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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> THE RISK IS VERY REAL AND IMMEDIATE.

>> ILLINOIS WILL BE AN OASIS FOR THOSE SEEK AGO BORINGSES BUT SOME POLICYMAKERS SAYS THE STATE MUST HURRY UP TO SHORE PROTECTIONS AND OPTIONS.

>> A LEGAL LOOK AT WHAT OVERTURNING ROW FOR FUTURE CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT.

VICTORY FOR WHITES IN THE SUPREME COURT YESTERDAY.

>> A SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THE LATEST FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

>> I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE MYSELF WITHOUT IT.

YOU KNOW WHEN SOMETHING SO TOXIC BECOMES SUCH A PART OF YOU.

>> A CRISIS IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH LOOKING AT THE ISSUE AND PREVIEWING THE NEW PBS FILM HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.

>> PLANS TO REVIVE LASALLE STREET AND BUSINESS NEWS FROM SCRANS KRANSZ.

>> AND MASKS AND IDENTITIES ARE AT THE HEART OF A HEART SHOW CURATED BY CHICAGO RAPPER VIC MENSA.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT IS FACING CRITICISM FOR MAKING AN OBSCENE COMMENT REFERRING TO SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS.

LIGHTFOOT WAS ADDRESSING THE CROWD AT THE PRIDE PARADE AFTER THE COURT VOTED 6-3 TO OVERTURN FEDERAL ABORTION PROTECTION.

>> LET ME KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SUPREME COURT AND IF YOU READ CLARENCE THOMAS HE SAID... [INAUDIBLE] >> THE BIT WE TOOK OUT INCLUDED THE F WORD.

SEVERAL OF LIGHTFOOT'S OPPONENTS CRITICIZED HER COMMENTS VALLAS SAYS HER REMARKS WERE DANGEROUS AND INAPPROPRIATE.

FRIDAY'S RULING OVERTURNED 50 YEARS OF PRECEDENT TO STRIP WOMEN OF THE FEDERAL RIGHT TO AN ABORTION GUARANTEED BY ROE VS. WADE.

IN THE WAKE OF THAT DECISION JUSTICE THOMAS INDICATED THAT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND CONTRACEPTION RIGHTS COULD BE RECONSIDERED BY THE COURT.

MORE ON THIS IN A FEW MOMENTS.

>> A FIVE-MONTH-OLD GIRL WAS FATALLY SHOT WHILE SHE RODE INSIDE A VEHICLE FRIDAY EVENING.

CECELIA THOMAS WAS ONE OF SIX PEOPLE KILLED OVER THE WEEKEND IN CHICAGO.

DAVID BROWN ADDRESSED THOMAS' SHOOTING AT A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON.

>> THIS IS AN UNTHINKABLE TRAGEDY AND WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO OFFER OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON BEHALF OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE FAMILY.

OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES ARE WORKING TO BRING THE OFFENDERS INVOLVED TO JUSTICE.

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND WE WON'T STAND FOR IT.

>> POLICE SAY THOMAS WAS RIDING IN A VEHICLE IN THE 7700 BLOCK OF SOUTH SHORE DRIVE 6:00 P.M. FRIDAY WHEN SOMEONE FROM INSIDE ANOTHER VEHICLE BEGAN FIRING SHOTS.

BROWN SAID NO ONE IS IN CUSTODY AT THIS TIME IN RELATION TO THE KILLING.

>> AND MORE SUPREME COURT NEWS AS THE JUSTICES RULE IN FAVOR OF A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH WHO SAID HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND RELIGION WERE VIOLATED.

JOSEPH KENNEDY A FORMER ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH IN WESTERN WASHINGTON WAS FIRED FOR HIS PRACTICE OF PRAYING ON THE 50 YARDLINE AT THE END OF GAMES.

IN A 6-3 RULING, JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH WRITING FOR THE MAJORITY NOTED THE CONSTITUTION CALLED FOR RESPECT AND TOLL REPS OF RELIGIOUS AND NONRELIGIOUS VIEWS ALIKE.

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR WRITING FOR THE MINORITY NOTED THE COURT'S RULING GAVE SHORT SHIFT TO THE CONSTITUTION'S PROHIBITION AGAINST GOVERNMENT ENDORSING RELIGION.

>> MORE ON THE OVERTURNING OF ROE VS. WADE.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> ABORTIONS ARE ILLEGAL IN MANY STATES INCLUDING SOME OF THOSE NEIGHBORING ILLINOIS.

ABORTION REMAINS LEGAL HERE AND IN THE WAKE OF FRIDAY'S SUPREME COURT DECISION ADVOCATES ON BOTH SIDES AFT BORINGS ISSUE ARE GEARING UP FOR ACTION.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH MORE.

WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA FOR BOTH SIDES?

>> WELL, PARIS, AS YOU NOTED ABORTION IS LEGAL IN ILLINOIS.

AND THAT IS THANKS TO A PAIR OF LAWS PASSED IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

BUT ALSO AS YOU NOTED ADVOCATES SAY THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.

HERE IS THE HEAD OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ILLINOIS.

>> WE CALL ON OUR LEADERS IN SPRINGFIELD TO TAKE THE NECESSARY NEXT STEPS FOR TRUE, EQUITABLE ACCESS TO ABORTION CARE.

WE MUST INCREASE FUNDING.

CUT RED TAPE FOR ABORTION PROVIDERS.

AND PUSH FORWARD ALL POSSIBLE PROGRESS FOR ABORTION CARE IN ILLINOIS.

WE NEED MORE PROGRESS AND MORE PROTECTIONS FOR PROVIDERS WHO WILL BE CARING FOR THIS DRAMATIC INCREASE IN PATIENTS IN ILLINOIS IN OUR NEW POST ROE REALITY.

>> AN ESTIMATED 20-30,000 PEOPLE COMING IN FROM OUT OF STATE.

NO DATE HAS YET BEEN SET BUT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER HAS SAID HE WILL CALL A SPECIAL SESSION FOR SOMETIME IN JULY TO BEGIN TO TAKE UP SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT THERE.

PRECISELY WHAT WILL BE ON THAT AGENDA IS STILL BEING WORKED OUT.

BUT ONE ITEM THAT IS GEARED FOR PASSAGE WOULD BE TO GRANT LICENSING RIGHTS TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM OTHER STATES SO THEY COULD HELP WITH ABORTION SERVICES IN ILLINOIS.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE KELLY CASSIDY SAYS ILLINOIS LEARNED LESSONS HOW TO DO THAT TO BRING IN MORE DOCTORS AND NURSES AT THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC.

BUT SHE SAYS ILLINOIS ALSO HAS TO DEAL WITH THE OPPOSITE AND PROVIDE PROTECTIONS TO ILLINOIS HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE THEN HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS HERE AND IN OTHER STATES.

>> A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN OUR BORDER COMMUNITIES ARE JOINTLY LICENSED IN THOSE BORDER STATES SO THEY CAN PROVIDE AFTER CARE TO THEIR PATIENTS THAT KIND OF THING.

BUT IN THE NORMAL TIMES IF SOMEBODY LOST THEIR MEDICAL LICENSE IN MISSOURI, AND THEY HAD A MEDICAL LICENSE IN ILLINOIS WE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY GO OK YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IN ILLINOIS.

BUT THAT BILL ESTABLISHES AN ADVERSE ACTION IN ANOTHER STATE BASED ON AN ACTION THAT IS NOT ILLEGAL IN OUR STATE WILL NOT IMPACT YOUR LICENSE HERE IN ILLINOIS.

>> THAT GOES BOTH WAYS.

ANTIABORTION RIGHTS ATTORNEY AND FORMER STATE LAWMAKER PETER BREEN SAYS THAT STATES THAT BAN ABORTION WILL BE LOOKING TO PROTECT THE UNBORN FROM BEING BROUGHT TO ILLINOIS TO BE ABORTED.

