCESS OF THAT BILL AND WHEN THE BILL WAS PASSED IN THE ILLINOIS SENATE AT 4:00 A.M., I VOTED NO.

BUT NOBODY KNEW WHAT WAS IN THAT BILL WHEN IT WAS PASSED.

THAT'S THE WORST EXAMPLE OF A CORRUPT LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.

WE DO NEED TO MAKE CHANGES TO IT AND THE CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE ARE BRINGING LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY TO THE TABLE AND SITTING DOWN AND LISTENING TO THEM FOR A CHANGE.

AND WHEN WE HAVE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY INVOLVED, I DO BELIEVE THE DEMOCRATS WILL MAKE CHANGES.

>> Mr. RAY BIN ASSUMING YOU WANT TO CHANGE THAT LAW AND ASSUMING YOU HAVE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITIES HOW WOULD YOU APPROACH CHANGING THAT LAW.

IT IS A DISASTER AND GOING FORWARD IN 2023 YOU MENTIONED THIS CASH BAIL.

ON TOP OF THAT WE ALSO AREN'T GOING TO ARREST PEOPLE FORTRESS PAGING.

THAT IS -- FOR TRESPASSING.

LETTING THEM STAY ON THE PROPERTY WITH A TICKET.

IT HAS TO GO.

IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH SAFETY.

IT IS ASSAULT AGAINST OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> HOW WOULD YOU WORK WITH -- ASSUMING YOU HAVE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITIES HOW WOULD YOU GET THEM ONBOARD.

>> YOU HAVE TO BRING THE POLICE TO BE THE TESTIMONY OF THE DISASTER OF THIS BILL AND INSPIRE THESE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE DANGER WE ARE CREATING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> AND MOVE TO OTHER ISSUES.

GAS PRICES, INFLATION, THE ECONOMY.

THE GOVERNOR HAS SUSPENDED -- FROZEN THE GAS TAX FOR SIX MONTHS.

WOULD YOU GO A STEP FURTHER AS GOVERNOR AND SUSPEND ALL STATE GAS TAXES TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS DEPEND ON THAT MONEY?

>> YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN GETTING RECORD REVENUE COMING IN.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING THE FUNDING.

WE ARE AT AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME IN OUR HISTORY.

INFLATION REPRESENTS A THREAT TO JUST THE FINANCIAL SECURITY OF EVERY SINGLE FAMILY IN ILLINOIS.

ACTION IS NEEDED.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN PROPOSING FOR A LONGTIME EVEN WHEN I WAS A STATE SENATOR, I SAID WE NEED TO STOP THE PRACTICE OF CHARGING SALES TAX ON TAX.

THAT A PREDATORY PRACTICE WHERE WE CHARGE TAX ON TAX.

SOMETHING I OPPOSED BACK WHEN I WAS A STATE SENATOR AND THAT IS PART OF OUR NEW START FOR ILLINOIS POLICY AGENDA IS GETTING RID OF THAT PREDATORY PRACTICE OF CHARGES TAX ON TAX.

>> Mr. SOLOMON WHAT ABOUT SUSPENDING THE GAS TAX FOR A WHILE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I'M NOT CONVINCED AND I'M NOT BOUGHT BY PRITZKER'S PROVIDING RELIEF FOR A BURDEN HE CREATED.

ONE OF THE FIRST ACTIONS HE INCREASED FEES, INCREASED TAXES.

NOW ELECTION TIME HE IS GIVEN SOME RELIEF I'M NOT BOUGHT.

HERE IS THE THING.

WE ARE GOING TO GET RID OF ALL THE TAXES.

GET RID OF T THIS IS WHAT I WILL PROPOSE.

>> ALL THE GAS TAXES?

>> PRITZKER'S GAS TAXES.

38 CENTS HE RAISED WHEN HE BECAME GOVERNOR.

WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT WHY PRITZKER AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE RAISING TAXES IN THE FIRST PLACE.

YOU MENTIONED INFRASTRUCTURE.

NOT ONLY THAT THE PENSION CRISIS.

WE NEED TO PAY OUR DEBTS.

ILLINOIS IS IN DEBT.

AND WHY ARE WE RAISING TAXES BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PAY THE DEBTS.

I WILL CREATE AN ALTERNATIVE TO PAYING THE TAXES BY REFORMING PENSIONS.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL PENSION REFORM.

FIX THE PROBLEM AND WE CAN GET REAL TAX RELIEF.

>> I WILL PICK UP ON THAT SUBJECT OF SPENDIONS.

I WANTED TO GET YOU?

>> ABOUT TWO CENTS A GALLON IS NOT GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THE DAMAGE IS DONE.

WE ARE THE SECOND HIGHEST GAS TAX IN THE COUNTRY AND THIS IS A GOVERNOR THAT BACKED THE GREEN NEW DEAL THAT BIDEN MADE TO RUIN OUR ECONOMY IN THE FIRST PLACE WHEN HE SHUTOFF THE PIPELINES THIS GOVERNOR NOW HIS OWN GREEN NEW DEAL WE'RE SHUTTING DOWN OUR NUCLEAR PLANTS OUR CLEAN COAL PLANTS AND DOING DAMAGE THAT WILL COST US TRIPLE WHAT WE PAY IN ENERGY ALL ON THE BET THAT WINDMILLS AND SOLAR ARE THE ANSWER.

AND SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO SUBSIDIZE THE HIGHEST COST OF ENERGY IN THE COUNTRY WITHIN 5 TO 10 YEARS.

WE HAVE A GREAT GOVERNOR THAT IS GOING TO RETRACT THAT.

>> AND A POLITICAL QUESTION HERE.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF POLLING THAT SHOWS THE THREE OF YOU HERE IN SINGLE DIGITS.

HOW DO YOU MAKEUP THAT GAP?

>> I WOULD SAY IT'S PERCEIVED.

THE REALITY IS AFTER WHAT WE SAW HAPPEN IN THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WHERE THE POLLS WERE WILDLY OFF.

SOME OF THE NATIONAL POLLS WERE 15 POINTS OFF.

ANYBODY THAT IS MAKING VOTING DECISIONS BASED ON POLLS IS REALLY DESTROYING THEIR CREDIBILITY.

MY SUPPORT IS VERY LOCALIZED.

I DON'T HAVE A BILLIONAIRE BENEFACTOR.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS IN THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE AND GOOD ORGANIZATIONS.

