TONIGHT.

I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> HERE IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

THE SPOTLIGHT PUBLIC STEAM ON PRESIDENT BIDEN IS WHIRLWIND DAY IN CHICAGO AND HIS PICK FOR THE NEXT U.S. ATTORNEY.

>>> AN EXCLUSIVE ON THE EFFORT TO CLEAR THE BACKLOG OF POLICE MISCONDUCT CASES.

WE WILL HEAR FROM THE HEAD OF THE AGENCY CHARGED WITH INVESTIGATING.

>>> IT IS A SCARY TIME TO BE A TRANS PERSON OR TO PROVIDE CARE TO TRANCE PEOPLE.

>> UNIONIZATION EFFORTS FROM ONE OF THE LARGEST LGBTQ HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.

>>> AND CUBS OUTFIELDER IAN HAPP TEAMS UP WITH AN ARTIST.

>>> NOW TO THE TOP STORIES.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SPENT THE DAY IN CHICAGO TODAY.

HE ARRIVED AT O'HARE THIS MORNING AND TOUTED HIS ECONOMIC PLAN AT THE OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING IN TOWN.

HE TALKED ABOUT THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, WHICH IS SET TO DEPOSIT $1 BILLION INTO HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE FOR RESIDENTS ACROSS ILLINOIS THAT LACK ACCESS.

BY THE SAYS IT IS PART OF A PLAN TO REBUILD THE ECONOMY FROM THE MIDDLE OUT, AN APPROACH HE CALLS BIDENOMICS.

>> UNDER BIDENOMICS, WE HAVE ALREADY HAD OVER $490 BILLION IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT , 490 BILLION .

U.S. COMPANIES AND COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD COMING TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

>> BIDEN WAS ALSO IN TOWN TO ATTEND A FUNDRAISER AT THE JW MARRIOTT POSTED BY GOVERNOR PRITZKER.

ACCORDING TO TRAIN CHICAGO BUSINESS, THAT NETTED HIM NORTH OF $1 MILLION FOR HIS CAMPAIGN.

>> THE CHICAGO AREA SENT TO GET A NEW U.S. ATTORNEY TO REPLACE FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY.

PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY ANNOUNCED APRIL PERRY AS HIS NOMINEE TO TAKE OVER AS THE TOP FEDERAL PROSECUTOR OF THE REGION.

PERRY IS A FORMER ETHICS OFFICER AT THE COOK COUNTY STATE ATTORNEY OFFICE, BUT SHE WE SIGNED AFTER THE JESSE SMALLS CASE.

SHE CURRENTLY SERVES AT SENIOR COUNSEL AT GE HEALTHCARE.

IF CONFIRMED, SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST WOMAN IN THIS ROLE.

>>> THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOWS SEARCH WARRANT FILES ARE INCOMPLETE AND PAPER-BASED, MAKING THE DEPARTMENT UNABLE TO EFFECTIVELY TRACK SO-CALLED WRONG GRADES, ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE CITY INSPECTOR GENERAL.

THE WRONGFUL RATE OF YOUNG SCENE HERE SHOWS THE DEEP PROBLEMS IN THE CPD SEARCH WARRANT POLICIES AND PRACTICES.

>>> CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESIDENT SAYS HE IS STEPPING DOWN THIS WEEK AS IS TURN COMES TO AN END.

THE FORMER CHICAGO CITY CLERK AND STATE SENATOR HAS SERVED IN THE POSITION SINCE 2019 WHEN FORMER MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT APPOINTED HIM.

CURRENT MAYOR BRENDA JOHNSON TODAY THANKED HIM FOR HIS SERVICE.

MEANWHILE, JOHNSON IS WHEN HIS OWN PICK FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD .

FOR SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS ARE LATE NEXT YEAR.

>>> CHICAGO OFFICIALS SAY THERE READY FOR THE ONE-TWO PUNCH OF THE LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND A NASCAR RACE EXPECTED TO BRING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DOWNTOWN.