>> BUT IT IS FOR LEGISLATORS IN THOSE STATES WHOM WE CONSULT WITH IT IS AN ISSUE OF LIFE AND DEATH OVER FOLKS THEY CONSIDER TO BE RESIDENTS OF THEIR STATES.

NOW THAT ROE VS. WADE HAS BEEN OVERTHROWN, UNBORN CHILDREN RESIDING IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI, THE STATE OF MISSOURI HAS AN INTEREST TO PROTECT THOSE UNBORN CHILDREN.

>> PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ILLINOIS' DIRECTOR SAYS THE ORGANIZATION IS RESEARCHING THE ISSUE OF OTHER STATES TRYING TO HOLD THOSE IN ILLINOIS RESPONSIBLE FOR THINGS THAT ARE LEGAL IN THIS STATE.

SHE SAYS THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT CRIMINALIZING PEOPLE FOR WHAT LEGALLY HAPPENS IN ILLINOIS SHOULD BE A CONCERN.

POINTING OUT THAT MARIJUANA LEGAL IN ILLINOIS, BUT NOT BEING CRIMINALLY PROSECUTED BY OTHER STATES.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT HERSELF A LAWYER ALSO WEIGHED IN.

>> SOMEONE WHO LEAVES THE STATE TO GET HEALTHCARE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET IT IN THEIR HOME STATE AND THEY ARE GOING TO CRIMINALIZE THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO INCENTIVIZE BOUNTIES FOR THEM?

THINK ABOUT THE ABSURDITY OF THAT.

THIS IS AMERICA.

THIS IS AMERICA.

IN 2022.

THIS IS NOT AMERICA IN 1822.

WHEN I HEAR THAT, THAT HARBORS BACK TO A HORRIBLE DARK ORIGINAL SIN IN OUR COUNTRY OF SLAVERY.

AND PEOPLE LEAVING STATES WHERE THEY WERE ENSLAVED TO FIND FREEDOM.

>> REPRESENTATIVE CASSIDY SAYS ILLINOIS IS TAKING THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY.

HOWEVER POINTING OUT THAT THE U.S. CONSTITUTION FULL FAITH IN CREDIT CLAUSE REQUIRES STATES TO RESPECT THE LAWS OF OTHER STATES.

>> IF YOU ARE IGNORING JUDGMENTS FROM OTHER STATES HERE WILL OTHER STATES GET TO IGNORE JUDGMENTS THAT FALL INTO THE CATEGORY OF MY KID'S ADOPTION IS A JUDGMENT IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS?

THOSE IN ANOTHER STATE GIVING A STATE LICENSE TO IGNORE THAT ADOPTION.

WE WANT TO TREAD CAREFULLY BUT TREAD THOUGHTFULLY.

>> AND NEW GROUND FOR MORE LEGAL ACTION PERHAPS ON THAT FRONT.

WHEN TILE, A PRIORITY FOR THE ANTIABORTION MOVEMENT IS REINSTATING AN ILLINOIS LAW THAT UP UNTIL RECENTLY HAD REQUIRED MINORS' PARENTS BE NOTIFIED BEFORE THEY COULD HAVE AN ABORTION.

>> ONE OF OUR PRIMARY GOALS IS INSURING THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS KNOW HOW OUT OF STEP OUR ABORTION LAWS ARE.

HOW COMPLETELY RADICAL THEY ARE.

>> TO NOW FIGHT OUT THE ABORTION ISSUE.

IT IS NOT A FOREGONE CONCLUSION IN ANY STATE.

NOW EVEN ILLINOIS IF IT WANTS TO REGULATE IN A DIFFERENT WAY IN ACCORD WITH THE WISHES OF ITS PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY WANT TO BAN ABORTION AFTER THE FIRST TRIMIDWESTER HERE IN ILLINOIS THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED BY THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

>> THE PRIMARY IS TUESDAY AND ALL OF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR ARE ANTIABORTION.

REALLY PRIORITIZING REPEALING THAT BRING BACK THE PARENTAL NOTIFICATION LAW.

AND ALSO YOU HAVE TWO STATE SUPREME COURT SEATS UP FOR GRABS.

THOSE IN THE CHOICE MOVEMENT TO TAKE THIS MATTER SERIOUSLY AS OF NOW, HOWEVER THAT WISH LIST THAT YOU HEARD FROM BREEN AND THERE IS NOT SUPPORT FOR THAT IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

WITH THAT, BACK TO YOU, PARIS.

>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.

AND SEE YOU AGAIN LATER IN THE SHOW FOR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS AND LEGAL INSIGHTS INTO THE IMPACT OF THE COURT'S RULING ON ABORTION AND BEYOND.

>> AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, THE OVERTURNING OF ROE VS. WADE BY THE SUPREME COURT HAS MASSIVE REPERCUSSIONS BOTH ON ABORTION SERVICES AND PERHAPS OTHER ISSUES TO BE DECIDED BY THE COURT MOVING FORWARD.

THIS AS JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS WROTE IN THIS OPINION THAT THE COURT SHOULD RECONSIDER RULINGS THAT DECIDED ISSUES LIKE THE RIGHT TO OBTAIN CONTRACEPTION AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.

JOINING US ARE RITA GITCHELL, SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR THE THOMAS MOORE SOCIETY A CHICAGO BASED CONSERVATIVE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM.

SHE IS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION.

CAROLYN SHAPIRO PROFESSOR OF LAW AND FOUNDER AND CODIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE ON THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES AT CHICAGO KENT COLLEGE OF LAW.

SHAPIRO SERVED AS A LAW CLERK FOR STEPHEN BREYER.

AND DAVID FRANKLIN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW WHO SERVED AS A CLERK FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

YOUR REACTION TO THE DOBBS' RULING AT THE SUPREME COURT.

CAROLYN SHAPIRO LET'S START WITH YOU.

>> I WAS NOT SURPRISED WE SAW THE LEAK A MONTH-AND-A-HALF AGO.

AND I FRANKLY WASN'T SURPRISED BY THE CONTENT OF THE DRAFT AT THAT TIME.

I AM A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT THE COURT DIDN'T ADDRESS SOME OF THE CRITICISMS THAT WERE LEVELED AGAINST THE ASPECT OF THE DRAFT ITSELF FOR EXAMPLE, THE DRAFT OPINION ADDRESSES THE EQUAL PROTECTION ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF GIVING WOMEN CONTROL OVER THEIR BODIES.

IN EXACTLY ONE PARAGRAPH THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE POINTED OUT WAS AN INSUFFICIENT WAY TO ADDRESS SOME REALLY QUITE SIGNIFICANT ARGUMENTS ABOUT EQUALITY.

SO I ALSO THINK THAT THE COURT HAS ABSOLUTELY UNDERESTIMATED THE AMOUNT OF LITIGATION AND DISRUPTION THIS OPINION IS GOING TO GENERATE.

THE COURT SUGGESTED THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BE WASHING THEIR HANDS OF THE ISSUE NOW THAT THEY HAVE RETURNED IT TO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

BUT THERE ARE A HOST OF LEGAL ISSUES AND CHALLENGES THAT WILL ARISE ARE ASTONISHING AND I'M SURE WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WE GO ALONG.

>> RITA GITCHELL YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> WE THINK THIS OPINION WAS A LONGTIME COMING.

ROE WAS EGREGIOUSLY WRONG WHEN IT WAS DECIDED.

IT WAS A WORK OF A LEGISLATIVE SCHEME THAT DIDN'T EXIST IN ANY STATE.

AND BY REVERSING IT, THE INTEGRITY OF THE COURT HAS BEEN RESTORED.

SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY FOR THIS DECISION.

AND I THINK YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WOULD JUST GO AWAY.

BUT THOSE SIDEWALK COUNSELORS THOSE THAT MARCHED FOR LIFE FOR THESE LAST 50 YEARS IN THE FOREFRONT, EVERYONE IS VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT THIS DECISION CAME DOWN.