AND IF WE GET TO 25% WE WILL WIN.

AND RIGHT NOW THE RACE IS FLUID.

THE REALITY IS YOU HAVE THESE BILLIONAIRE BACKED CANDIDATES THAT SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THE SALE.

THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS DO NOT LIKE WHAT THEY'RE SEEING FROM THE BILLIONAIRE BACKED CANDIDATES.

THEY WANT CANDIDATES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO UNITE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN AND DEFEAT J.B. PRITZKER AND NOTHING HAPPENS IN ILLINOIS UNLESS YOU DEFEAT J.B. PRITZKER AND YOU CANNOT DEFEAT J.B. PRITZKER UNLESS YOU UNIFY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

>> YOU HAVE KEN GRIFFIN WHO SPENT 55 MILLION ON RICHARD IRVIN AND A SLATE OF CANDIDATES FOR OTHER OFFICES AND DICK UIHLEIN WHO SPENT A FEW MILLION ON DARREN BAILEY.

>> AND J.B. PRITZKER HIMSELF SPENT MONEY.

>> AND YOU HAVE CALIFORNIA DONORS SPENDING MILLIONS ON JESSE SULLIVAN AS WELL.

>> WHAT ABOUT YOU, HOW DO YOU TURN THE TIDE HERE IN THE LAST WEEK YOU HAVE SEVEN DAYS LEFT?

>> ASK HILLARY CLINTON ABOUT THE POLLS.

SHE WAS THE WINNER TO THE LAST DAY AND IT DID NOT HAPPEN.

EITHER WAY, AS WE TALK ABOUT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT PAYING FOR POLLS, YOU CAN GET THE POLLS YOU WANT YOU GET THE ANSWER YOU WANT IF YOU PAY FOR THE POLL AND YOU CAN MANIPULATE THEM.

WE ARE NOT PAYING FOR POLLS.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED THEM AND WE WILL FIGHT HARD T WILL BE A WAVE FOR ME.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE GARY RABINE TIME WHEN I WIN.

>> SOLOMON?

>> I AM THE SMALLEST GUY IN THE RACE.

I'VE NEVER MOTIVATED OR DISCOURAGED BY POLLS NEITHER BY FINANCES.

WHEN YOU HAVE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS THAT ILLINOIS FACES ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS STEP UP AND SPEAK ABOUT THEM AND THAT IS WHAT I'M DOING.

I BELIEVE PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW THE MESSAGE AND IN THE POLLS I SEE ALMOST 30% ARE UNDECIDED.

AND THAT IS ALL YOU NEED FOR ANYONE OF US TO CLINCH IT.

OUR MESSAGE WILL CONTINUE GOING OUT AND I BELIEVE PEOPLE WILL HEAR OUR MESSAGE AND IT'S ENCOURAGING PEOPLE WHO HEARD US SPEAK AND APPROACH THE SOLUTIONS WE ARE PROPOSING TO THE PROBLEMS OF ILLINOIS HAVE COME OUR WAY AND I BELIEVE WE WILL PULL THIS OFF GOD WILLING.

>> AND BACK TO ECONOMIC ISSUES.

I'M SURE YOU SAW THAT ILLINOIS' LOST TWO FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES, CATERPILLAR AND BOEING.

ALTHOUGH THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT KELLOGGS WILL MOVE HEADQUARTERS TO CHICAGO.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO AS GOVERNOR TO KEEP THESE BUSINESSES AND ATTRACT MORE BUSINESSES?

>> WHEN I WIN CAT IS BACK.

I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT CATERPILLAR.

CATERPILLAR'S EQUIPMENT DEAR TO MY HEART.

MY BUSINESS HAS BEEN BUILT IN THE PAVING INDUSTRY, THE BEST EQUIPMENT IN THE WORLD IS CATERPILLAR AND WE WILL GET THEM BACK.

WE HAVE TO QUIT THE SUBSIDIES.

BOEING CAME HERE WITH BUNCH OF PERKS AND THEY LEFT WHEN THEY RAN OUT.

AND NOW THEY ARE GOING FOR THE NEXT PERKS AND YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT THAT KEEPS THEM HERE, TAX ENVIRONMENT THAT KEEPS THEM HERE THEY ARE GONE ONCE THOSE THINGS RUN OUT.

I WANT OUR REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT TO BE COMPETITIVE AND OUR PROPERTY TAX TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

OUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE 3-4% OF THE VALUE.

SOME OF MY FRIENDS PAY 5% ON THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.

1% IS THE AVERAGE IN THE COUNTRY.

A 200,000 HOUSE PAYS 2,000.

WE'RE PAYING 6 TO 10,000.

THIS IS SICKENING.

>> DO YOU DO THAT WITH CAPS THE STATE LEVEL?

>> IT'S BEEN DONE IN INDIANA AND TENNESSEE AND IN CALIFORNIA.

CRAZY CALIFORNIA WENT TO A 1% CAP YEARS AGO.

AND SINCE THEN THE PROPERTY VALUES HAVE SKYROCKETING.

INDIANA WERE STAGNANT AND THEIR PROPERTY VALUES AND TILL GO UP.

OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE STAGNANT.

LOWER VALUES IN MOST HOMEOWNERS THAN IN 2008.

WE NEED TO MORE TAXPAYERS NOT MORE TAXES.

WE NEED LESS REGULATION ON SMALL BUSINESSES THEY ARE NOT BEING SMOTHERED AND CATERPILLAR WILL STAY WHEN WE DO THE THAT.

>> A FISCAL ISSUE Mr. SCHIMPF, Mr. SOLOMON BROUGHT UP A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO GET RID OF THE PENSION PROTECTION CLAUSE.

IT'S 130 BILLION AND HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR DECADES.

DO YOU SUPPORT A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO REDUCE FUTURE PENSION BENEFITS?

>> NO, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE PENSION CLAUSE OUT OF THE ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION.

THE STATE NEEDS TO KEEP ITS PENSION PROMISES.

AS THE STATE SENATOR I WAS ON THE PENSIONS WORKING GROUP AND THE TWO DRIVERS OF THE SHORTFALL WHICH IS UNSUSTAINABLE.