INTERIM POLICE SUPERINTENDENT FRED WALLER SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT IS CANCELING REGULAR DAYS OFF FOR OFFICERS.

>> THE RESOURCES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY LARGE EVENTS HAPPENING DOWNTOWN AND ELSEWHERE.

RESIDENTS WILL SEE AN INCREASE PRESENCE WITH MORE OFFICERS ON FOOT AND BIKE PATROLS AND DOWNTOWN AREAS.

>> HE SAYS THE RACE WILL BE STAFFED BY NEARLY 900 PRIVATE SECURITY GUARDS AMBULANCES WILL BE STATIONED AROUND THE RACE AND TEAMS CAN STOP THE RACING TO ACCESS ANY FIRE EMERGENCIES.

THE CITY SAYS THE HAYES FROM CANADIAN WILDFIRES SHOULD BE CLEARED BY THE TIME RACING STARTS, BUT OFFICIALS CAN IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL MEASURES IF THE POOR AIR QUALITY REMAINS.

>>> IN THE MEANTIME, BUT SMOKE IS HANGING AROUND FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT DAY.

THE AIR QUALITY IS RATED AS VERY UNHEALTHY.

AND UPDATED ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT THURSDAY.

CITY OFFICIALS RECOMMEND AVOIDING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

IF YOU DO GO OUTSIDE, KEEP A SHORT AND WEARING APPROPRIATE MASK.

>> HOPEFULLY, THIS LIFTS .

>> NOBODY LIKES A.

>>> COMING UP IN THE PROGRAM, BASEBALL AND ART MERGER IN A NEW PARTNERSHIP.

>>> BUT FIRST, AN EFFORT TO CLEAR THE BACKLOG OF POLICE MISCONDUCT CASES.

AWT TW NEWS EXCLUSIVE, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY INVESTIGATES ALL ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT FROM POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTINGS TO HARASSMENT.

HUNDREDS OF THESE PROBES HAVE BEEN ON THE BACK BURNER FOR A LONG TIME, BUT COPA SAYS IT IS HIGH TIME TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS.

IT IS PREPARING TO CLEAR ABOUT 800 CASES THAT HAVE BEEN CLOGGING UP THE SYSTEM.

COPA SAYS IS HIS EFFORT TO TACKLE THE MASSIVE BACKLOG AND REFOCUS ON CONCLUDING THE MOST SERIOUS CASES OF ALLEGED MISCONDUCT.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF COPA.

WELCOME BACK TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

YOU SAID YOU WILL REVIEW AROUND 800 COMPLAINTS HERE , AND YOU'RE GOING TO, PERHAPS, CONSIDER CLOSING THEM AS AN EFFORT TO SPEED THE PROCESS UP.

HOW COME?

>> A COUPLE OF THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

TO FOCUS REALLY ON THE EVOLUTION OF OUR AGENCY.

WILL BE LAUNCHED BACK IN 2017, THERE WERE SEVERAL LAGGING CRITICISMS OF THE PRIOR ITERATION , LACK OF INTEGRITY, LACK OF INDEPENDENCE, LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND TIMELINESS.

WE HAVE DONE TREMENDOUS WORK AS AN AGENCY TO ADDRESS THE MAJORITY OF THOSE CRITICISMS.

WHAT REMAINS, REALLY, IS THE ABILITY TO DELIVER TIMELY INVESTIGATIONS.

SO WE SPENT THE LAST PART OF THIS YEAR, BASICALLY SIX MONTHS OR SO, REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED SPECIFICALLY IN THE ARBITRATION PROCESS AFTER WE CONCLUDED INVESTIGATION AND THE DISCIPLINARY RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE LESSONS THAT WE LEARNED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND CPD, AS WELL AS OUR OWN INTERNAL LEGAL DEPARTMENT, ARE INFORMING THIS DRIVE TO EVALUATE THE POSTURE OF SOMEBODY'S OLDER CASES.