BUT, YES, THERE'S WORK AHEAD OF US.

BECAUSE EACH STATE IS GOING TO BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS.

AND I HOPE WE CAN HAVE CIVIL DISCUSSIONS AND GOOD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN GOING FORWARD.

>> DAVID FRANKLIN YOUR REACTION TO THE RULING?

>> I THINK IT'S TERRIBLY WRONG.

THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THAT I THINK ARE TERRIBLY WRONG ABOUT IT.

BUT THE TWO THAT JUMP OUT TO ME IS FIRST THE COURT BASICALLY GIVES SHORT SLIFT TO THE IDEA THIS WAS A RIGHT ANNOUNCED ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO AND THAT GENERATIONS OF WOMEN HAVE COME TO RELY ON IT.

IN SHAPING THEIR LIVES.

THEIR CHOICES ABOUT WHEN AND WHETHER TO HAVE SEX, WHEN AND WHETHER TO MARRY AND ENTER THE LABOR FORCE AND THE JUSTICES SORT OF GAVE THE BACK OF THE HAND TO ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS.

AND THE SECOND THING THAT I THINK IS TERRIBLY WRONG ABOUT IT IT'S METHODOLOGY.

YOU KNOW, THE JUSTICES VIEW THIS VERY DIFFICULT QUESTION SOLELY THROUGH THE LENS OF HISTORY.

AND TRADITION WITH NO INTEREST BALANCING, NO LINE DRAWING NO RESPECT FOR PRECEDENT.

THIS ISN'T ORIGINALISM IT IS A PARODY OF ORIGINALISM.

I DON'T THINK ANY SENSIBLE SOCIETY IF IT HAD THE CHOICE WOULD CHOOSE TO GIVE OVER THESE QUESTIONS TO FIVE OR NINE OR SIX LAWYERS IN ROBES PRETENDING TO BE HISTORIANS.

THAT IS NOT THE CHOICE OUR FOUNDING FATHERS MADE AND IT'S NOT A SENSIBLE CHOICE FOR US TO MAKE EITHER.

>> DAVID -- >> I WANT TO ADD THE ORIGINALISM OF THE DOBBS OPINION A PIECE OF THE ORIGINALISM I'VE PUT IN QUOTES ORIGINALISM OF THE OPINION THAT STRUCK DOWN LONGSTANDING NEW YORK LAW RESTRICTING PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO CARRY A GUN.

IN BOTH CASES, THE COURT DISMISSES OUT OF SORT OF WAVES AWAY HISTORY THAT DOES NOT SUPPORT THE PARTICULAR RESULT THAT THE COURT IS ATTEMPTING TO REACH.

AND ACTUALLY COMPLETELY OPPOSITE WAYS IN THE TWO CASES IN DOBBS WHERE THERE WAS NO REGULATION OF ABORTION IN THE PAST THE COURT SAYS WELL THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE STATES UNDERSTOOD THAT TO BE THAT THERE WAS A RIGHT.

AND ON THE OTHER HAND WHERE THERE WAS NO REGULATION OF FIREARMS OR PARTICULAR TYPES OF REGULATION THE COURT SAYS THERE CANNOT BE.

>> I WANT TO JUMP IN I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.

DAVID COULD STATES BAN RESIDENTS FROM TRAVELING TO A STATE WHERE THERE IS ACCESS LIKE ILLINOIS FOR EXAMPLE, COULD STATES BAN THEIR RESIDENTS FROM TRAVELING TO DO THAT?

IS THAT UNCONSTITUTIONAL?

>> I THINK THAT IS AN OPEN QUESTION.

KAVANAUGH WROTE SEPARATELY IN THE DOBBS OPINION TO SAY PRETTY FORCEFULLY THAT IN HIS VIEW STATES COULD NOT DO THAT.

BECAUSE THERE IS A LONGSTANDING RIGHT OF INTERSTATE TRAVEL.

I WOULD JUST NOTE TWO THINGS ABOUT THAT: FIRST, THE RIGHT OF INTERSTATE TRAVEL HAS NO MORE TEXTUAL BASIS THAN A RIGHT TO AN ABORTION.

IF THE MAJORITY IS SERIOUS THAT RIGHT LACKS TEXTUAL BASIS, FACE AN UPHILL BATTLE IN TERMS OF BEING RECOGNIZED, PERHAPS KAVANAUGH'S CONFIDENCE ON THIS ISSUE IS UNWARRANTED.

AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY ABOUT THAT IS YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WE CAN TRUST THE PROMISES THAT ARE MADE BY THE CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY ON THE COURT OR MEMBERS OF THAT MAJORITY.

YOU CERTAINLY SEE JUSTICE THOMAS IN HIS OWN SEPARATE CONCURRENCE PRACTICALLY INVITING LITIGANTS TO COME TO THE COURT AND ASK THE COURT TO OVERRULE DECADES AND DECADES OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS DECISIONS.

AND FOR ALL I KNOW, THOSE COULD INCLUDE DECISIONS THAT GRANT A RIGHT OF INTERSTATE TRAVEL.

I DON'T EXPECT THE COURT TO GIVE ITS APPROVAL TO LAWS THAT TRY TO RESTRICT INTERSTATE MOVEMENT.

BUT I WOULDN'T BET MY HOUSE ON IT.

>> AND RITA WHAT ABOUT THAT?

THE SAME CONCEPT THAT STATES COULD POTENTIALLY PROHIBIT THEIR OWN RESIDENTS FROM TRAVELING OUT OF STATE TO GET AN ABORTION.

AND TO DAVID'S POINT ABOUT CONCERNS THAT OTHER RIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY GRANTED BY THE SUPREME COURT COULD BE RECONSIDERED OTHER 14TH AMENDMENT DECIDED CASES LIKE CONTRACEPTION OR SAME-SEX MARRIAGES WHAT DO YOU SEE GOING FORWARD?

>> THE COURT WAS VERY CAREFUL IN ITS OPINION TO SAY THAT THE DECISION WAS LIMITED TO THE SUBJECTS OF ABORTION.

AND WHY IS THAT?

THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE DESCRIBED WHAT WAS AT ISSUE IS UNBORN HUMAN LIFE.

IF YOU RECALL, BACK WITH ROE, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN LIFE BEGINS.

WELL, TODAY IT'S FILMED, IT'S PHOTOGRAPHED, IT'S DOCUMENTED, YOU CAN SEE IT.

WE NOW KNOW WHAT HUMAN LIFE IS.

AND THE DOCTORS IN MISSISSIPPI DIDN'T WANT TO AFTER 15 WEEKS OF DEVELOPMENT PERFORM ABORTIONS.

THEY CONSIDERED THE METHOD BARBARIC.

AND DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THE UNITED STATES IS OUT OF STEP MOST COUNTRIES YOU KNOW DON'T HAVE ABORTIONS GOING ON AFTER 15 WEEKS.

THERE ARE SEVEN COUNTRIES THAT DO.

YOU KNOW, BUT THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME OR HAS A DIFFERENT RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE.

THE OTHER DECISIONS DON'T INVOLVE THE TERMINATION OF HUMAN LIFE.

>> CAN I RESPOND TO THAT?

>> SURE.

>> FIRST OF ALL I THINK THE IDEA THAT A PHOTOGRAPH OR A SONOGRAM CAN RESOLVE THE RELIGIOUS QUESTION WHEN LIFE BEGINS IS A BIT FAR-FETCHED AND MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR PURPOSES OF OUR DISCUSSION TODAY, THE COURT WAS VERY CAREFUL TO SAY THAT THE REASON IT WAS NOT RECOGNIZING ABORTION RIGHTS THE REASON IT WAS OVERRULING ROE WAS NOT BECAUSE THE ISSUE INVOLVED UNBORN LIFE.

BUT RATHER BECAUSE IN THE COURT'S VIEW THE 14TH AMENDMENT DOES NOT REACH THIS ISSUE OF A WOMAN'S ABILITY TO CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS WITH HER BODY.

ON THAT SCORE I SEE NO PRINCIPLE DISTINCTION UNFORTUNATELY BETWEEN THIS CASE AND ONES THAT INVOLVE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE OR INTIMACY OR CONTRACEPTION OR A HOST OF OTHER RIGHTS.

>> THEY WERE VERY CAREFUL IN THEIR OPINION TO QUOTE THAT ROE INVOLVES QUOTE POTENTIAL LIFE, QUOTE FETAL LIFE AND YOUR POINT ON THE PHOTOGRAPH, I MEAN, THE MAN WHO CREATED THE FIRST TEST TUBE BABY FOUND DIFFERENCES BY THE FOUR CELL STAGE OF THE INNER CELL MASS, THE PLACENTA AND THE GERM LINE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION SCIENTIFICALLY THAT SHOWS WHEN HUMAN LIFE BEGINS.

>> RITA I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN AND CAROLYN WE HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT.

ROE HAS BEEN THE LAW FOR 50 YEARS.

DOES THIS PRECEDENT IN WHAT PRECEDENT DOES OVERTURNING THIS RULING WHAT COULD IT INDICATE FOR FUTURE CASES DECIDED BY THE COURT IN 25-30 SECONDS.

>> I AGREE WITH DAVID I THINK ALL KINDS OF THINGS ARE ON THE TABLE.

RIGHTS TO CONTRACEPTION WE SEE LEGISLATORS IN SOME STATES SEEKING TO OUTLAW CERTAIN TYPES OF CONTRACEPTION BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE EQUIVALENT TO AABORTION OR COULD BE WE'RE GOING TO SEE -- WE COULD SEE NEW ATTACKS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ON SAME SEX INTIMACY.

I THINK IT OPENS A PANDORA'S BOX AND THE DISTINCTION WHERE THE COURT SAYS THE OTHER THINGS DO NOT INVOLVE FETAL LIFE BUT THE LOGIC WHY THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT TO A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CONTROL HER BODY IS EXACTLY WHAT DAVID SAID IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT IS IN THE CONSTITUTION AND WHAT THEY THINK IT MEANS.

>> I WANT TO THANK THE THREE OF YOU FOR JOINING US, CAROLYN SHAPIRO, DAVID FRANKLIN AND RITA GITCHELL.

>> WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

>> THANKS.

>> UP NEXT, WHAT IS BEHIND THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE?

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> ALL MONTH LONG WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON THE CRISIS OF YOUTH MENTAL ILLNESS.

ONE IN THREE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SAY THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED SADNESS AND HOPELESSNESS.

THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SAY THAT IS A 40% INCREASE FROM 2009.

TONIGHT WTTW PREMIERS THE TWO-PART FILM HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT WHICH EXPLORES SOME OF THE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES TODAY'S YOUTH FACE.

TAKE A LISTEN... >> I THINK THERE'S SO MANY THINGS YOU CAN SAY ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS.

IT COMES OUT OF NOWHERE.

AND THEN IT JUST CREEPS INTO YOUR BODY.

AND YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING INSIDE YOU AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH IT.

>> JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE FILM AND THE CRISIS IN MENTAL ILLNESS ARE TARA GILL CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AT LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, AND ERIK EWERS, CODIRECTOR AND EDITOR OF THE FILM HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

ERIC YOU AND YOUR BROTHER MADE THIS FILM YOU'RE TASKED WITH DIGGING INTO THIS MASSIVE SUBJECT AND YOU TOLD THE STORY THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS AND 20 YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HAVE STRUGGLED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THEM?

>> WE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THEM.

THEY -- THEIR WILLINGNESS TO OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS AND THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS TO US, YOU KNOW THEY ARE HEROS.

THE COURAGE THEY HAVE IS BEYOND DESCRIPTION.

AND CHRIS AND I REALLY LEARNED THAT WE THROUGH LISTENING TO THEIR EXPERIENCES WE FOUND OURSELVES IN THERE WHICH REALLY SAYS THAT MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES CAN AFFECT EVERYONE TO SOME DEGREE.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT ABILITY TO LOOK INTO THE AND EXPERIENCE SOMEONE ELSE'S EXPERIENCES IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELF AND IT IS PROFOUND FOR BOTH OF US.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR OWN MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AFTER FOR ME 53 YEARS.

>> AND SOMETHING I PRESUME THE VIEWERS MIGHT DO AS WELL ONCE THEY WATCH THIS A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE RELATABLE.

TARA GILL, THESE KIDS ARE CANDID IN THIS FILM ABOUT THE STRUGGLES.

BUT HOW BIG A STIGMA IS THERE STILL TODAY FOR YOUTH TO COME FORWARD ABOUT THESE CHALLENGES?

>> SO THE STIGMA ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS OR SEEKING TREATMENT HAS BEGUN TO IMPROVE.

HOWEVER, IT'S STILL VERY COURAGEOUS TO COME OUT IN FRONT OF PEERS ON A NATIONAL STAGE AND INDICATE THAT YOU STRUGGLE WITH ANY TYPE OF DIFFERENCES AS AN ADOLESCENT YOU WANT TO FIT IN AND NOT STAND OUT.

00 THEY ARE STANDING OUT BASED ON THEIR BRAVERY AND TRANSPARENCY ABOUT HOW TO COPE WITH MENTAL HEALTH.

>> ERIC, WAS IT TOUGH TO GIVE THEM SORT OF A SAFE PLACE FOR THEM TO EXPRESS THESE VERY CANDID THOUGHT AND EMOTIONS?

OR DID THEY NATURALLY DO IT?

>> WELL, IT'S ALWAYS A PROCESS.

I THINK MOST INTERVIEWEES WERE RETICENT AT FIRST.

McCLAIN'S PARENTS, McCLAIN IS ONLY 11 YEARS OLD AND HIS PARENTS SAID NO.

NO.

WE DON'T WANT THIS OUT THERE.

BUT IT WAS THE DESIRE OF McCLAIN TO WANT TO HELP PEOPLE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE THAT CONVINCED THEM.

WE HAD TO BUILD A LOT OF TRUST WITH THEM.

WE WERE VERY CAREFUL TO GO THROUGH THEIR MENTAL HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WHETHER A PSYCHIATRIST OR A THERAPIST.

WE TALKED TO THE PARENTS.

THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO WHEN WE WOULD GET ONSET AS THE INTERVIEWER, I WOULD SIT AND JUST TELL THEM ABOUT THE THINGS I'VE GONE THROUGH.

AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THEY WENT THROUGH.

AND WE TOLD THEM IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE SAY I'M UNCOMFORTABLE OR I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

WE TRIED TO PUT THEM FIRST AND IT IS NOT ABOUT SENSATIONALIZING AND GETTING THE BIG STORY, THE BIG MOMENT.

IT'S ABOUT THE SUBTLETIES HOW THEY FEEL.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE SOUGHT TO CAPTURE AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT SO RELATABLE TO PEOPLE WHO WATCH IT.

>> AND YOU SPOKE OF McCLAIN 11 YEARS OLD WE HAVE A CLIP TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE FIRST STARTED THINKING OF SUICIDE.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> I ASKED MY PARENTS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I WASN'T HERE.

AND I THINK THAT GOT THEM PRETTY WORRIED.

>> TARA GILL, WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF THE TESTIMONIALS, DO YOU SEE SOME OF THE FAMILIAR WARNING SIGNS?

AND WHAT ARE THE WARNING SIGNS NOT ONLY FOR SUICIDE, BUT DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY THAT PARENTS SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR?

>> TYPICALLY THERE ARE SIGNS THAT YOUR CHILD'S BEHAVIOR MOOD HAS GONE TO A POINT WHERE THEY NEED INTERVENTION.

FOR DEPRESSION, IT'S NOT JUST THAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE A DEPRESSION THAT NEEDS INTERVENTION IF THEY ARE HAD A LOSS IN APPETITE, CHANGE IN SLEEPING PATTERNS THEY NO LONGER ENJOYED THE THINGS THEY USED TO ENJOY.

SLIPPING GRADES WHEN THEY START TO TALK ABOUT DEATH AND DYING, WHEN THEY HAVE POOR HYGIENE.

THEN YOU START TO WORRY ABOUT IS THIS A COLLECTIVE OF THINGS THAT I NEED TO EXPLORE FURTHER AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO BRING THAT UP ALL TO THE PLACES THAT YOUR PEDIATRICIAN, EDUCATORS, JUST TO START ASKING QUESTIONS HOW DO I TALK TO MY CHILD, WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THERE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO THEM.

AND HOW DO I GET TREATMENT.

>> AND ERIC, WHAT DID THE YOUNG PEOPLE TELL YOU ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS ON WHETHER THERE WAS ENOUGH ACCESS TO TREATMENT OR GOOD TREATMENT THAT COULD REALLY HELP THEM WITH THEIR STRUGGLES?

>> WELL, IT IS A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE WERE SOMEWHAT SURPRISED TO DISCOVER THAT LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAD REALLY BAD EXPERIENCES AT THE ONSET IN TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE PARTLY BECAUSE IT TOOK THEM MONTHS AND MONTHS AND SOMETIMES MORE THAN A YEAR TO JUST FIND SOMEONE WHO COULD TAKE THEM.

AND WHEN THEY DID, YOU KNOW, GABE IN HIS STORY HIS PARENTS TALK ABOUT HOW THE THERAPIST WOULD SPIN HIM AROUND IN HIS CHAIR AND TICKLE HIM WITH A FEATHER AND THESE THINGS WERE HELPING AND IT WASN'T DOING ANYTHING TO HELP POOR GABE.

BUT THE WONDERFUL THING IS THAT THEY ALL JUST SLOWLY AND STEADILY PERSEVERED AND FOUND THEIR WAY, FOUND THEIR PERSON AND.

SO IT WAS A JOURNEY FOR ALL OF THEM AND A DIFFICULT ONE.

>> TARA GILL WHAT DOES THAT TELL US WHETHER THERE IS SUFFICIENT ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTHCARE FOR ALL KIDS IN THE COUNTRY AND SPECIFICALLY IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LGBTQ COMMUNITIES HOW MANY BARRIERS ARE STILL LEFT?

>> RIGHT.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH.

AND HEALTHCARE.

ACCESS IS NOT WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE.

THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE ALL THE CARE.

AND THEN YOU FIND THAT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

THE RATES OF MENTAL ILLNESS INCREASED AMONG YOUTH AND ADOLESCENTS SO WHAT ALREADY WAS A FIELD WHERE THERE WERE NOT SUFFICIENT ACCESS LONG WAITING LISTS A LOT OF DEMAND.

THOSE DEMANDS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE.

PARTICULARLY IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE ARE ALREADY LIMITATIONS IN CLINICS, THOSE ARE THE SAME FAMILIES THAT TEND TO HAVE LESSER INSURANCE OR NO INSURANCE.

SO THAT MAKES THE ACCESS MORE DIFFICULT.

I THINK IN THOSE CASES WE HAVE TO THINK NONTRADITIONALLY HOW WE CAN EMPOWER THOSE AND EQUIP PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS BUT CARING ADULTS.

HOW DO YOU SEEK ACCESS FROM YOUR RELIGIOUS PROVIDER, FROM SOMEONE AT YOUR SCHOOL, A SOCIAL WORKER, PSYCHOLOGIST OR AN EDUCATOR.

YOU CAN DO THINGS LIKE PROMOTE PROGRAMS LIKE YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID AND HELPS TO IDENTIFY SYMPTOMS IN KIDS AND HOW TO TALK TO THEM TO GET THEM ACCESS TO THE RIGHT CARE.

YOU HAVE HOTLINES LIKE NOT ME, THAT ALLOW FOR YOUTH TO IDENTIFY WHEN THEY NEED MORE HELP AND SUPPORTS THROUGH THOSE TRUSTED SOURCES THAT LOOK LIKE A HOTLINE.

REALLY THINK BEING NOT JUST THE TRADITIONAL MEANS BUT NONTRADITIONAL MEANS AT A TIME WHEN THERE IS NOT ENOUGH HELP AND HISTORICALLY THERE HAVE BEEN REASONS WHY PEOPLE OF PARTICULAR COMMUNITIES WHETHER IT'S LOWER ECONOMIC STATUS OR CULTURAL BACKGROUND HAVE NOT SOUTH OUT MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENTS.

WE HAVE TO OWN THAT HISTORY AND DO THINGS TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HEADACHIER.

>> STILL A SIGMA OUT THERE.

BUT THIS SYSTEM GOES A LONG WAY TO GO RIGHT TOWARD THOSE STIGMAS AND PUT THIS OUT IN THE OPEN.

REMINDER TO THE VIEWERS THE FILM HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT PREMIERS TONIGHT AT 9:00 P.M. ON WTTW.

AND NOW OUR THANKS TO TARA GILL AND ERIK EWERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", PLANS FOR BIG CHANGES TO MCDONALD'S FRANCHISE SYSTEM AND THAT MORE FROM CRAIN'S.

WILL A SLIP OF THE TONGUE HELP OR HURT IN THE BATTLE BETWEEN TWO INCUMBENT REPUBLICANS VYING FOR THE SAME DOWN STATE CONGRESSIONAL SEAT?

MASKINGS AND IDENTITIES ARE THE CENTERPIECE OF AN ART SHOW CURATED BY VIC MENSA.

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

>> NONE OF CHICAGO'S OUTDOOR PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS WILL OPEN IN TIME FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND BECAUSE OF THE SHORTAGE OF LIFEGUARDS.

THE POOLS WERE SUPPOSED TO OPEN ON FRIDAY.

THEY BLAME THE DELAY ON A NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF LIFEGUARDS AND SEVERAL OTHER FACTORS.

MORE THAN HALF OF ALL SUMMER LIFEGUARD POSITIONS WERE VACANT ALWAYS OF JUNE 23 ACCORDING TO DATA OBTAINED BY WTTW NEWS THROUGH A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST.

>> AMTRAK TRAIN TRAVELING FROM LOS ANGELES TO CHICAGO DERAILED THIS AFTERNOON IN MISSOURI KILLING THREE PEOPLE.

IN A STATEMENT AMTRAK SAYS THE TRAIN STRUCK A DUMP-TRUCK AT A PUBLIC CROSSING IN MENDON, AT AROUND 1:42 CENTRAL TIME.

THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 243 PASSENGERS ONBOARD THE TRAIN AND 12 CREW AND THERE WERE EARLY REPORTS OF INJURIES.

THE MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THAT THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED DEAD AND MORE THAN 50 OTHERS INJURED.

THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD IS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.

>> THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS HAVE A NEW HEAD COACH.

THE TEAM ANNOUNCED THAT LUKE RICHARDSON WILL BECOME THE 40TH HEAD COACH IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.

A DEFENCEMAN RICHARDSON SPENT THE PAST FOUR SEASONS WITH THE MONTREAL CANADIENS WHO REACHED THE STANLEY CUP FINALLINGS.

HE REPLACES DERRICK KING WHO ENDED THE SEASON AS THE BLACKHAWKS AFTER JEREMY WAS FIRED IN NOVEMBER.

AND TOMORROW IS ELECTION DAY.

POLLING PLACES FOR THE ILLINOIS PRIMARY IN CHICAGO WILL BE OPEN FROM 6:00 A.M.-7:00 P.M. AND ALL THOSE STILL IN LINE AT 7:00 P.M. WILL BE PERMITTED TO VOTE.

IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE YOU CAN DO SO AND VOTE ON ELECTION DAY AT YOUR POLLING PLACE BUT YOU WILL NEED TWO FORMS OF ID ONE MUST LIST YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS.

AND BEFORE YOU GO TO THE POLLS, CHECK OUT OUR 2022 VOTER GUIDE WHERE YOU CAN SEARCH FOR CANDIDATES BY NAME, RACE AND DISTRICT TO HEAR ABOUT WHY THEY WANT YOUR VOTE.

IT'S ALL AT... >> MCDONALD'S IS COOKING UP BIG CHANGES FOR THE FRANCHISE SYSTEM AND YELP IS GOING WITH A REMOTE WORKFORCE AND A PANEL WANTS TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THE LASALLE STREET CORRIDOR.

HERE IS CRAIN'S BUSINESS REPORTER DANNY ECKER.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

LET'S START WITH MCDONALD'S THEY ARE MAKING CHANGES TO THE FRANCHISE SYSTEM.

WHAT ARE THE CHANGES AND WHY?

>> THE COMPANY IS GOING TO HAVE A FORMAL REVIEW OF ALL FRANCHISEES EVERY 20 YEARS TO DETERMINE IF THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO KEEP THEIR LOCATIONS.

AND IT COMES IN THE WAKE OF MCDONALD'S SAYING THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE A PUSH TO DIVERSIFY THE RANKS OF THE FRANCISYS.

THIS WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW PERFORMANCE HISTORY AND CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS ABOUT LOCATIONS TO DETERMINE WHETHER LONG TIME FRANCHISEES THOSE PASSED FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER SHOULD BE ABLE TO OPERATE AND MCDONALD'S HAS 14,000 LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND 95 ARE FRANCHISE.

THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE WAVES.

>> THE CORPORATE IS GOING TO EXERT MORE CONTROL.

LET'S MOVE ON.

YELP.

ANNOUNCES IT'S CLOSING ITS CHICAGO OFFICES ALTHOUGH IT'S CLOSING OFFICES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND WILL GO FULLY REMOTE THEY ARE IN THE MERCHANDISE MART.

HOW BIG A LOSS IS THAT GOING TO BE?

>> WELL, IT CERTAINLY IS MY PERCEPTION IT IS A BIG LOSS.

ONE OF THE MORE EXTREME EXAMPLES OF THE IMPACT THAT COVID HAS HAD ON THE OFFICE MARKET.

YELP WAS TRYING TO SUBLEASE A PORTION OF ITS OFFICE AND NOW THEY ARE SAYING YOU KNOW THIS HYBRID WORK THING IS NOT WORKING FOR THEM AND THEY ARE BETTER OFF GOING FULLY REMOTE.

WE ARE NOT SEEING A TON OF EXAMPLES BUT COMPANIES THAT ARE CUTTING BACK ON OFFICE SPACE AND EMBRACING REMOTE WORK.

CASES LIKE THIS ONE GET THE ATTENTION OF OTHER COMPANIES WHO ARE LOOKING AND SAYING HOW ARE WE GOING TO USE THE LACK OF AN OFFICE AS A RECRUITMENT TOOL.

>> COULD BE A FOREBODING SIGN FOR THAT VALUABLE SPACE DOWNTOWN.

AND SPEAKING OF THAT, LASALLE STREET IS IN A BIT OF A SLUMP IN TERMS OF VIBRANCY.

CITY BACKED PANEL HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH REVIVING IT.

TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THOSE IDEAS?

>> YES, SO THE CITY IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT CAN DO TO REVIVE LASALLE STREET.

YOU HAVE OLDER OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT ARE VACANT OR WILL BE SOON AND THAT IS NOT GOOD WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO RESTORE VIBRANCY TO THE LOOP.

THIS PANEL FROM THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE PUT TOGETHER A RECOMMENDATION AND IT CENTERED AROUND GENERATING FOOT TRAFFIC ON LASALLE.

THE IDEAS THEY SUGGESTED INCLUDED TURNING THE TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF THE BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING INTO A PUBLIC PLAZA WITH DINING OPTIONS AND LIGHTING FEATURES AND ADDING MURALS TO ALLEYWAYS TO MAKE IT A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WILL WANT TO GO.

AND THE CHALLENGE IS MAKING THIS HAPPEN REQUIRES A LOT OF MONEY, THIS PANEL RECOMMENDED TIF FUNDING TO BE IN PLACE.

WE'LL SEE IF THE IDEAS GENERATE MOMENTUM IN THE YEARS TO COME.

>> ONE OF THE RENDERINGS LOOKED LIKE IT HAD A GLASS DOME OVER LASALLE STREET GIVING THE FEEL FROM LAS VEGAS.

ALL RIGHT.

DANNY ECKER THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

>> AND UP NEXT, OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM TALKS ABOUT PRIMARY ELECTION DAY.

PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> WE ARE HERE TO BREAKDOWN THE MARQUEE RACES IN TOMORROW'S ILLINOIS PRIMARY ON THIS SPECIAL ELECTION EDITION OF SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

HERE WITH ALL THE LATEST THE LAST-MINUTE POLITICAL NEWS ARE AMANDA VINICKY, HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY.

SO LET'S START WITH THE REPUBLICAN BATTLE IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.

HEATHER, WHAT IS SHAPING UP TO BE THE BIGGEST ISSUE IN THAT RACE?

>> WELL, THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS WHAT IT WAS FROM THE BEGINNING.

WAS THERE A WAY FOR RICHARD IRVIN TO WIN THE G.O.P.

NOMINATION WITHOUT FULL THROATEDLY EMBRACING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE ANSWER SEEMS TO BE NO.

HE IS TRAILING DARREN BAILEY IN THE POLLS WHO GOT A HUGE BOOST FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT THIS WEEKEND GIVING HIM HIS FULL AND TOTAL ENDORSEMENT AT THAT RALLY FOR REPRESENTATIVE MARY MILLER IN QUINCY.

AND THE QUESTION IS IT WOULD TAKE A HUGE COME FROM BEHIND VEHICLE FOYE ARE THE FRONTRUNNER FOR IRVIN TO TAKE THE NOMINATION.

I THINK HE COULD FINISH THIRD BEHIND JESSE SULLIVAN WHOSE CAMPAIGN IS MAKING A CASE HE IS SURGING IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.

>> AMANDA, HOW IS THE SUPREME COURT'S ROE DECISION GOING TO BE PLAYING INTO THE RACE?

>> I THINK IT PLAYS INTO IT SOME.

AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAD BEEN SUSPICIOUS OF IRVIN'S CREDENTIALS A A TRUE CONSERVATIVE THIS WHOLE TIME AND HE HAS BEEN WARY TO WEIGH-IN AFTER THAT DRAFT OPINION HAD BEEN LEAKED SAYING LET'S WAIT FOR IT TO COME.

AND THEN HIS STATEMENT NOW THAT THERE IS A TRUE DECISION REALLY FOCUSING ON PARENTAL NOTIFICATION VERSUS ON THE OVERALL ISSUE OF ABORTION.

PERHAPS A NOD TO THE REALITIES AGAIN OF BOTH JUST THE PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN ILLINOIS AND THE VOTERS AS HEATHER NOTED HE HAD BEEN RUNNING THE RACE IN A CAREFUL WAY TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THE PRIMARY IN ORDER TO HAVE AN ABILITY TO WIN THROUGH THE GENERAL ELECTION.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE ACCORDING TO POLLS TWO FRONTRUNNERS RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE STAYING HYPER TO THE RIGHT, HYPER CONSERVATIVE, PULLING UP THE BON FIDS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND PRITZKER HAS BEEN HELPING AND RELISHES GIVEN THAT TRUMP WAS NOT AT ALL SUCCESSFUL HERE IN ILLINOIS.

>> AND PARIS, GOING BACK TO RICHARD IRVIN HE WAS FUNDED BY BILLIONAIRE KEN GRIFFIN AND NOW G.O.P.

MONEY IS GOING TO JESSE SULLIVAN.

WHAT IS GOING ON THERE?

I DID A SEARCH OF RECENT DONATIONS ON THE ILLINOIS CAMPAIGN WEBSITE AND A LOT OF ADDRESSES FROM WIND-CHILL MET AND WHEATON.

SULLIVAN IS TRYING TO POSITION HIMSELF AS PERHAPS A BETTER ALTERNATIVE IF YOU ARE THE MORE ESTABLISHMENT WING OF THE PARTY.

HE IS SAYING HE HAS A BIG BUMP.

SOME POLLS DO HAVE HIM IN SECOND BUT IT'S CURIOUS THAT KEN GRIFFIN ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK HE IS LEAVING TOWN BEFORE THIS PRIMARY IS HAPPENED.

I CAN'T READ ANYTHING ELSE INTO THAT OTHER THAN HE KNOWS IT IS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION.

HIS CANDIDATE AND A LOT OF HIS SLATE ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO WIN IN THE PRIMARY.

HE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE THE BEST CHANCE TO TAKE ON GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER AND GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SPENT A LOT OF MONEY MAKING SURE THAT DARREN BAILEY WAS GOING TO BE HIS CANDIDATE.

HE GOT EVERYTHING HE WISHED FOR INCLUDING THE TRUMP ENDORSEMENT OVER THE WEEKEND.

NOW IN THE GENERAL ELECTION BAILEY IS GOING TO BE TIED WITH DONALD TRUMP AND IT'S NOT AS IF THE ENDORSEMENT PUT HIM OVER THE FINISH LINE HE WAS WAY UP IN MOST OF THE POLLS.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SECRETARY OF STATE RACE.

WHAT ARE THE ISSUES IN THAT RACE AND WHAT IS SEPARATING THE CANDIDATES?

>> WELL, THIS IS THE RACE TO REPLACE SECRETARY OF STATE JESSE WHITE WHO IS RETIRING AFTER A LONG CAREER.

ANNA VALENCIA IS RUNNING AGAINST ALEXI GIANNOULIAS AND ALDERMAN DAVID MOORE.

THIS HAS BEEN A RACE THAT HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH ALLEGATIONS OF ETHICAL VIOLATIONS AND NOT A LOT OF FOCUS ON WHAT THESE CANDIDATES WOULD DO IF THEY WERE ELECTED SECRETARY OF STATE.

WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT FROM DAVID MOORE WHO SAYS HE WANTS TO DO DIGITAL LICENSE PLATES AND BRING THE OFFICE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.

BUT THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH ATTENTION ON THE PERSONALITIES THAT WHAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE DOES AND RUNS A HUGE BUREAUCRACY AND WE ALL HAVE TO INTERACTION IT WHEN WE GET OUR LICENSES AND ID'S THAT WAS LOST AND PERHAPS WE WILL BE ABLE TO COVER THAT MORE.

BECAUSE THIS IS THE BEST SHOT THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE TO PICK UP AN OFFICE OUTSIDE OF THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.

>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HE WAS STUMPING FOR CANDIDATES DOWN STATE INCLUDING MARY MILLER WHO IS IN A HEATED BATTLE WITH RODNEY DAVIS FOR THE SEAT IN A NEWLY DRAWN 15TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

HERE IS WHAT SHE SAID YESTERDAY.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP ON BEHALF OF ALL THE MAGA PATRIOTS IN AMERICA, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE HISTORIC VICTORY FOR WHITE LIFE IN THE SUPREME COURT YET L YESTERDAY.

>> AMANDA, SLIP OF THE TONGUE THERE?

>> THAT'S WHAT THEIR CAMPAIGN FOLKS PERSON TOLD MEDIA OUTLETS SAYING SHE READ IT RIGHT THERE CLEARLY IT WAS A SLIP OF TONGUE.

WE ARE ALL ON THE AIR THINGS HAPPEN SUCH AS THAT EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE A WRITTEN WORD IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE.

THAT SAID, IT CERTAINLY IS NOT A PHRASE THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR A CONGRESS PERSON.

TO SAY LET ALONE TO THINK AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SAY YES, THIS IS NOT A GAFFE MAYBE A FREUDIAN SLIP BUT THAT WAS WHAT SHE SAID AND NEEDS TO BE APOLOGIZING FOR IT IF IT WAS ANY SLIP.

AND NOT WHAT SHE IS DOING WHICH IS BLAMING THE QUOTE-UNQUOTE FAKE NEWS MEDIA FOR MAKING THIS INTO SOMETHING YOU CAN HEAR THE WORDS SHE SAID.

>> PARIS COULD THIS HURT HER IN THE RACE AGAINST RODNEY DAVIS?

>> WELL, THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

WHETHER IT WAS A SLIP OR NOT, THE CROWD APPLAUDED THAT LINE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF RODNEY DAVIS HAS TRIED TO MAKE IT AN ISSUE.

HE POUNCED ON IT BUT GIVEN THE IT IS A RURAL CONSERVATIVE DISTRICT, IT MAY NOT CAUSE HER HARM IN THAT DISTRICT.

I AGREE WITH AMANDA SHE MADE THE COMMENT THAT HITLER WAS RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING A YEAR AGO, AND I THINK YOU HAD TO BE SKEPTICAL WHEN BUYING THE LINE THAT IT WAS SIMPLY A SLIP UP OR A MISSTATEMENT.

THE FULL WORD CAME OUT AND THE FULL SENTENCE HAPPENED.

IF IT IS A SLIP UP PERHAPS THE CAMPAIGN COULD DO BETTER TO CLARIFY AND APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL RACE.

CONGRESSMAN CASTEN SUSPENDED HIS RACE OFF THE DEATH OF HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER.

THE CAMPAIGN ADS ARE BACK.

TELL US ABOUT THAT RACE?

>> DIDN'T SUSPEND RUNNING OR ANYTHING BOTH SIDES TOOK A PAUSE ON THE ADS.

AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE ATTACKS COME BACK LIKE THEY HAD BEEN.

THIS IS THE ONLY RACE WHERE YOU HAVE AN INCUMBENT PITTED AGAINST AN INCUMBENT AND THAT IS IN PART DUE TO ILLINOIS LOSING A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT AND THIS REDRAWN MAPS THAT PITTED THE TWO TOGETHER.

THIS IS ONE WHERE YOU HAVE NEWMAN FOCUSING ON THE ISSUE LATELY OF ABORTION AND SHARING HER PERSONAL STORY OF HAVING HAD ONE.

CASTEN SAYS THAT HE ALSO IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT FOR CHOICE.

AND HE IS MORE, HOWEVER, FOCUSED ON GENERALLY ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

THERE IS SOMETHING I WANT TO POINT OUT IN THE RACE AS NEWMAN HAS BEEN DOGGED BY ETHICAL ISSUES AND IS UNDER AN INVESTIGATION FROM A HOUSE ETHICS PANEL FOR HAVING SUPPOSEDLY -- HAVING HIRED SOMEBODY THE DEAL BEING THAT SHE PROMISED THE JOB TO THIS INDIVIDUAL IF HE DID NOT RUN AGAINST HER IN 2022.

THEY ARE BOTH FRESHMEN.

>> IN THE SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, DANNY DAVIS, A FIERCE OPPONENT FROM KINNA COLLINS AND IS THIS THE OLD GUARD VERSUS THE NEXT GENERATION.

KINA COLLINS IS RUNNING A PROGRESSIVE CHALLENGE AGAINST DANNY DAVIS WHO HAS BEEN A LONGTIME IN CHICAGO AND A STRONG RECORD ON CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES.

WE SAW PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ENDORSE DANNY DAVIS WHICH RAISED A LOT OF EYEBROWS AND MADE PEOPLE THINK MAYBE THIS RACE IS CLOSER THAN PEOPLE THINK.

KINA COLLINS HAS EMBRACED THE JUSTICE DEMOCRATS, THE SQUAD IN CONGRESS AND HAS VOWED TO TAKE A MUCH MORE PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO HER IN CONGRESS.

AND EVEN THOUGH SHE MIGHT NOT VOTE THAT MUCH DIFFERENT IF ELECTED IN PLACE OF DANNY DAVIS THEIR APPROACHES AND GENERATIONS ARE VERY DIFFERENT.

>> PARIS, IN THE NEWLY DRAWN THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TWO LEADING CANDIDATES ARE BUYING TV ATDS LEFT AND RIGHT.

TELL US ABOUT THE RACE BETWEEN RAMIREZ AGAINST GILL VILLEGAS.

>> THE SECOND MAKETY LATINO DISTRICT IN ILLINOIS IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS THEIR SIGHTS ON IT COMES DOWN TO THE FAULT LINES IN THE PARTY.

YOU HAVE RAMIREZ WHO HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY THE PROGRESSIVE GROUPS, BERNIE SANDERS, FOLKS ASSOCIATED WITH AOC AND SHE TABBED VILLEGAS AS A FORMER LOBBIEST AND BEING MODERATE.

VILLEGAS WILL SAY HE SUPPORTED UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME BEFORE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT WAS TALKING ABOUT IT.

VILLEGAS HAS LABOR ENDORSEMENTS.

AGAIN IT'S THE MORE PROGRESSIVE WING OF THE PARTY VERSUS THE MORE LEFT OF CENTER WING THERE.

>> THE RACE TO REPLACE BOBBY RUSH FLOODED WITH CANDIDATES.

A FEW CANDIDATES' NAMES WILL BE FAMILIAR TO FOLKS WILL THAT BE THE DIFFERENCE NAME RECOGNITION?

>> I THINK NAME RECOGNITION AND ALSO JUST ORGANIZATION AND WHO CAN HELP TO GET OUT THE VOTE.

WHO IS BEEN DOING THE MOST DOOR KNOCKING WHETHER COMMERCIALS WILL HAVE ANY EFFECT.

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS RACE.

AND VOTER TURNOUT HAS BEEN FAIRLY LOW AND IS EXPECTED TO BE SO.

IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT WHO IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO CLAIM THIS NOMINATION ONE THAT BY THE WAY, RUSSIAS HELD THE SEAT FOR 15 TERMS.

ONCE YOU HAVE THAT SEAT THE EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HOLD ON TO IT AND IT DOES HAVE A LEGACY AND POLITICS AND POWER.

THAT IS WHERE YOU DO SEE A COMPETITIVE FIELD.

>> AND THERE ARE RACES IN COOK COUNTY AS WELL AND JUDGES ON THE BALLOT WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS DURING WEDNESDAY'S SPOTLIGHT.

WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW.

AMANDA VINICKY, HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS SCHUTZ THANKS, EVERYBODY.

>> AND DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT OUR 2022 VOTER GUIDE WHERE YOU CAN SEARCH FOR CANDIDATES BY NAME, RACE AND DISTRICT.

TO HEAR WHY THEY WANT YOUR VOTE.

IT'S ALL AT... >> UP NEXT, A NEW ART SHOW CURATED BY CHICAGO RAPPER VIC MENSA.

STAY WITH US.

>> ONE OF CHICAGO'S LEADING ART GALLERIES JOINED FORCES WITH A TOP RAPPER.

VIC MENSA.

HE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE HIP-HOP COLLECTIVE SAVE MONEY.

VIC MENSA CURATED A GALLERY SHOW IN THE WEST LOOP AND WHERE MARC VITALI MET HIM.

>> THE DAY BEFORE THE SHOW OPENED, VIC MENSA TOLD US ABOUT HIS CREATIVE JOURNEY.

>> MUSIC IS WHAT HAS TAKEN ME AROUND THE WORLD.

AND IT'S MY PASSION.

BUT I'M ALSO NOT LIMITED TO ANY ONE FORM OF EXPRESSION.

>> HIS LATEST EXPRESSION IS A SHOW CALLED SKIN AND MASKS, INSPIRED BY THE INFLUENTIAL 20TH CENTURY THINKER AND AUTHOR OF BLACK SKIN WHITE MASKS.

>> HE'S DISSECTING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF COASTLINALLISM AND COASTLINALLISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY.

AND I FELT THAT CONCEPT COULD RELATE WELL TO AN ART SHOW.

>> MENSA INVITED FRIENDS LIKE HEBREW BRENTLY TO CONTRIBUTE WORK.

WHILE WE WERE THERE ANOTHER ARTIST DROPPED IN.

>> CHICAGO'S OWN.

THIS IS FELONYIOUS' WORK.

>> IT IS A PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG EMMETT TILL AND HIS FATHER SOURCED FROM OLD PHOTOGRAPHS.

OTHER WORKS CHOSEN REFLECT HIS INTEREST IN GETTING MORE REPRESENTATION ON GALLERY WALLS.

>> A LOT OF HIS IDEOLOGY ALIGNS WITH THE GALLERY MAKING THINGS ACCESSIBLE AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE'S VOICES ARE HEARD AND EVERYONE'S VISIONS ARE AMPLIFIED.

[♪♪♪] >> MENSA'S VOICE WAS AMPLIFIED WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER PERFORMING WITH KIDS THESE DAYS.

[♪♪♪] >> MORE RECENTLY THE HYDE PARK NATIVE COLLABORATED WITH CHANCE THE RAPPER AND STARTED A FOUNDATION SAVE MONEY SAVE LIFE OR SESL THAT AIMS TO HELP PEOPLE FROM CHICAGO AND THE REPUBLIC OF GUANA IN WEST AFRICA.

>> WE FOUNDED THAT ORGANIZATION IN 2018.

BASICALLY AS A VESSEL TO RESPOND CREATIVELY TO THE PROBLEMS FACED BY THE PEOPLE.

THE GALLERY HAS BEEN SO GRACIOUS TO DONATE THEIR PERCENTAGE FROM THE SHOW TO SMSL FOR THE FORMATION OF AN ART PROGRAM IN GUANA.

I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THINGS IN GUANA.

MY FATHER ENTIRE HALF OF MY FAMILY LIVES THERE.

[♪♪♪] >> MY UNCLE IN GUANA WAS A LEGENDARY HIGHLIGHT MUSICIAN THE GROUP IS AN INTERNATIONAL BAND.

I GOT MUSIC IN MY BLOOD AND ART IN MY BLOOD.

QUOTE BY JAMES BALDWIN MOVES ME AND THAT IS KNOW FROM WINCE YOU CAME ABSOLUTELY THERE ARE NO LEGALTATIONS TO WHERE YOU CAN GO.

AND THAT IS THE ETHOS OF WHAT WE ARE CREATING IN GUANA RIGHT NOW.

>> WE WORK WITH CURATORS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE OCCUPY THE ART SPACE, THE ART WORLD IT'S BEEN REFRESHING TO WORK WITH SOMEONE THAT EXISTS OUTSIDE OF THAT NARRATIVE.

>> I WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY THAT THE YOUTH HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.

>> WE HAVE IDEAS ABOUT IMAGINATION, ABOUT THE FUTURE.

WE HAVE INFLUENCED BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PAST.

THAT IN THIS MOMENT OF YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE A CULMINATION OF SOCIETIES ILLS AND AMERICA'S MELTING POT OF WRONGDOING COMING TO A BOIL THAT IT'S ART AND IT'S POETRY AND IT'S FILM THAT WILL BE CARRYING THE BAGS YEN OF REVOLUTION AND WILL BE THE ONES IMAGINING AND DREAMING OF SOLUTIONS.

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

>> VIC MENSA'S SHOW IS CALLED SKIN AND MASKS AND IT JUST OPENED AT THE GALLERY.

THEY HAVE SPACES IN TOWN AND THIS IS IN THEIR WEST LOOP LOCATION.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

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

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

STAY CONNECTED BY SIGN UP FOR YOUR DAILY BRIEFING.

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

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

AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. >> FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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