THE TWO DRIVERS ARE THE FACT THAT THE STATE STOLE FROM THE PENSION FUNDS DID NOT MAKE THE PAYMENTS THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE AND THEN ALSO THE FACT THAT THE COMPOUND COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS ARE SO HIGH THAT DOUBLES THE PENSION AMOUNTS VERY QUICKLY.

>> WE KNOW THE STATE CAN'T CHANGE THAT UNLESS THERE IS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

>> BUT THE STATE IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS AND THE STATE IS GOING TO HAVE TO PAYBACK THE MONEY IT STOLE FROM THE PENSION FUNDS.

THE REALITY IS THERE IS NO SILVER BULLET THERE IS NO MAGIC SOLUTION WE HAVE BEEN DIGGING THIS PENSION HOLE FOR THREE DECADES AND IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST A DECADE TO GET US BACK TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE.

NOW, WHAT I REJECT IS WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT WE CAN'T DO IT WITH TOUGH DECISIONS.

HAVE THERE BEEN TWO OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS WHERE WE HAVE HAD RECORD REVENUE COMING INTO THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

WHAT HAVE WE DONE?

INSTEAD OF PAYING BACK THE MONEY WE STOLE FROM THE PENSION FUNDS WE'VE INCREASED SPENDING ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> I HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE CONTENTIOUS ISSUE OF ABORTION.

LIKELY ROE VS. WADE WILL BE OVERTURNED UNLESS SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN TO CHANGE THAT DRAFT.

WE KNOW THAT ILLINOIS ABORTION WOULD STAY LEGAL AND THE GOVERNOR SIGNED A REPEAL OF THE PARENTAL NOTIFICATION ACT, ASSUMING YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH DEMOCRATS.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH ABORTIONS?

>> GET RID OF IT.

I AM UNCOMMON PRO MYINGLY AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY PRO-LIFE.

I AM SO PRO-LIFE I BELIEVE THAT LIFE STARTS WHEN GOD SAYS IT STARTS NOT AT CONCEPTION.

REGARDLESS OF HOW CONCEIVED EVERY LIFE HAS PURPOSE.

I PRAY THAT ROE VS. WADE BE OVERTURNED.

AND MY ROLE IN THAT AS GOVERNOR WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY DOLLAR THAT A SINGLE CENT GOES TO FUNDING OF ABORTIONS IN ILLINOIS AND ABORTION WILL BE ILLEGAL IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

>> ABORTION IN ILLINOIS AND WORKING WITH PROBABLE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITIES IN THE STATE HOUSE?

>> I MEAN, PRITZKER'S GOAL TO BE THE ABORTION OASIS IS HAPPENING.

WE NEED TO BEAT HIM FOR THIS PURPOSE.

IN MY OPINION.

WHEN OUR STATE IS THE STATE WHERE PEOPLE COME FOR FREE ABORTIONS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKERS COME FOR THOSE ABORTIONS WITH NO PARENT AT NOTIFICATION WE HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS AND WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS.

THIS NON--- NON-NOTIFICATION THING WE DID IS SICKENING FOR A 12, 13, 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO BE PREGNANT AND HER PARENTS NOT KNOW BEING IT AND FOR HER TO GET AN ABORTION IS EVIL.

AFTERBIRTH ABORTIONS IS CRAZY.

SICKENING.

LATE TERM ABORTIONS.

FOR ALL OF US TO PAY FOR ADO,S WITH HB40 IS RIDICULOUS AND HAS TO GO.

>> Mr. SCHIMPF?

>> RIGHT NO, YOU IN ILLINOIS, YOU CAN HAVE A PREBORN CHILD CAN BE ABORTED UP TO THE MOMENT OF LIVE BIRTH FOR ANY REASON NO MATTER HOW HEINOUS LIKE GENDER SELECTION AND PAID FOR BY TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

WHEN I'M GOVERNOR I WILL SIGN ANY LEGISLATION THAT MOVES US AWAY FROM THAT EXTREME AND CLOSER TO THE MAINSTREAM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

WE DO APPRECIATE THE THREE OF YOU BEING HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR THANKS TO GARY RABINE, MAX SOLOMON AND PAUL SCHIMPF THANK YOU ALL.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

>> AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN JUST A MOMENT.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", MORE DAMNING TESTIMONY FROM THE JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE RESULTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

>> A NEW FOOT PURSUIT POLICY FROM THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS UNVEILED TODAY.

WE BREAKDOWN THE CHANGES AND WHEN THEY TAKE EFFECT.

>> CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS SIX MONTHS CAN NOW GET VACCINATED FOR COVID-19.

WE TALK WITH MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO SAY THEY SHOULD.

PAWS CHICAGO HAS BEEN PREVENTING THE DEATHS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS ANIMALS FOR 25 YEARS.

WE CHAT WITH THE FOUNDER FOR A LOOK AT THE PAST AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.

>> AND A NEW BOOK TAKES A COLORFUL LOOK AT PIONEERING ICONS OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> AS TEMPERATURES IN THE CHICAGO AREA HOVERED AROUND 100 TODAY A REVISED MEASURE COULD SOON REQUIRE LANDLORDS TO OFFER RESIDENTS A CHANCE TO ESCAPE THE HEAT IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED SPACE.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE VOWING TO ACT FOLLOWING DEATHS OF THREE ROGER PARK WOMEN DURING A MID-MAY HEATWAVE.

IT WOULD REQUIRE ALL APARTMENT COMPLEXES WITH MORE THAN 100 UNITS AND THOSE DESIGNATED FOR RESIDENTS OLDER THAT 55 THAT DO NOT HAVE AIR-CONDITIONING TO COOL ALL INDOOR COMMON AREAS TO GIVE RESIDENTS A RESPITE FROM THE SWELTERING APARTMENTS.

THE MEASURE IS SET FOR A VOTE AT TOMORROW'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

>> AND A KEY CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE VOTES TO ROLLBACK THE LAW THAT HITS DRIVERS WITH A $35 TICKET IT WOULD RAISE THE THRESHOLD TO 10-MILES-PER-HOUR.

IN A STATEMENT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAYS QUOTE...

THE FINAL CITY COUNCIL VOTE IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW.

IF PASS TO DO WILL LEAVE A $45 MILE HOLE IN THE CITY'S BUDGET.

>> AMID INFLATION AND HIGH GAS PRICES BUSINESSMAN AND MAYORAL CANDIDATE WILLIE WILSON SAYS HE IS GIVING AWAY $2 MILLION IN GAS AND FOOD TO ASSIST RESIDENTS IN CHICAGO AND NEARBY SUBURBS.