>> YOU MENTIONED ARBITRATION.

YOU COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION, SAY, THIS POLICE OFFICER SHOULD BE FIRED, AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY ARBITRATE, AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

I TAKE IT THAT SOME OF THESE 800 CASES YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU'RE SAYING, IN THE ARBITRATION PROCESS, THEY WILL SURVIVE EITHER WAY.

>> EXACTLY.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO LACK OF SUCCESS IN ARBITRATION, AND TIMELINESS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES.

WHEN TRYING TO EVALUATE WHAT IS TIMELY IN THE MINDS OF THE ARBITRATOR, ARE WE REALLY HAVING TO CONCLUDE INVESTIGATIONS AT TWO YEARS OR LESS TO HAVE A HIGHER SUCCESS RATE?

THAT IS WHY WE ARE TAKING WHAT IS APPROXIMATELY 800 CASES THAT ARE OVER TWO YEARS OLD AND THE AGENCY, AND KEEP IN MIND, WE HAVE AROUND 1400 OPEN CASES RIGHT NOW TOTAL, WHICH IS DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FROM WHERE IT WAS WHEN I TOOK OVER AS CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR IS UP AND WE ARE PROUD OF.

PROGRESS IS BEING MADE, BUT WE HAVE TO EVALUATE THE USE OF RESOURCES NOW TO COURSE CORRECT GOING FORWARD.

>> ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE 800 CASES, PERHAPS, BEING CASES YOU MIGHT FIND SOME KIND OF CULPABILITY AND THAT THAT WOULD SEND A MESSAGE TO POLICE OFFICERS THAT THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH ALLEGED MISCONDUCT?

>> SURE, AND LIKEWISE, TELLING A MESSAGE TO IMPACTED COMPLAINANTS.

WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, PERHAPS MORE THAN ANYTHING, IS WHAT KIND OF CASES WON'T BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS KIND OF CLOSURE BUT IT WOULD NOT LOOK AT ANY OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING, EXCESSIVE FORCE IN GOD THINK IT'S SIGNIFICANT INJURY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VIOLATIONS, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT MORE OF THE LOW LEVEL OPERATIONAL VIOLATIONS .

TYPICALLY, THOSE LOOK LIKE FAILURE TO ACTIVATE BODY CAMERAS IN A TIMELY MANNER, SOMETIMES FAILURE TO PROPERLY DOCUMENT A POLICE ENCOUNTER.

AGAIN, LOOKING CASE IS NOT WHERE THAT WAS DONE INTENTIONALLY BY AN OFFICER OR DONE REPEATEDLY BY AN OFFICER, BUT WHAT IS TRULY, PERHAPS, A MISTAKE, WHERE A NON-DISCIPLINARY ACTION MAY BE APPROPRIATE.

>> TO GIVE A SENSE OF THE SCOPE OF YOUR OFFICE, YOU LOOKED AT SOME OF THESE BIG CASES LIKE ANTHONY ALVAREZ, THE ADAM TOLEDO SHOOTING, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE A LOT OF NEWS.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE, TYPICALLY, TO ADJUDICATE ONE OF THOSE BIG CASES LIKE AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING?

>> A NUMBER OF FACTORS CONTROL THAT.

THE PART WE HAVE CONTROL OVER IS HOW LONG IT TAKES OUR INVESTIGATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE ISSUED.

RIGHT NOW, ON AVERAGE, OUR INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONCLUDING IN JUST UNDER TWO YEARS.

WE NEED THAT AVERAGE TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL THESE CASES.

WERE ABLE TO DELIVER TIMELY FOR HIGH-PROFILE CASES AND CLOSE THINGS AND UNDER HERE, BUT THAT HAS TO BE THE NORM FOR ALL THE COMPLAINTS WE RECEIVE.

>> AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU DO YOUR REVIEWING, WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND A LOT OF TIMES, WITH HELP FROM THE POLICE UNIT, THAT OFFICER MIGHT ARBITRATE AND THEN KEEP THEIR JOB, OR THE SUPERINTENDENT MIGHT SAY, WE DISAGREE WITH THE FINDINGS AND WON'T GO FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.

THE SECOND FRUSTRATING?

>> ULTIMATELY, THIS IS A SYSTEM OF DUE PROCESS.

IT IS IT JUST ONE RECOMMENDATION OR VOICE THAT CONTROL THE OUTCOME.

THESE ARE SYSTEMS OF JUDICIAL DUE PROCESS THAT, ESSENTIALLY, GOVERN THE WAY WE HOLD OFFICERS AND ANY OTHER KIND OF EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBLE FOR MISCONDUCT ON THE JOB.

SO WHILE IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING TO SEE YOUR WORK NOT BE SUCCESSFUL, ULTIMATELY, THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN.

>> GOING BACK MANY YEARS, COPA REPLACED IN THE WAKE OF THE LAQUAN McDONALD SHOOTING.

YOU FEEL LIKE THE RESOURCES ARE THERE TO DO IT?

ALL THE RESOURCES AND RESEARCHERS AND EVERYBODY?

>> EPIC WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES AND HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD THEM OVERTIME TO RIGHTSIZING THE CASELOAD THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE, I THINK, WE WILL BE ABLE TO EVALUATE MEANINGFULLY GOING FORWARD WHETHER WE HAVE SUSTAINABLE AMOUNT OF STAFFING TO DELIVER ON A TIMELINE LIKE WE HOPE TO AND ANTICIPATE.

>> WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

WE SHOULD MENTION THAT A LOT OF CHANGE WITH THIS NEW COMMUNITY COMMISSION A POLICE OVER SO OVERSIGHT.

THEY WILL.

THE PERSON IN YOUR POSITION GOING FORWARD.

A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENING WITH POLICE OVERSIGHT.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> YOU CAN READ THE FULL STORY ON THIS ON OUR WEBSITE.

UP NEXT, HOW THE FIGHT FOR LGBTQ AND LABOR RIGHTS INTERSECT IN CHICAGO.

PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>>> LGBTQ ORGANIZATIONS ARE NEGOTIATING THEIR FIRST UNION NEGOTIATION CONTRACT.

THE SIDES ARE SAYING THEY ARE EAGER TO COME TO A RESOLUTION.

THEY AGREE THAT ACCESS THE LGBTQ HEALTHCARE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER AS SUCH CARE IS SHRINKING IN SURROUNDING STATES.

>> Reporter: ALLIE SAYS SHE HAS FELT EMPTIES THAT SHE WAS LAID OFF SIX MONTHS AGO.

SHE WORKS FOR THE NOW DEFUNCT IN POWER PROGRAM WITH HOWARD BROWN HEALTH THAT PROVIDED SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR PEOPLE FACING VIOLENCE.

>> THE HARDEST PART IS KNOWING THAT THE PROGRAM DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE.

THERE IS NOT ANOTHER PROGRAM LIKE A.

THE VENN DIAGRAM OF QUEER PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE IS A CIRCLE.

>>> >> Reporter: GETTING THOSE WORKERS BACK ON THE JOB HAS BEEN PART OF THE FIGHT FOR HOWARD BROWN WORKERS UNITED.

THEY ARE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING THEIR FIRST CONTRACT.

THE VICE PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS WITH HOWARD BROWN HEALTH SAYS THE LAYOFFS WERE DUE TO A $12 MILLION BUDGET GAP.

>> IT CAME FROM PHARMACY REVENUE, WHICH IS A PROGRAM CALLED 340 B.

IT HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

IT IS HARD TO PINPOINT THE MOMENT A CHANGE, BECAUSE IT IS IN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH.

JUDGES ARE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT IT.

IT IS ALSO IN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.

PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATIONS ARE ALSO MAKING CHANGES.

IT IS KIND OF A THREE-PRONGED APPROACH THAT THEY ARE TAKING THE PULL BACK SOME OF THE SAVINGS.