>> ALL THE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREET HAVE A PROBLEM JUST EATING.

THEY HAVE TO SURVIVE THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

HOW CAN YOU BUILD ANOTHER BUSINESS WHEN THE PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING HERE THAT NEED TO EAT LIKE TODAY BUT NOT TOMORROW?

>> GAS CURRENTLY COSTS $4.97 A GALLON NATIONWIDE.

WHILE THE AVERAGE PRICE IN ILLINOIS IS $5.49 PER GALLON.

WILSON SAYS THE GROCERY COULD CN GIVEAWAY WILL START JUNE 28 AND THE GAS JULY 9TH.

A LIST OF LOCATIONS IS YET TO BE RELEASED.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS FOR THE LATEST OUT OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

>> PARIS?

>> MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE WERE SHOT, 10 FATALLY IN THE JUNETEENTH WEEKEND.

HERE IS POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN SPEAKING AT A NEWS CONFERENCE EARLIER IN THE DAY.

>> THIS POLICY WITHOUT QUESTION HITS THE RIGHT NOTE IN BALANCING OFFICER SAFETY, OUR ABILITY TO CAPTURE OFFENDERS BUT IN A WAY THAT IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL.

>> AND WTTW NEWS REPORTER MATT MASTERSON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

MATT, FIRST THERE WAS NO REAL FOOT PURSUIT POLICY AND A FRAMEWORK THAT MALIGNED SO THEY MADE CHANGES WHAT ARE THE CHANGES AND WHEN WILL THEY TAKE EFFECT?

>> C.P.D.

OFFICIALS POINTED TO TWO MAIN CHANGES IN THE POLICY.

ONE WAS ADDITIONAL SUPERVISORY OVERSIGHT THAT WILL BE IN PLACE ONCE THIS TAKES EFFECT AND A FORM OFFICERS HAVE TO FILL OUT WHEN THEY ENGAGE IN A FOOT PURSUIT AND POLICE ARE HOPING THIS WILL HELP DEPARTMENT BETTER TRACK AND KEEP THE DATA ON THE FOOT PURSUIT WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR.

AND DEFINES WHEN OFFICERS CAN AND CANNOT ENGAGE WHAT THE PERSON NEEDS TO BE DOING BEFORE AN OFFICER CAN BEGIN DOING THAT.

AND IT WAS ANNOUNCED IT IS NOT CLEAR WHEN IT'S GOING TO TAKE EFFECT.

LEADERS SAID ALL OFFICERS NEED TO UNDERGO TRAINING FOR THE POLICY AND THEY ARE HOPING IT CAN BE DONE BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.

>> REMIND US HOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GOT TO THIS POINT?

>> SUPERINTENDENT BROWN SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON A NEW POLICY FOR YEARS.

BUT THE C.P.D.

HAS BEEN UNDER PRESSURE FOR THE LAST YEAR PLUS GOING BACK TO MARCH OF 2021 FOLLOWING THE FATAL SHOOTINGS OF ADAM TOLEDO AND ANTHONY ALVAREZ EACH KILLED BY OFFICERS DURING FOOT PURSUITS LAST YEAR.

SINCE THEN THE C.P.D.

HAS HAD A TEMPORARY POLICY IN PLACE BUT THEY MISSED A DEADLINE TO GET THE PERMANENT POLICY IN PLACE AND STILL HAVE BEEN WORKING UP UNTIL THIS POINT WHILE HOUNDED BY COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AND LEADERS TRYING TO GET THIS IN PLACE.

>> WE'LL WATCH FOR THE CHANGES TO TAKE EFFECT.

MATT MASTERSON THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

>> YOU CAN READ MATT'S STORIES AND THE UPDATED FOOT PURSUIT POLICY AND THE DEADLY HOLIDAY WEEKEND BY VISITING WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS AND THE LATEST ON THE CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO ATTEMPTS TO OVERTURN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

>> PARIS, MORE WITNESSES TESTIFIED BEFORE A SELECT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS ABOUT THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACKS ON THE U.S. CAPITOL.

THE FOURTH DAY OF HEARINGS TODAY FOCUSED ON THE EFFORTS OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS CAMPAIGN TO PRESSURE STATE OFFICIALS IN KEY STATES TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION RESULTS.

HERE IS ARIZONA HOUSE SPEAKER RUSTY BOWERS RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN'S EFFORT TO HAVE HIM OVERTURN THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION IN ARIZONA.

>> ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION THROUGHOUT ALL THIS THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AND IT IS A TENANT OF MY FAITH THAT THE CONSTITUTION IS DIVINELY INSPIRED OF MY MOST BASIC FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS.

SO FOR ME TO DO THAT BECAUSE SOMEBODY JUST ASKED ME TO?

IS FOREIGN TO MY VERY BEING.

I WILL NOT DO IT.

>> JOINING US NOW IS JEFF MANDELL LEAD COUNSEL AND PRESIDENT FOR LAW FORD A BIPARTISAN NONPROFIT LAW FIRM THAT IS SUING TO BRING CRIMINAL CHARGES TO BRING FAKE EWILL BETORS IN WISCONSIN.

WE HEARD POWERFUL TESTIMONY.

WHAT WERE THE KEY TAKEAWAYS FOR YOU?

>> THE KEY TAKEAWAYS WERE THREE.

FIRST, WE HEARD TODAY EVIDENCE THAT BACKS UP WHAT MANY OF US LONG SUSPECTED WHICH IS THAT THIS FRAUDULENT ELECT TORE SCHEME WAS A CONSPIRACY THAT BEGAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND WAS COORDINATED AT THE HIGHEST NATIONAL LEVELS.

SECOND, WE GOT FURTHER CONFIRMATION OF WHAT WE HEARD IN EARLIER HEARINGS WHICH IS THAT REPEATEDLY PEOPLE CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT AS THEY LOOKED AT SOME OF THE IDEAS TIED INTO THE BIG LIE AND THE FRAUDULENT ELECTORS SCHEME SAID THIS DOESN'T WORK THIS IS NOT LEGAL AND THE PRESIDENT OVER AND OVER AND OVER CONTINUED TO RELY ON A SMALLER AND SMALLER CORE OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD TELL HIM WHATEVER HE WANTED TO HEAR.

AND THIRD, WE REALLY DID GET A SENSE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HONEST, FORTHRIGHT VERY CONSERVATIVE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES IN WASHINGTON, IN ARIZONA AND ELSEWHERE WHO REFUSE TO GO ALONG WITH THIS.

>> JEFF, HOW EFFECTIVE DO YOU THINK THE HEARINGS HAVE BEEN IN LAYING OUT THE EFFORTS THAT ENGAGES THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND DO YOU THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED?

>> I THINK WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT THE HEARINGS ARE GIVING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED AND DESERVE.

EVERYONE NEEDS AND DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR GOVERNMENT WORKS.

AND IN THIS CASE IN AN UNPRECEDENTED WAY HOW THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO CREATE A COUP IN THIS COUNTRY AND DEFEAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY, THE PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER AND OHM THE WILL OF THE VOTER OVERWHELM THE WILL OF THE VOTERS.

THE COMMITTEE IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF BREAKING THIS DOWN IF WAYS THAT ARE UNDERSTANDABLE, CLEAR AND COMPELLING WHERE THE PRIMARY MESSANGERS OF FACT ARE THEMSELVES CONSERVATIVES AND REPUBLICANS.

AND I THINK THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT EVERYONE IS WATCHING.

>> GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE BRAD WAS ASKED WHY HE DID NOT JUST QUIT THE JOB GIVEN THE PRESSURE HE WAS UNDER AND THE THREATS HE AND HIS FAMILY FACED.

TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID.

>> I THINK SOMETIMES MOMENTS REQUIRE YOU TO STAND UP AND JUST TAKE THE SHOTS.

YOU ARE DOING YOUR JOB AND THAT IS ALL WE DID.

WE JUST FOLLOWED THE LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY PRESIDENT TRUMP CAME UP SHORT.

>> NOW, ARIZONA HOUSE SPEAKER BOWERS WHO WE HEARD FROM EARL WESTFORTH AND GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE THEY ALL TESTIFIED THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS REPEATEDLY TOLD THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE SUPPORTING HIS CLAIMS OF FRAUD.

WHAT DOES THIS POSSIBLY MEAN FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT POTENTIALLY BEING LEGALLY LIABLE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6TH?

>> WELL, I'M NOT A PROSECUTOR.

BUT IT DOES SEEM WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE HEARINGS WE CONTINUE TO HEAR EVIDENCE THAT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, POLITICIANS, VOTING EXPERTS, LAWYERS, PEOPLE IN THE STATE, PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON, CONTINUE TO TELL THE PRESIDENT THAT HIS THEORIES WERE BASELESS AND WRONG HE CONTINUED TO FORGE AHEAD.

AND GIVEN ONE MAJOR ELEMENT OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS KNOWLEDGE THAT WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS WRONG, IT SEEMS THAT THE COMMITTEE IS PUTTING TOGETHER A STRONG SHOWING OF THAT.

I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

THERE ARE LOTS OF AUDIENCES FOR THESE HEARINGS.

AND ONE OF THEM IS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.

ANOTHER IS CLEARLY PROSECUTORS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.

>> AS WE MENTIONED WHEN WE HEARD FROM GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE'S AND ALL OF THE WITNESSES THAT TESTIFIED TODAY THEY SPOKE OF THE THREATS TO THEMSELVES, THEIR COLLEAGUES AND FAMILIES.

ONE OF THEM WAS FORMER GEORGIA ELECTION WORKER R SHAY MOSS SHE RECEIVED DEATH THREATS AFTER THE TRUMP CLAIMED SHE PRODUCED ILLEGAL VOTES FROM BIDEN AND A FRANTIC CALL SHE RECEIVED FROM HER GRANDMOTHER.

>> THE WOMAN IS MY EVERYTHING I'VE NEVER HEARD HER OR SEEN HER CRY EVER IN MY LIFE.

AND SHE CALLED ME SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS LIKE SHAY, SHAY, OH, MY GOD, SHAY FREAK ME OUT SAYING THAT UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE AT HER HOME AND THEY JUST STARTED PUSHING THEIR WAY THROUGH CLAIMING THAT THEY WERE COMING IN TO MAKE A CITIZENS ARREST.

THEY NEEDED TO FIND ME AND MY MOM.

THEY KNEW WE WERE THERE.

>> JEFF, HOW COMPELLING DO YOU THINK THAT TESTIMONY WAS BOTH FROM R SHAY MOSS AND THE COMMITTEE HEARD FROM HER MOTHER?

>> I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY COMPELLING.

IT SHOWS THERE ARE HUMAN STAKES HERE.

AND YOU KNOW, THE BIG LIE PROPONENTS NOT ONLY WERE TRYING TO OVERTHROW THE WILL OF THE VOTERS BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE HEARING IN THESE HEARINGS, FROM THE CAPITOL POLICEWOMAN WHO SPOKE AT THE FIRST HEARING TO MS. MOSS TODAY WHAT WE'RE HEAR SOMETHING HOW HEEDLESS THEY WERE OF THE CONSEQUENCES.

THEY WERE WILLING NOT ONLY TO THROW AWAY THE IDEA OF AMERICA AND THE FUNDAMENTALS OF OUR DEMOCRACY BUT THEY HAD NO CARE AT ALL FOR REAL HUMAN PEOPLE WHO WERE GOING TO BE HURT IN THE PROCESS.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY CHILLING.

>> ONE OF THE OTHER AREAS OF FOCUS WAS ON EFFORTS TO GET STATE OFFICIALS TO REJECT THE TRUE ELECTION RESULTS AND SEND FAKE ELECT TORES TO WASHINGTON D.C. YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH A LAWSUIT IN WISCONSIN.

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED HOW THAT EFFORT WAS COORDINATED FROM THE TOP?

>> THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE DID LEARN.

HERE IN WISCONSIN WE KNOW A BIT ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THE FRAUDULENT ELECTORS.

AND WE BROUGHT THIS FIRST IN THE NATION LAWSUIT THE ONLY ONE SEEKING ACCOUNTABILITY WE HOPE THERE WILL BE OTHERS IN OTHER STATES.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT THE FOREFRONT.