>> Reporter: MORE PROTECTIONS FOR TRANS WORKERS AND PATIENTS IS WHAT ANDREA, A BARGAINING MEMBER FOR THE UNION, WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE NEW CONTRACT.

>> IT HAS BEEN A SCARY TIME TO BE A TRANS PERSON OR PROVIDING CARE TO TRANS PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: 20 STATES HAVE PASSED LAWS OR POLICIES BANNING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR YOUTH, ACCORDING TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN.

HOWARD BROWN SAYS IT'S ON INCREASE OF 5000 PATIENTS LAST YEAR, 5% OF THEM BEING OUT-OF-STATE PATIENTS SEEKING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE.

A SOCIOLOGIST AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY BELIEVES THESE ATTACKS MAKE UNIONIZING AN EVEN LARGER PRIORITY FOR WORKERS.

>> UNIONIZING REALLY OFFERS THE QUEER LIBERATION MOVEMENT A POSSIBILITY TO WIN THE DEMANDS THAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR IN THE STREETS.

FROM AND LGBTQ AND LABOR RIGHTS HAVE INTERSECTED SINCE THE DAWN OF PRIDE.

>> TWO TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR FOUGHT AT THE STONEWALL RIOTS THAT GAVE BIRTH TO THE LGBTQ MOVEMENT.

BLACK AND BROWN IMPORT AND QUEER ENTRANCE PEOPLE WERE LIVING ON THE STREETS.

WERE HAVING TO ENGAGE IN SEX WORK TO SURVIVE.

>> Reporter: HOWARD BROWN WORKERS ARE CURRENTLY ACCUSING MANAGEMENT OF NEGOTIATING IN BAD FAITH.

A CHARGE THEY SAY IS IN FRONT OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.

IN RESPONSE, SAYS MANAGEMENT IS ENGAGING IN GOOD FAITH BARGAINING.

>> WE WANT TO GET INTO A CONTRACT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND ONE THAT BENEFITS BOTH SIDES OF THE ORGANIZATION.

WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: WHILE IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THEY WILL GET THEIR JOBS BACK, THERE STAYING POSITIVE.

>> I DON'T FEEL HELPFUL THAT IT WILL COME BACK.

BUT I AM HOPEFUL THAT THE LABOR BOARD WILL RECOGNIZE THAT SOME INJUSTICES HAVE HAPPENED.

>> WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT ARE SET TO MEET AT THE BARGAINING TABLE AGAIN ON FRIDAY.

>>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MADE A WHIRLWIND TRIP TO CHICAGO AND NOMINATED THE FIRST WOMAN AS THE TOP FEDERAL PROSECUTOR , IF CONFIRMED.

ALL THAT COME AND MORE, AND SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

PRESIDENT BIDEN IN CHICAGO TODAY ANNOUNCING THAT APRIL PERRY IS A PIC FOR U.S. ATTORNEY.

SHE WORKED AS A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR IN THE OFFICE.

SHE ALSO SERVED AS CHIEF ETHICS OFFER AND COOK COUNTY , BUT SHE LEFT THE ADMINISTRATION AFTER THE FOX ADMINISTRATION DISMISSED CHARGES AGAINST JUSTICE JUST JUSSIE SMOLLETT.

TELL US ABOUT THE DECISION.

>> SHE IS A LONG TIME PROSECUTOR, MOST NOTABLY IN THE U.S.

ATTORNEYS OFFICE PROSECUTING THE KEVIN TRUDEAU CASE.

AS YOU MENTIONED, -- BY THE WAY, SHE SERVED ON THE CHICAGO POLICE BOARD FOR MANY YEARS.

A SIMILAR RESUME TO LORI LIGHTFOOT, WHO WAS ALSO CONSIDERED A NAME THAT WOULD BE U.S. ATTORNEY BEFORE SHE RAN FOR MAYOR.