WE LEARNED TODAY IS JUST CONFIRMATION THAT THIS REALLY WAS STARTED AT THE VERY TOP AND IN FACT, ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S LAWYERS MITCHELL, SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HEARING TODAY THAT THEY STARTED PLANNING THIS BEFORE ELECTION DAY.

AND THAT WITHIN 48 HOURS OF ELECTION DAY BEFORE ALL THE VOTES HAD BEEN COUNTED BEFORE A WINNER HAD BEEN CERTIFIED THEY WERE ALREADY AT WORK ON MEMOS HOW TO DO THIS.

HOW TO CARRY OUT THIS SCHEME.

EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW IT WAS NOT LEGAL.

AND EVERY LAWYER WHO WE HEARD FROM TODAY LOOKED AT IT AND CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WAS NOT LEGAL.

THREE SEPARATE HIGH LEVEL TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND WHITE HOUSE LAWYERS TODAY WERE SEEN ON TAPE TELLING THE COMMITTEE THAT THEY RECOGNIZED AS THEY LOOKED AT THIS IT WAS UNLAWFUL AND THEY WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

>> REVELATIONS TODAY AND MORE TO COME AS THE HEARINGS PROCEED.

WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE, JEFF MANDELL AT LAW FORWARD THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> PARIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> IT WAS BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2020 THAT THE FIRST PEOPLE IN CHICAGO A GROUP OF FIVE HEALTHCARE WORKERS GOT VACCINATED FOR COVID-19.

18 MONTHS LATER IT IS NOW AVAILABLE TO THE CITY'S YOUNGEST RESIDENTS.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

AMANDA?

>> PARIS, IT HAS BEEN A LONG PANDEMIC JUST ASK MICHELLE REDD WHO OWNS BUILDING BLOCKS LEARNING ACADEMY IN ENGLEWOOD.

>> VERY DIFFICULT TO TRY TO MAINTAIN COHORTS OR TO ASK THE TWO-YEAR-OLD TO WEAR A MASK WHEN THEY ARE IN A PRESCHOOL.

WE'VE HAD TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE WAYS TO STILL BE ABLE TO TEACH COGNITION.

WE'VE COME UP WITH WAYS AS TAKING HULA HOOPS AND THEY THINK IT'S FUN BUT IT PROVIDES SOCIAL DISTANCING.

>> AND SOME FAMILIES PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN TOO YOUNG TO GET VACCINATED HAVE BEEN NERVOUS TO COMING BACK.

SHE IS HOPEFUL THEY AND THEIR DAYCARE PROVIDERS WILL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AS INFANTS AND TADLERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO GET THEIR SHOTS AND DOCTORS SAY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY DO.

>> WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT CHILDREN ARE NOT AS VULNERABLE AS OLDER INDIVIDUALS.

BUT WE DO KNOW THEY GET COVID THEY GET THE INFECTION.

THEY ARE ABLE TO SPREAD IT WITHIN A HOUSEHOLD.

>> Dr. DANIEL JOHNSON PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AND THE LEADER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PETE TRICKS HE SAYS THE IMPACT ON YOUNG CHILDREN IS SIMILAR TO THE IMPACT OF INFLUENZA AND PEDIATRICIANS RECOMMENDS BABIES AND TODDLERS GET FLU SHOTS SAME HOLDS TRUE WITH COVID.

AND WHILE IT IS LESS COMMON TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN UNDERAGE FIVE HAVE BEEN IN THE ICU WITH COVID.

>> WHO WOULD WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE A LIFE?

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 450 CHILDREN COMPARED TO CLOSE TO A MILLION ADULTS WHO DIED FROM COVID.

BUT WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO SAVE 450 CHILDREN IF WE COULD?

>> FOR KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF ONE COVID IS THE NUMBER 4 CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

THIS ISN'T SOMETHING YOU SHOULD WRITE OFF AS NOT A DEAL.

WE KNOW IT'S RARE FOR KIDS TO DIE FROM ANYTHING.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THIS IS HAPPENING FREQUENTLY BUT IT MEANS IT'S NOT INSIGNIFICANT.

>> THAT WAS Dr. WTTW.COM/NEWS.

I ASKED HIM WHY THERE WAS A LAG BETWEEN THE ROLLOUT OF VACCINES FOR POPULATIONS?

>> AS A PARENT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT I KNOW F.D.A.

'S PROCESS AND THE C.D.C.

'S PROCESS WERE THOROUGH AND COMPLETE ANYTHING THEY ARE GOING TO PUT INTO MY KIDS HAS BEEN EVALUATED IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND EFFICACY.

SO I WOULDN'T SAY IT TOOK TOO LONG, I SAY IT TOOK THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TIME TO GO THROUGH THE DATA.

>> TWO OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE SIX MONTHS THROUGH FOUR YEARS.

BOTH USING SMALLER DOSES THAN THE ADULT VERSION.

PFIZER CONSISTS OF THREE DOSES AND MODERNA IS TWO SHOTS WITH FOUR WEEKS BETWEEN THEM.

ESPERANZA HEALTH CENTERS OPERATES ON THE CITY'S SOUTHWEST SIDE AND IT RECEIVED ITS ALLOTMENT JUST THIS MORNING AND PLANS TO OFFER THEM TO PATIENTS BY THE WEEK'S END.

THEY WILL HAVE A CLINIC FOR THREE AND FOUR-YEAR-OLDS YOUNGER THAN THAT IT WILL REQUIRE AN APPOINTMENT.

>> MANY KIDS FELL BEHIND ON ROUTINE IMMUNIZATIONS AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AS THINGS STARTED TO OPEN UP MORE TO GET THE KIDS BACK IN FOR VACCINES THEY MAY HAVE MISSED BUT WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY IF THEY ARE COMING IN FOR A COVID VACCINE, WE CAN CHECK THEIR OWN VACCINES.

WE CAN LOOK AT DEVELOP APARTMENTAL THINGS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO OTHER WELL CARE FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS THAT MAY BE WAS MISSED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>> AND HE HOPES THAT FAMILIES DO MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS AND VISIT THE CLINIC.

HE FEARS THEY MAY NOT AS THINGS GET BACK TO MORE NORMAL MANY FAMILIES WILL THINK THAT COVID IS BEHIND US.

>> MY FEAR IS THAT PEOPLE WILL DECIDE NOT TO VACCINATE BECAUSE THEY THINK IT'S NO LONGER A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

AND THAT IS THE MESSAGE WE DO WANT TO GET OUT TO PEOPLE.

THINGS ARE BETTER RATES ARE LOWER AND HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE LOWER, IT IS MUCH TO DO ABOUT THE VACCINATION EFFORTS.

>> PREVENTING FURTHER SURGES WILL MEAN GETTING THE YOUNG CHILDREN VACCINATED.

IF PARENTS HAVE QUESTIONS CALL THE DOCTOR.

ESPERANZA HEALTH CENTERS TAKES CARE OF ANYBODY REGARDLESS OF INSURANCE OR ABILITY TO PAY.

AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS PLANNING FREE CLINICS, TOO.

WITH THAT BACK TO YOU.

>> VITAL INFORMATION THERE.

THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS FOR A CHECK IN WITH A LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER THAT IS CELEBRATING A MILESTONE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> IF YOU HAVE A PET AT HOME YOU MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN IT FROM ONE OF THE CITY'S BIGGEST NO KILL PET SHELTERS.

FOR 25 YEARS PAWS CHICAGO HAS BEEN SAVING THE LIVES OF ANIMALS IN CHICAGO BECOMING A LEADER IN THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF HOMELESS PETS AND ESTABLISHING AN ANIMAL HOSPITAL.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION IS ITS FOUNDER, PAULA FASSEAS AND SERVES AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

TELL US WHAT LED YOU TO START THIS ORGANIZATION?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

THIS IS AN EXCITING YEAR FOR US.

25 YEARS.

WELL, 25 YEARS AGO MY DAUGHTER WAS VOLUNTEERING AT A HUMANE SOCIETY IN CHICAGO.

AND AFTER THE THIRD CAT SHE BROUGHT HOME BECAUSE SHE SAID SO MANY WERE BEING KILLED I SAID BOY, LET ME GO DOWN AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING.

AND I FOUND OUT THAT SADLY ENOUGH THE MAJORITY OF ANIMALS ENTERING SHELTERS WERE BEING EUTHANIZED BUT THE PUBLIC WAS NOT TOLD BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT IT TO INTERFERE WITH FUNDRAISING AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

AND IT JUST DISTURBED ME SO MUCH.

MY DAUGHTER WAS UPSET AND KEPT SAYING MOM IF YOU LOVE ANIMALS YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

SO I RESEARCHED AND I WENT TO ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL AND I MET THE FOLKS DOWN THERE AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE EUTHANIZING 93% OF THE ANIMALS EVERY YEAR AT CHICAGO ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE HUMANE SOCIETIES ALSO EUTHANIZING.

AND THAT AMOUNTED TO 27,000 A YEAR JUST AT ANIMAL CONTROL OUT OF 29,000 AND TOTAL IN CHICAGO WAS 42,000 A YEAR BACK WHEN WE STARTED.

SO WHAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN WAS TO GET THE PUBLIC ENGAGED AND LET THEM KNOW.

WE DID AN EVENT AND BROUGHT ANIMALS AND WE THE MEDIA CAME OUT AND WE SAID THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.

AND THINGS STARTED TO CHANGE.

WE BASICALLY GOT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED AND TO HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

>> AND IT STARTED WITH THE THREE CATS THAT YOUR DAUGHTER BROUGHT HOME.

YOU STARTED WITH A MISSION AS YOU SAY TO STOP KILL SHELTERS FROM EUTHANIZING SO MANY HOMELESS ANIMALS AND IT ENDED UP BEING 42,000 PETS PER YEAR AT THE TIME.

HOW MANY ANIMALS WOULD YOU SAY ARE EUTHANIZED ANNUALLY TODAY?

>> WE'RE GONE FROM EUTHANIZING 93% TO SAVING 90% IN CHICAGO.

IT IS A HUGE TRANSFORMATION.

AND WHAT WE FOUND REALIZED WAS THAT ADOPTION IS CRITICAL AND WONDERFUL FOR THE ANIMALS THAT ARE LIVING BUT YOU CANNOT STOP THE INFLOW AND THE VETERINARIANS SAID IF YOU DON'T STOP THE ANIMALS COMING IN WE WILL NOT FIND HOMES FOR THEM ALL.

THE FIRST THING PAWS CHICAGO DID WAS OPEN THE HIGH VOLUME SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC IN LITTLE VILLAGE AND WE REALIZED IT WAS UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WHERE IT'S COSTLY WHERE THE UNWANTED ANIMALS WERE COMING FROM.

WE OPENED IN LITTLE VILLAGE.

THE LURIE SPAY NEUTER CLINIC AND THIS YEAR WE WILL HAVE COMPLETED OUR 300,000TH SPAY NEUTER SURGERY.

>> THAT IS A LOT OF SURGERIES AND I IMAGINE IT'S HAD A IMPACT ON PREVENTING HAVING MORE AND MORE ANIMAL BHOS ARE HOMELESS?

>> WELL, THE DATA SHOWS THAT 60% OF THE REDUCTION HAS COME FROM LESS ANIMALS ENTERING THE SHELTER.

THE FACT WE DO THEM FREE THEY ARE MOSTLY FREE SUBSIDIZED AND WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UNDER RESOURCED THAT NEED OUR SUPPORT.

>> DURING THE PANDEMIC WE SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE ADOPT PETS AS THEY WERE WORKING HOME ALONE TO THE POINT THAT THE SHELTERS WERE ALMOST EMPTY AND SINCE THEN WE'VE SEEN SURRENDERS HAPPENING SOME FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

HOW HAS THE PANDEMIC IMPACTED THE WORK OF PAWS?

>> WELL, I THINK OBVIOUSLY WE HAD TO PIVOT AND CHANGE ALL THE WAYS WE OPERATED BUT WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY CONTINUE AND KEEP OUR CLINIC OPEN WHICH IS AMAZING THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.

WE WERE THE ONLY SHELTER IN THE COUNTRY THAT KEPT OUR SPAY NEUTER PROGRAM GOING.

WE HAVE FOUND THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL PROBLEMS GOING BACK TO WORK THEY ARE RELINQUISHING ANIMALS MORE AND WE ARE FINDING MORE ABANDONED ANIMALS ON THE STREETS.

>> BEYOND THAT WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT HOMELESS ANIMALS FACE AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS FACE IN MODERATING THE PET POPULATION?

>> IT'S BASICALLY SPAY AND NEUTER AND GETTING THE LARGE DOG.