AS YOU MENTIONED, AS THE CHIEF ETHICS OFFICER AS THE COOK COUNTY STATE ATTORNEY OFFICE, OTHER KIM FOXX, LEAVING HIM ABOUT WHOLE CLOUD REGARDING THE JUSSIE SMOLLETT CASE AND ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE UNANSWERED.

AS FAR AS WE HAVE GLEANED, THERE IS A BIG INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT WENT WRONG, WHO WAS WRONG, WHO ACTED UNETHICALLY.

HER NAME IS NOT MENTIONED IN ANY THAT.

IT SEEMS LIKE SHE LEFT BEFORE THAT REALLY BLEW UP, AND PERHAPS, IN PROTEST OF WHAT SHE SAW HAPPENING, AS OPPOSED TO BEING PART OF THAT.

I WOULD ASSUME, IF SHE HAD A DIFFERENT ROLE IN THAT, SHE WOULD NOT GET THE HIGH PRAISE SHE IS GETTING FROM THE SENATORS HERE.

OBVIOUSLY, A VERY DEEP RESUME.

THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT FOR SOMEONE TAKING OVER THIS VERY IMPORTANT JOB.

>> PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO FUNDRAISING HERE TODAY WITH THE GOVERNOR AND DEEP POCKET DONORS.

IS A SHOW ABOUT ALL THE UNITY AFTER THE TALK OF GOVERNOR PRITZKER RUNNING?

BUT I DON'T THINK THE TALK OF GOVERNOR PRITZKER HAVING HIS SIGHTS SET ON HIGHER HORIZONS IS GOING TO LEAVE.

THAT IS WHY HE WANTS TO PLAY NICE.

HE HAS ALWAYS DONE SO.

IS A VERY WEALTHY MAN, A LONG TIME DEMOCRAT.

THIS IS NOTHING NEW FOR HIM.

HE DID GET SINGLED OUT FOR PRAISE BY THE PRESIDENT DURING THE EVENT, SAYING THAT HE DID MORE THAN ALMOST ANYBODY IN THE COUNTRY TO GET BY THE ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 2020.

YES, IT IS A SHOW OF UNITY, AND IT IS ALSO THAT BY THE NEEDS MONDAY, CHICAGO IS HOSTING THE D&C, GOVERNOR PRITZKER ONCE MORE, AND THIS IS A NATURAL ROLE FOR HIM.

ALL OF THAT.

>> FLYOVER ATM.

>> HEATHER, YOU REPORTED ON THE CITY COUNCIL HEARING ABOUT THE MICRO-CRISIS TODAY.

600 MIGRANTS LIVING IN POLICE STATIONS, 5000 IN CITY SHELTERS.

WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE FIVE NEW PROPOSED CENTERS BY >> THE CITY NEEDS TO GET THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ON THE FLOORS OF POLICE STATIONS OUT OF THEIR.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS TWO MONTHS AFTER THE CRISIS BEGAN.

THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL UNHOUSED IN CHICAGO, AND I THINK THAT IS TRULY A CRISIS.

IT IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM FOR THE MAYORS ADMINISTRATION.

THEY PROMISE TO TODAY THEY ARE DEVELOPING COMPREHENSIVE PLANS TO OPEN MORE SHELTERS, AND THAT WILL STANDARDIZE THE PROCESS WILL PEOPLE ARRIVE IN CHICAGO TO GET THEM SERVICES AND SOMEWHERE TO LIVE.

BUT IT IS VERY HARD TO FIND PERMANENT HOUSING FOR THESE RECENT IMMIGRANTS.

THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY.

THEY CAN'T WORK, MOST OF THEM.

THAT MEANS THAT FEWER THAN 1000 PEOPLE OF THE 11,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE ARRIVED SINCE AUGUST HAVE MOVED INTO PERMANENT HOMES.

THAT SHOWS YOU THE SCOPE OF THE CRISIS.

>> MAY, THE GOVERNOR WAS ASKED PREVIOUSLY THIS ME, ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS HERE?

AND HE SAID, YES, EVERY TIME I HAVE THE CHANCE.

IT DID NOT COME UP, HOWEVER, INVITE HIS PREPARED REMARKS FOR THIS EVENT.

IT WAS NOT PART OF BIDENOMICS.

HOPEFULLY THERE WAS SOME TALK, BUT THERE REALLY HAS NOT BEEN AN INDICATION THAT THE FEDS ARE GOING TO BE SWOOPING IN WITH ADDITIONAL CASH OR AID.

>> THAT IS WHY IT IS A BUMMER THERE IS NO QUESTION AND ANSWERS FROM REPORTERS.

IT IS NOT JUST THE CASH, BUT COULD BIDEN ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WOULD LIFT WORK REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM THAT CANNOT LEGALLY WORK.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRESIDENT REALLY THINKS ABOUT THE, OTHER THAN CONGRESSPEOPLE HAD BEGGED HIM FOR SOME KIND OF ACTION.

MAYBE AT THE FUNDRAISER THEY TALKED ABOUT A, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT POLITICS AND MONEY.

>> LET'S SHIFT GEARS A LITTLE BIT.

SEE WHAT I DID THERE?

HOLIDAY WEEKENDS ARE USUALLY RIPE WITH SAFETY ISSUES.

HOW WILL FIRST RESPONDERS DEAL WITH EMERGENCIES AROUND THE NASCAR EVENT?

IT WILL NEIGHBORHOOD COVERAGE LACK?

>> THEY MIGHT HAVE TO PUT THE BRAKES ON SOME OF THEIR NORMAL PATROLS.

[ LAUGHTER ] CHICAGO IS GOOD AT ONE THING, HE KNOWS HOW TO HOST BIG EVENTS.

NATO, G7, WHATEVER THE NUMBER .

THE CITY KNOWS HOW TO PULL THESE THINGS OFF.

WHAT HAPPENS IS, OFFICERS ARE OVERWORKED.

THERE WORKING THROUGH THEIR HOLIDAY SHIFTS AND OVERTIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, AND LEAVE RESOURCES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE WITHOUT NASCAR, THIS IS TYPICALLY ONE OF THE ROUGHEST WEEKENDS OF THE YEAR IN TERMS OF CRIME.

>> GOVERNOR PRITZKER IS SKIPPING IT.

IS HE SENDING A MESSAGE >> I DON'T THINK A.

HE SAID HE HAD PLANS LONG BEFORE.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLE HILL WITH THAT ONE.

>> GOOD TO KNOW.

>> I HELD MYSELF FROM ANY NASCAR POND.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> WE SPOTLIGHT ALL THE POLITICS.

>>> NEXT, A COMPS PLAYER TEAMS UP WITH AN ARTIST FOR AN INSIDER VIEW OF WRIGLEY FIELD.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>>> RESULTING IN ARTWORK WITH A HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE.

CHICAGO CUBS OUTFIELDER IAN HAPP COMMISSIONS AN ARTIST TO CAPTURE THE GAME FROM A PLAYERS PERSPECTIVE, BUT THE ARTIST, AND ENGLISH MAN, DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT BASEBALL, SO HE INTRODUCED HIS FRIEND TO HIS WORKPLACE.

[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> I HAD THIS EXPERIENCE WHERE I WOULD BRING PEOPLE DOWN OF THE FIELD THAT HAS BEEN TO 10, 20, 100 GAMES AND WRIGLEY FIELD AND GET ON THE FIELD A LOOK BACK UP AND HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE OF THIS MOMENT OF ALL.

TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT AND SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES WE GET AND WRIGLEY FIELD AS PLAYERS THAT THE FANS DON'T GET, THE FIRST ONE WAS FROM THE DUGOUT LOOKING OUT AS A FANS.

THAT IS HOW IT STARTED.

THAT WE CAPTURED THE BATTER S BOX VIEW AND ROUNDING THIRD AFTER HOME RUN.