WE'VE MADE GREAT PROGRESS WITH SMALL DOGS AND WE HAVE CAT PROBLEM AND A LARGE DOG PROBLEM.

AT LURIE CLINIC WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE LARGE DOGS WHICH TAKE MORE TIME TO SPAY AND NEUTER BUT THAT IS WHEN YOU GO TO ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL YOU ARE SEEING A LARGE DOG PROBLEM IN CHICAGO.

WE ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON THAT.

GROWING OUR SPAY NEUTER PROGRAM AND SUSTAINING IT WITH THE WORK WE DO.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS NEXT FOR PAWS AND THE FUTURE OF ANIMAL SHELTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY?

>> WELL, I WOULD SAY WE OPENED A BIG HOSPITAL AND WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY ONES IN THE COUNTRY.

AND WE HAVE SEVEN FULL-TIME VETERINARIANS AS A NO KILL SHELTER WHEN ANIMALS COME TO US WHATEVER THEY NEED WE WILL DO TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN GET REHOMED AND NOT BE IGHTNIZED AND THAT IS WHAT WILL START HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY MORE.

WE HAVE A FABULOUS SHELTER MEDICINE PROGRAM AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT AND CONTINUE TO TAKE ANIMALS NOT ONLY FROM CHICAGO BUT ILLINOIS RURAL AREAS THAT HAVE NO RESOURCES.

AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW THOSE PROGRAMS AGAIN, SPAY NEUTER, SPAY NEUTER AND ENDOW IT SO IT WILL BE HERE FOR CHICAGO.

OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SO RESPONSIVE AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO KEEP THAT ENGAGEMENT.

>> AS WE'RE WATCHING THE VIDEO OF THE ANIMALS I'M RESISTING THE URGE TO ADOPT A NEW PET BECAUSE MY HANDS ARE FULL.

CONGRATS ON YOUR 25 YEARS AT PAWS AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> UP NEXT, A COLORFUL NEW BOOK BY A LOCAL ARTIST SHOWCASES INFLUENTIAL ICONS OF THE ARTS IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... [♪♪♪] >> SWAN LAKE TO FRANKENSTEIN MOVIES THE ARTS HAVE BEEN DEEPLY INFLUENCED BY ARTISTS FROM THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

AND A BOOK SHINES A LIGHT ON 50 PIONEERING ARTISTS WHO MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CULTURE.

MARC VITALI SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE BOOK'S CREATORS WHO IS HIMSELF SOMETHING OF A LOCAL ARTS ICON.

>> RUSSIA DOESN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TCHAIKOVSKY WAS GAY.

A NEW BOOK [INAUDIBLE] >> ALL OF THE PEOPLE DID SO MUCH TO ENRICH OUR DAILY CULTURE THAT WE HEAR OR SEE ALL TIME.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE BOOK ARE PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE FALLEN OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT THAT WE WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND TELL YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THEM.

THE RECORD COMPANIES WANTED TO PORTRAY HER AS THIS GIRLIE GIRL AND SHE SAID NO.

SHE WORE WHAT WE WANTED.

>> WE MET DAVID LEE CISCO WHO WERE THE WRITER MADE THE BOOK TO HONOR LATE ARTS ICONS INCLUDING ADDITIONS.

>> WE HAD A CONVERSATION IN THIS BOOKSTORE IN FEBRUARY A YEAR AGO WE WERE LOOKING AT THE PUBLICATIONS THAT WERE OUT THERE AND I SAID I THINK WE CAN DO A MUCH BETTER JOB AND MAKE A LIVELY FUN BOOK THAT CELEBRATES THE HISTORY OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN THE ARTS.

AND SO THE BOOK SORT OF CAME OUT AS A PROJECT THAT THE TWO OF US THOUGHT WOULD BE COOL TO DO THE BOOK?

CISCO'S WORK IS ALL OVER TOWN FROM THE MOSAICS TO STAINED GLASS WINDOWS IN LURIE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND TOTE BAGS.

IT STARTS OUT AS SKETCHES AND THEN I SCAN THE SKETCH WITH MY iPHONE TO MY COMPUTER AND I BUILD IT FROM THERE.

>> I LOOK FOR WONDERFUL PICTURES OF THE SUBJECT.

IN THE CASE OF RADCLIFFE HALL WHO WROTE THE FIRST ACKNOWLEDGED LESBIAN NOVEL A TERRIBLE TITLE THE WILL OF LONELINESS.

BUT THERE ARE PICTURES OF HER AND HER PARTNER WITH THEIR CHAMPION TALK INS IN ENGLAND AND I WAS THRILLED TO FIND THAT PICTURE SO I DREW HER WITH A DACHSHUND.

>> AND FRIEDA CAL LA GOT MUSTACHE ON HER LIP.

THE MAKERS OF THE BOOK HAD A TOUGH EDITING PROCESS.

>> WE LOOKED BACK AND MADE A LIST OF OUR FAVORITES AND THEN WE BASICALLY ARM WRESTLED WHO GOT INTO THE BOOK.

WE WANTED TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE EVEN THOUGH ALL THESE PEOPLE PASSED AWAY BUT WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE THEM.

>> CELEBRATORY OR NOT, THE BOOK IS PUBLISHED IN A CHALLENGING POLITICAL CLIMATE.

>> SOONER OR LATER EVERYTHING BECOMES POLITICAL AND ESPECIALLY IN THE TIME WE LIVE IN NOW WHERE CERTAIN POLITICS ARE TRYING TO ERASE THINGS OR TAKE FREEDOMS AWAY FROM VARIOUS GROUPS AND THE FACT WE MADE IT AS A BOOK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND IT'S BEING CHALLENGEDDED IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN FLORIDA.

>> WE'RE LUCKY TO LIVE WHERE WE LIVE WHERE WE CAN BRING THINGS FORWARD AND BRING THEM TO THE TABLE AND HOPEFULLY BOOK THIS IS A WONDERFUL BOOK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND PARENTS AND RELATIVES AND FRIENDS TO CREATE DISCUSSION AND JUST MAKE PEOPLE FEEL GOOD.

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

>> COOL ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE DUKE LGBTQ ICONS WAS SCHEDULED TO BE PUBLISHED THIS MONTH BUT SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES PUSHED THE DATE BACK TO JULY 12TH.

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

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