>> Reporter: THE ARTIST IAN HAPP HIRED, PATRICK FEEL, ALSO MADE CITYSCAPES AND PORTRAITS OF FANS HE HAS MET.

HE WAS BORN IN BRISTOL, ENGLAND AND LIVES IN BROOKLYN.

>> I WENT TO A METS GAME , I AM ALWAYS TRYING WHEREVER I GO, AND I DID A LITTLE SKETCH OF MY SKETCHBOOK.

I THINK YOU SAW THAT, AND YOU WOULD LIKE, HANG ON A MINUTE, WE NEED TO GET YOU OUT TO WRIGLEY.

>> Reporter: THEY MET THROUGH A MUTUAL FRIEND.

HE UNDERSTOOD CRICKET, BUT NOT BASEBALL.

>> I HAVEN'T GOT THE FOGGIEST.

OR I DIDN'T.

I AM LEARNING.

IT IS A FIELD.

I WOULD CALL IT A PITCH.

TO THEIR FIVE-YEAR PARTNERSHIP RESULTED IN A GALLERY SHOW CALLED SEE WHAT I SEE.

>> WE LOVE ARTWORK THAT HAS THE STORY BEHIND IT.

THIS KIND OF COLLABORATION HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BEFORE.

>> Reporter: IAN HAPP HIT A PAIR OF HOME RUNS AT THE FIRST CUBS CAME IN LETTER.

BUT FOR THIS PRODUCT IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HIS BALLPARK .

>> ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL WAYS IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PLAYED HERE BEFORE US.

ERNIE BANKS, SANTOS, BABE RUTH CALLED A SHOT HERE.

TO CONCEPTUALIZE THAT AND THE HISTORY , THE 100 PLUS YEARS OF HISTORY AT THIS FIELD, AND TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THAT ON TO WEAR THE CUBS UNIFORM IS REALLY SPECIAL AS A PLAYER, AND THEN THE ENERGY YOU GET FROM THE FANBASE, THEY ARE ALWAYS ROOTING FOR YOU.

THEY'RE SUCH A POSITIVE FANBASE, WHICH IS SO IMPRESSIVE.

>> Reporter: HE IS GLAD TO SHARE WRIGLEY WITH HIS FRIEND, BUT THE ARTIST HAS YET TO TAKE BATTING PRACTICE.

>> I HAVE NOT EVEN -- I DON'T KNOW.

>> THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE TO DO.

>> Reporter: AND WHILE NEITHER IS FROM CHICAGO, EACH AND FOUND THE CITY WELCOMING.

>> IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.

I'M STARTED TO EXPLORE THE CITY MYSELF NOW THROUGH THE LENS OF BASEBALL AND PEOPLE.

I FEEL LIKE A BIT OF A DETECTIVE OF SORTS TRYING TO LEARN STORIES ABOUT WHY PEOPLE LOVE THIS CLUB SO MUCH AND THE CITY.

>> Reporter: -- >> AND JUST TO GIVE THE PEOPLE WHO WATCH IS A CHEER FOR US EVERY DAY A LOOK AT HOW IT IS FOR US.

WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY.

IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

>>> WHAT A COOL PROJECT.

THE ART SHOW IS AT GALLERY VICTOR AND RIVER WEST AND RUNS THROUGH AUGUST 26.

THE ARTIST IS IN RESIDENCE AT THE GALLERY THROUGH JULY.

IAN HAPP PLACE TONIGHT OF WRIGLEY FIELD.

HE HAS ANOTHER JOB HERE.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE SHOW ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> HOPEFULLY, THEY CAN BREEZE OKAY THERE.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT IS A SHOW FOR WEDNESDAY.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5:30 PM AND 10:00.

WERE MAKING A PIT STOP DOWNTOWN WITH A REPORT ON THE NASCAR RACE.

>> WE BREAKDOWN THE LATEST DECISIONS OUT OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

>> FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, THANKS FOR WATCHING.

BE SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>>> CLOSED CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND