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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

>> THE FACT THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE MOVING FURTHER AND FURTHER TO THE VIT NOT MY FAULT.

>> ILLINOIS' GOVERNOR HAS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE BUT FIRST HE HAS TO SECURE A SECOND TERM.

ONE-ON-ONE WITH J.B. PRITZKER.

>> AND WE'LL TALK WITH OTHER WINNERS IN YESTERDAY'S PRIMARY ELECTION CONTESTS.

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM DIGESTS LAST NIGHT'S PRIMARY RESULTS AND LOOKS AHEAD TO NOVEMBER.

>> I'M ANGEL IDOWU I WILL SHARE HOW CHICAGOANS ARE WEARING PIECES OF THE CITY, LITERALLY.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> THE VOTES ARE IN BUT NOT ALL THAT MANY FROM CHICAGOANS.

JUST 20.1% OF CHICAGO VOTERS PARTICIPATED IN THE LOWEST TOTAL SINCE 2014 WHICH SAW A LITTLE OVER 16%.

65-74-YEAR-OLDS TURNED OUT HIGHEST.

THE LOWEST 18-24-YEAR-OLDS WITH UNDER 11,000 VOTES.

STAY TUNED TO HEAR FROM LAST NIGHT'S WINNERS THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM.

>> R&B SINGER R. KELLY SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEX TRAFFICKING AND RACKETEERING.

A FEDERAL JUDGE IN NEW YORK TOLD HIM QUOTE ALTHOUGH SEX WAS A WEAPON YOU USED THIS IS NOT A CASE ABOUT SEX.

IT IS A CASE ABOUT VIOLENCE, CRUELTY AND CONTROL.

THIS RULING COMES DECADES AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF HIS ABUSE OF YOUNG GIRLS CIRCULATED IN THE 90s AND AN ACQUIT WALL ON SIMILAR CHARGES IN 2008.

KELLY IS STANDING TRIAL IN CHICAGO WHERE HE FACES CHARGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

>> GOOGLE IS IN TALKS TO BUY THE THOMPSON CENTER ACCORDING TO REAL ESTATE COMPANY COSTAR IT IS AN INTERESTING TWIST FOR THE BUILDING WHICH HAS MYRIAD MECHANICAL ISSUES AND HAS BEEN A CANDIDATE FOR DEMOLITION AND THE LOOP AN AREA IN NEED OF A BUSINESS BOOST.

THE TECH GIANT WOULD POTENTIALLY EXPAND THE CHICAGO OFFICES INTO A LARGE PORTION OF THE BUILDING'S OFFICE SPACE ANY DEAL ON THE TABLE IS NOT FINALIZED AT THIS POINT.

>> UP NEXT, ONE-ON-ONE WITH GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> ONE OF GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER'S MOST VOCAL CRITICS THROUGHOUT THE COVID PANDEMIC IS NOW HIS GOVERNOR OPPONENT.

HE HAS HIS SIGHTS SECOND ON A SECOND TERM.

HE HAS TO BEAT DARREN BAILEY THE DOWN STATE FARMER WHO BEAT A CROWDED FIELD TO WIN THE G.O.P.

NOMINATION.

AMANDA VINICKY SAT DOWN WITH PRITZKER THIS MORNING AND IS WITH US NOW WITH HIGHLIGHTS.

>> DEMOCRATS DO DOMINATE STATE GOVERNMENT THAT GIVES PRITTER AN ADVANTAGE AND HE COMES IN WITH THE POWER OF INCUMBENTSY AND NAME RECOGNITION.

AND PRITZKER HAS NO LIMITS AND ON THE CASH HE CAN SPEND TO WIN THIS RACE.

HE APPEARS TO BE TAKING THE GENERAL ELECTION MATCHUP SERIOUSLY COMING OUT SWINGING AGAINST BAILEY.

>> CERTAINLY MY OPPONENT IN THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR IS AN EXTREMIST RIGHT WIN TRUMP MAGA REPUBLICAN.

THAT IS SOMETHING PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.

AND KNOW WHEN THEY GO TO THE POLLS THEY WOULD BE VOTING FOR A GUY WHO BELIEVES IN THE SAME THINGS THAT DONALD TRUMP BELIEVES IN.

DONALD TRUMP IS A RACIST HOMOPHOBIC, XENOPHOBICMY SONGNIST.

>> AND WON TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT.

WHILE THAT MAY HAVE HELPED BAILEY IN THE G.O.P.

PRIMARY AND CONSERVATIVE BASE LOOK FOR PRITZKER TO USE THAT AGAINST BAILEY LEADING UP TO NOVEMBER.

OFF ALL -- AFTER ALL TRUMP TWICE LOST IN ILLINOIS.

AND THAT IS WHY PRITZKER AND ALLIES IN A ROUNDABOUT BUT OBVIOUS WAY HELPED TO PROP UP BAILEY THROUGHOUT THE PRIMARY.

ACCORDING TO THE CAMPAIGN FOR RICHARD IRVIN, PRITZKER'S CAMPAIGN, THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION AND THE STATE PARTY COLLECTIVELY SPENT $30 MILLION ON ADS CATEGORIZING BAILEY AS TOO CONSERVATIVE.

THAT IS A WORD THAT RESONATES WITH REPUBLICAN VOTERS.

I ASKED PRITZKER IF IT'S MISOGYNISTIC WHY DID YOU HELP BAILEY?

PRITZKER DENIED THIS CAMPAIGNING DID BAILEY ANY FAVOR.

>> WE WORKED AGAINST ALL THE REPUBLICANS I AM A DEMOCRAT I WANT DEMOCRATS TO WIN.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNEW IN THE GENERAL ELECTION THESE FOLKS ARE EXTREMISTS.

>> YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT IN THE PRIMARY?

PER SE, DID YOU?

>> I'M RUNNING AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS YOU'RE SAYING THE STARTING GUN DOESN'T START UNTIL TODAY.

>> YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOUR MONEY HELPED TO BRING NAME ID TO DARREN BAILEY WHEN HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CAMPAIGN FUNDING.

YOU DON'T BELIEVE YOU HELPED HIS CANDIDACY?

>> REPUBLICANS VOTED FOR THEIR NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR.

HE DID NOT JUST GET A PLURALITY.

HE GOT 57%.

THAT MEANS REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE STATE DECIDED THEY WANTED TO GO WITH THE TRUMP-BACKED RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST.

>> WITH 30 MILLION DOLLARS FROM GPIA?

>> DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT BY THE OTHER PEOPLE SUPPORTING CANDIDATES IN THAT RIGHT-WING KABBAL OF A REPUBLICAN NOMINATION PROCESS?

I SIMPLY WAS RUNNING MY GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

THE MESSAGES THAT I WAS PUTTING OUT THERE ABOUT CANDIDATES AND THE DGA WAS PUTTING OUT THERE ABOUT CANDIDATES WERE REALLY ALL ABOUT JUST WHAT DO THE REPUBLICANS STAND FOR THAT DON'T STAND FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU AND I STAND FOR.

>> WHAT ROLE DO YOU BELIEVE, IF ANY, YOU HAVE PLAYED IN THE POLARIZATION OF POLITICS?

>> I'VE WORKED TOGETHER TO GET BIPARTISAN THINGS DONE IN SPRINGFIELD GETTING THE CANNABIS BILL PASSED AND PASSED THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IN A BIPARTISAN WAY.

MY FIRST BUDGET WHICH WAS THE REVERSAL OF BRUCE RAUNER'S FAILURES IN A BUDGET WE HAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR.

THE FACT THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE MOVING FURTHER AND FURTHER TO THE RIGHT THAT IS NOT MY FAULT AND IT'S SOMETHING HAPPENING LED BY DONALD TRUMP.

WE NEED TO MOVE TOWARD THE MIDDLE.

WE NEED TO BE WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THINGS DONE.

>> BY THE WAY, PRITZKER ASKED THE QUESTION: DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WAS USED ON THE QUOTE RIGHT-WING CANDIDATES?

WE DO KNOW.

BAILEY'S CAMPAIGN HAD TENS OF MILLIONS FROM DICK UIHLEIN AND RICHARD IRVIN BENEFITED FROM 50 MILLION FROM KEN GRIFFIN.

BAILEY'S SUCCESS AND EARLY MOTIONS TO TAKEOVER THE G.O.P.

HAVE LEFT MODERATES AND ANTI-TRUMP REPUBLICANS IN ILLINOIS FEELING FORSAKEN.

I ASKED THE GOVERNOR IF HE WILL DO ANYTHING TO APPEAL TO THEM?

DOES HE HAVE A BUSINESS AGENDA THAT WOULD PERK THE EARS OF BUSINESS MINDED REPUBLICANS IN LIGHT OF ILLINOIS LOSING CORPORATIONS LIKE CATERPILLAR AND BOEING?

>> REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS VOTED FOR THAT.

I WORKED TOGETHER TO GET DATA CENTER TAX CREDITS AND WE HAVE $13 BILLION OF NEW DATA CENTERS BEING BUILT IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS DONE IN A BIPARTISAN FASHION.

REPUBLICANS WHO SEE THEIR PARTY MOVING FURTHER TO THE RIGHT, SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT I AM TRYING TO BRING BUSINESS, BRING JOBS COME TOGETHER WITH REPUBLICANS TO GET BIG THINGS DONE TO CREATE JOBS AND GROW BUSINESS.

>> AND DARREN BAILEY MAKING MOVES TO GAIN POWER HE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE.

PRITZKER HAS BEEN DOING THE SAME AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAKING ENFORCEMENTS AND SPENDING CASH ON LEGISLATORS ON THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

THAT IS THE GROUP THAT STEERS THE STATE PARTY AND THE GROUP THAT WILL DECIDE IF DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ILLINOIS CHAIR ROBIN KELLY GETS TO KEEP THAT JOB.

I ASKED PRITZKER WHAT IS BEHIND THIS MAKING PLAYS IN THOSE RACES?

>> I WANT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO REPRESENT ALL OF OUR DEMOCRATS AND MAKE SURE WE ARE ELECTING DEMOCRATS UP AND DOWN THE TICKET.

IT I WANT IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT FUNDRAISING AND GRASSROOTS ROOTED.

NO PART OF THE STATE LEFT OUT.

THIS IS NOT A PARTY THAT BELONGS IN ONE REGION.

WE OUGHT TO BE WINNING IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

NIKI WILL WIN IN HER CONGRESSIONAL RACE BECAUSE SHE IS A DEMOCRAT STANDING UP FOR PEOPLE IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

I BELIEVE THAT THE RACES THE DEMOCRATS WHEN WE RUN AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT WE STAND FOR, WE WILL WIN.

BUT WE NEED A STRONG DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

>> ANY NEW CHAIR?

DO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN MIND?

>> NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.

WE HAVE COME TOGETHER AS A PARTY AROUND A COORDINATED CAMPAIGN TO GET HELP GET TAMMY DUCKWORTH REELECTED.

>> ARE YOU EXPLORING THIS A NEW CHAIRPERSON?

>> WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO RAISE MONEY AND ORGANIZE A PARTY THAT ELECTS MORE PEOPLE.

>> ROBIN KELLY HAS NOT BEEN DOING THAT WELL ENOUGH?

>> WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS NO DOUBT.

>> PRITZKER TOUTING HIS SUCCESSES THAT INCLUDES A BOOST IN THE MINIMUM WAGE STATE-WIDE, PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT TO ABORTIONS AND ALSO THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA.

THOUGH PROMISES OF BRINGING MORE PEOPLE OF COLOR INTO THAT INDUSTRY WELL, THAT'S BEEN PROBLEMATIC.

ALSO THAT HUGE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT PASSED WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.

PRITZKER SAID THAT SORT OF NEGOTIATE SOMETHING GOING TO GET TOUGHER AS THE G.O.P.

DOES MOVE TO THE RIGHT.

NOW, AS FOR WHAT IS ON TARGET IF HE WINS REELECTION IN NOVEMBER HERE IS HIS RESPONSE.

>> AS YOU KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT DONE AND THERE'S MORE TO DO.

ONE EXAMPLE...

I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO GO TO COLLEGE WHETHER IT'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GO TO COLLEGE FOR FREE IF THEY MAKE MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW.

WE ARE ALMOST THERE.

WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR MAP GRANTS BY 50%.

EVERYBODY ELIGIBLE FOR A MAP GRANT IS GETTING ONE.

WE HAVE MORE TO DO TO MAKE COLLEGE MORE AFFORDABLE THAT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE.

>> AND THAT IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HEARD FROM PRITZKER ABOUT THE PLANS FOR FREE COLLEGE.

HE HAS FIVE MONTHS OF CAMPAIGNING TO KEEP HIS JOB BUT PRITZKER HAS RECEIVED NATIONAL ATTENTION ABOUT A POSSIBLE PROMOTION GETTING MENTIONED AS A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.

I ASKED PRITZKER DOES HE HAVE HIS SIGHTS SET ON THE PRESIDENCY?

>> I'M FOCUSED ON REELECTION AS GOVERNOR AND I INTEND TO SERVE FOUR YEARS AS GOVERNOR AND EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK WE'VE GOTTEN DONE READY AND PLAN TO DO MUCH MORE IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

>> THIS CYCLE PRITZKER PUT $90 MILLION INTO THIS CAMPAIGN FUND.

FOUR YEARS AGO HE SPENT $171 MILLION ON THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.

IT IS A NEW DYNAMIC HERE IN THIS RACE.

SO THE STATE BUDGET GOING TO BE A TOP ISSUE IN THE RACE BETWEEN PRITZKER AND BAILEY.

BUT, SO, TOO, ARE ISSUES LIKE ABORTION WHAT CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS AND SO ON.

I SHOULD MENTION WE DID REACH OUT TO THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE G.O.P.

NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR, DARREN BAILEY, HIS TEAM DID NOT RETURN OUR REQUEST.

WITH THAT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

AND WE'LL SEE YOU LATER ON IN THE PROGRAM.

>> BUT FIRST, STATE REPRESENTATIVE DELIA RAMIREZ WON THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IN THE NEWLY DRAWN THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WHICH IS LATINO AND INCLUDES THE HUMBOLDT PARK AND LOGAN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOODS AND STRETCHES WEST OF THE CITY TO INCLUDE SUBURBS LIKE ELGIN AND BENSONVILLE.

JOINING US IS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, DELIA RAMIREZ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU'VE SAID THAT YOUR WIN IS A VICTORY FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

YOUR HUSBAND, WHO HAS DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROTECTIONS OR DACA WAS UNABLE TO VOTE FOR YOU.

TELL US HOW IMPORTANT IMMIGRATION REFORM IS TO YOU AND HOW YOU PLAN TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THAT.

>> CERTAINLY.

THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND I DON'T KNOW KNOW ANYBODY WHO ARE IN MIXED STATUS.

RUNNING FOR THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT IS PERSONAL TO ME.

WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION, IT'S EXTREMELY PERSONAL.

HE WALKED IN WITH ME TO THE POLLING LOCATION.

HE STOOD NEXT TO ME.

AND WE BOTH FOUGHT TEARS BECAUSE HE COULD NOT VOTE FOR HIS WIFE.

HE HAS BEEN HERE SINCE HE WAS 14.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT A COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM IS [INAUDIBLE] THE TWO MILLION DREAMERS AND ALSO ABOUT THEIR PARENTS AND OTHERS WHO FOR ONE REASON OR THE OTHER DID NOT QUALIFY AS DACA RECIPIENTS AND IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR OUR ECONOMY AND THE MORAL RIGHT THING TO DO.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORMS.

SOME OF THE THINGS WE COULD BE DOING NOW IS REDUCING THE BACKLOG FOR ALL OF THE CASES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING LITERALLY FIVE, SIX YEARS TO BEGIN THEIR PROCESS TO A PATHWAY OF RESIDENCY.

AND THE OTHER IS REDUCING THE COST FOR RESIDENTS TO BECOME CITIZENS.

IN SOME CASES FOR PEOPLE AND I KNOCKED ON DOORS AND HEARD PEOPLE SAY I WOULD LOVE TO VOTE FOR YOU, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT A CITIZEN YET.

NON-MANY CASES THEY SAID TO ME, I'M NOT A CITIZEN BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD THE APPLICATION.

THERE IS A LOT OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING WHERE WE MOVE TO FULL COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM.

>> YOU HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES AS WELL.

THE ENVIRONMENT, MEDICARE FOR ALL.

HOW DOES YOUR EXPERIENCE IN SPRINGFIELD HELP WITH YOU THOSE ISSUES?

>> I RAN FIVE YEARS AGO ON HEALTHCARE HOUSING AND EDUCATION.

AND I WAS A COSPONSOR OF A BILL THAT EXPANDED HEALTHCARE COVERAGE INITIALLY FOR SENIORS IN 2020 AT THE PEAK OF COVID.

LAST YEAR FOR ANYONE 55 AND ODD OLDER REGARDLESS OF LEGAL STATUS AND JULY FIRST HERE IN THIS STATE, THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY, WE HAVE 42 YEARS OF AGE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID REGARDLESS OF LEGAL STATUS.

BEING ABLE TO BE THE LEAD NEGOTIATOR OF THIS LEGISLATION INTO HEALTHCARE FOR THE FIRST TIME IS THE KIND OF WORK THAT I WANT TO BUILD UPON WHEN I GET TO CONGRESS.

>> YOU'VE CHARACTERIZED YOURSELF AS A GRASSROOTS CANDIDATE YOU WERE ENDORSED BY BOTH REPRESENTATIVES GARCIA, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVE AOC FROM NEW YORK, BERNIE SANDERS AND ELIZABETH WARREN.

PROGRESS CANDIDATES DID WELL LAST NIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT MEANS FOR THE CANDIDATES FACING CRITICISM FOR SUPPORTING CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM AND DEFUNDING THE POLICE.

>> LAST NIGHT WAS A CLEAR EDUCATION THAT WE CANNOT WALK BACK THE WORK WE HAVE DONE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.

AND WHAT VOTERS IN DUPAGE, SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY SAID IS THAT WE NEED SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY WORKS ON THE SOLUTION AND INVESTMENT IN MAKING COMMUNITIES SAFE.

LOOK, I WON IN DUPAGE WITH A 47 POINT LEAD DESPITE THE FACT THAT MY OPPONENT DECIDED THE ONE THING HE WAS GOING TO HIT ME ON DAY IN AND DAY OUT WAS ABOUT MY RECORD OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN POLICE COMMUNITY.

RIGHT NOW THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, THE SOCIALIST WHO HAS TALKED ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO DEFUND POLICE, INVESTING IN MODELS, INVESTING IN POLICE TRAINING AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

HE IN A RACE JUST ONE WON WITH A 14 POINT LEAD AND EVERY PERSON ON THE BOTTOM UNDER ME IN THE BALLOT.

WE ALL WON.

WE ALL WON AS A SLATE.

INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT FEAR MONGERING, WHAT DEMOCRATS WE LEARNED LAST NIGHT WE HAVE TO START TALKING ABOUT THE SOLUTIONS AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMMING THAT GETS TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND THE ROOT CAUSE OF VIOLENCE.

>> YOU WILL FACE OFF AGAINST JUSTIN BURAU IN THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

DO YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE WITH GRASSROOTS FUNDRAISING CAN NO CORPORATE BACKED CONTRIBUTIONS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I'M TAKING THIS EVENING OFF ALTHOUGH I WILL BE DOING AND TALKING WITH STAFF IN MY BACKYARD.

AND COME TUESDAY I GET BACK ON THE PHONE.

WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST FUNDRAISER WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH.

WE DID 25 FUNDRAISERS AND RAISED $730,000 AND LESS THAN 30,000 CAME FROM LABOR.

OUR COMMUNITY PUT OWNERSHIP INTO THIS CAMPAIGN AND WE WON.

DESPITE THE FACT THAT MY OPPONENT OUTRAISED ME.

WE BEAT HIM WITH 40 POINT LEAD AND IT WAS NOT JUST ROE VS. WADE.

WHAT YOU SAW YESTERDAY DOWN THAT SLATE IS THAT PEOPLE IN THE STATE ON THAT BALLOT THEY VOTED FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT AND AGAINST POLITICAL CORRUPTION.

THEY ARE CALLING AND DEMANDING THE DEMOCRAT THAT IS TRANSPARENT, RELATABLE AND GETS THINGS DONE.

>> STATE REPRESENTATIVE DELIA RAMIREZ.

THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US CONGRATS ON YOUR WIN LAST NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK IN NOVEMBER.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND AGAIN, DELIA RAMIREZ WILL FACE REPUBLICAN JUSTIN BURAU IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

NOW TO AMANDA AND THE RACE FOR ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL.

>> THANK YOU.

AS WE CONTINUE TO GET TO KNOW SOME OF THE WINNERS FROM YESTERDAY'S PRIMARY, WE MOVE TO THE RACE FOR ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL.

REPUBLICAN TOM DEVORE WON AND IS LOOKING TO REPLACE INCUMBENT KWAME RAOUL WHO IS SEEKING REELECTION.

DEVORE AN ATTORNEY HAS BEEN BEHIND SEVERAL LAWSUITS AGAINST THE STATE AGAINST MASKS AND COVID MANDATES LEADING TO TOUGH WORDS FROM THE GOVERNOR.

TAKE A LISTEN.

>> HE IS A GRIFTER WHO IS TAKING MONEY FROM PARENTS WHO ARE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF.

THIS IS -- WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP KIDS AND PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AND TEACHERS AND EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE SCHOOL, SAFE.

THAT'S MY JOB AS GOVERNOR.

THAT'S OUR JOB AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.

AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT GOING AROUND AND SUING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE GOVERNOR AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN ORDER TO KEEP PEOPLE LESS SAFE MAKES ZERO SENSE TO ME.

>> JOINING US TO DISCUSS THIS AND HIS VISION FOR THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE IS TOM DEVORE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AND CONGRATULATIONS.

HARSH WORDS FROM THE GOVERNOR THERE WHAT WAS IT ABOUT COVID THAT SO INSPIRED YOUR IRE AND YOUR DESIRE TO RUN FOR THIS OFFICE?

>> WELL, AGAIN WHEN WE SAY WHAT WAS IT ABOUT COVID IT WAS NOT NECESSARILY COVID.

SPECIFICALLY.

IT WAS AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER USING FEAR AND EXERCISE AND WIELD POWER FROM OUR OFFICE THAT NOR OUR CONSTITUTION OR STATUTES NEVER ALLOWED FOR.

THAT IS WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.

THE GOVERNOR TRIED TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ACCUSE ME OF MAKING PEOPLE LESS SAFE BUT WHAT THE GOVERNOR NEVER TALKED ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO KEEP THE PEOPLE SAFE FROM TYRANNICAL EXECUTIVES AND THAT IS THE BIGGER ISSUE IN THE LONG-RUN.

AND SAFETY?

THE GOVERNOR ARGUED FOR DAYS IN FEBRUARY IF THOSE MANDATES WERE LIFTED HOW PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE LESS SAFE.

AND THE COURT LIFTED THE MANDATES AND NOBODY WAS LESS SAFE.

IT WAS ALL TACTICS BY THE GOVERNOR.

AND IT DIDN'T WORK.

>> AND SO Mr. DEVORE THERE WAS AN UNEASTERN SUCCESS RATE YOU SUCCEEDED IN THE CASE THAT LEAD TO SCHOOLS -- THE ELIMINATION OF THE MASK MANDATE FOR SCHOOLS BUT OTHER SUITS FAILED AND CRITICS CALLED THEM FRIVOLOUS NOT JUST THE GOVERNOR.

DID YOU HAVE THE LEGAL CHOPS TO BE THE CONTINUING THE STATE'S TOP LEGAL OFFICER SENATOR.

>> THAT PROPAGANDA YOU THREW OUT THERE I'M GLAD YOU DID.

THEY DON'T KNOW THE STATISTICS.

YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW NOR DID THE PEOPLE THAT PUSHED THAT PROPAGANDA OUT WOULD SAY THAT WE WON 13 CASES IN A ROW WHEN IT DEALT WITH THE GOVERNOR'S MITIGATIONS.

IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR OUR OVERALL RECORD AND THIS IS NOT HOW MANY CASES WERE WON OR LOST, WE WON MORE CASES THAN WE LOST.

BUT THE GOVERNOR WOULD NEVER TELL THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS ABOUT THOSE.

HE ONLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE ONES THAT WENT HIS WAY.

BUT OVERWHELMINGLY, THEY WENT IN FAVOR OF THE PEOPLE.

AND, AGAIN, AS OF RECENT, THE LAST 12 OR 13 CASES IN A ROW, WERE SUCCESSFUL AGAINST THE GOVERNOR'S MANDATES.

OUT OF HOW MANY CASES?

>> AGAIN, I'M GOING TO SPITBALL AND SAY THERE WERE PROBABLY TOTAL CASES THERE WERE LESS THAN 20 AND THE LAST 10 TO 12 OF THEM WE WON EVERYONE OF THEM STARTING IN AUGUST OF 2021 UNTIL FEBRUARY WE WON EVERY CASE THAT TELL WITH MASKS AND EXCLUSION POLICIES WE HAD.

>> AND DOES THAT ANTI-LOCKDOWN MESSAGE HOLD-UP COME NOVEMBER THINGS HAVE CHANGED THERE ARE NOT MANDATES RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL THERE'S NOT MANDATES RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ELECTION HE IS TRYING TO PANNEDDER TO PEOPLE P BUT I HAVE BEEN ACROSS THIS STATE FOR TWO YEARS DEFENDING PEOPLE.

HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF BUSINESS OWNERS HAD THEIR LIVES RUINED.

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN HAD THEIR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES PERMANENTLY INHIBITED.

THE MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN HAS SUFFERED.

THOSE EMOTIONS AND REAL COSTS ARE NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.

THE GOVERNOR CAN TRY ALL HE WANTS TO TO SWEEP TUNDER THE RUG BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK.

>> I'M GUESSING YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LET HIM.

YOU DID WRITE ON YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE I'VE NEVER BEEN LABELED A TRUMP CONSERVATIVE BY ANYONE THAT KNOWS ME.

WHAT BRAND OF REPUBLICAN ARE YOU?

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON TRUMP?

>> WELL, AGAIN, I VOTED FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.

BUT THIS WHOLE STIGMA OF A TRUMP CONSERVATIVE.

I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WANT TO BE INTELLIGENT AND ARTICULATE WHAT THAT MEANS.

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT.

THOSE WORDS BREATHE A LOT OF FIRE BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ME FINDS ME TO BE A MODERATE REPUBLICAN BELIEVE IT OR NOT AND TO SAY I'M A FIRE BREATHING RIGHT-WING CONSERVATIVE THEY LAUGH ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME.

>> NOW, I WANT TO GET BACK IN TERMS OF TRUMP, LOTS OF PEOPLE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE HEARINGS IN WASHINGTON DO YOU BELIEVE THAT TRUMP COMMITTED ANY ILLEGAL ACTS ON JANUARY 6TH?

>> AGAIN I'M NOT IN THAT CASE.

I'M NOT FOLLOWING THE COMMITTEE HEARINGS.

WHEN YOU ASK A LAWYER WHETHER SOMEBODY COMMITTED A LEGAL ACT I LEAVE THAT UP TO THE PROCESS.

FOR ME TO JUMP IN AND SAY YES HE DID OR NO HE DIDN'T THAT IS FODDER FOR PEOPLE TO START THROWING ABOUT RECKLESSLY.

I WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO THE COMMITTEE AND THOSE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT HE COMMITTED ILLEGAL ACTS.

I DON'T USE THOSE WORDS LIGHTLY ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT CONVERSATION.

>> A CASE, YOU HAVE BEEN NAMED IN A FEDERAL LAWSUIT THAT ACCUSES YOU OF BREAKING INTO AN OFFICE AND STEALING $20,000 WORTH OF GUNS AND COINS ON BEHALF OF A CLIENT, DID THAT HAPPEN?

CAN YOU EXPLAIN?

>> IT DID NOT HAPPEN MY CLIENT IS A BANK.

AND THAT BANK HAD AN ORDER TO GO IN AND TAKE THE PROPERTY OF THIS INDIVIDUAL.

AND THAT PROPERTY WAS TAKEN BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND BY THE BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE.

I DID NOT TAKE ANYTHING.

IT'S COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS.

AND THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT FILED THAT CASE HIS LAWYER MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THOSE THINGS TO BE TAKEN AND THEN AFTER THEY WERE TAKEN WHEN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT COME TO AN AGREEMENT, WITH THAT LAWYER, Mr. WALSH FIRED HIS OLD LAWYER AND HIRED A NEW LAWYER AND SUED EVERYBODY.

>> THAT CASE IS ONGOING?

>> YES, THE CASE IS ONGOING BUT IT'S FRIVOLOUS IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

NOT SURE I CANNOT TELL IF YOU ARE WEARING SHORT SLEEVES, CAN YOU HOLD-UP YOUR SLEEVES FOR YOUR TATTOOS.

>> I'M NOT WEARING A SHORT SLEEVE.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT, BYE.

>> THERE IS MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" AHEAD SO STICK AROUND.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" WE TALK WITH COOK COUNTY ASSESSORS FRITZ KAEGI WHO IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO A SECOND TERM AFTER LAST NIGHT'S VICTORY.

AND DARREN BAILEY WINS THE G.O.P.

PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR TAKING ON J.B. PRITZKER IN NOVEMBER.

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WILL DISH ON THAT AND MORE FROM LAST NIGHT'S ELECTIONS.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SIGNED INTO A LAW THAT PROTECTS ILLINOISANS AGAINST HAIR DISCRIMINATION.

THE CROWN ACT CODIFIES PROTECTIONS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION DUE TO HAIR STYLES HISTORICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC RACIAL GROUPS.

BLACK WOMEN ARE 1.5 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE SENT HOME FROM THE WORKPLACE BECAUSE OF HAIR.

IN 2021, ILLINOIS PASSED THE JET HAWKINS ACT WHICH BANNED HAIR STYLE DISCRIMINATION IN SCHOOLS THIS LAW PROTECTS UNDER HUMAN RIGHTS ACT LIKE HOUSING AND PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS.

>> CHICAGO'S BIKE LANES ARE GETTING AN UPGRADE.

ALL OF THE PROTECTED BIKE LANES WILL BE BOUNDED BY A CONCRETE CURB BY 2023 AFTER FIVE PEDESTRIANS AND PSYCH KETTISTS HAVE BEEN -- CYCLISTS HAVE BEEN KILLED.

THE CITY PLANS TO UPGRADE 15 MILES OF EXISTING PROTECTED LANES AND ADD 10 NEW MILES BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

WORK IS SET TO BEGIN THIS WEEK.

>> AND IT COULD BE A BUSY WEEKEND AT O'HARE AND MIDWAY.

THE AIRPORTS ARE EXPECTING 1.6 MILLION TRAVELERS BETWEEN TOMORROW AND EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND.

O'HARE COULD SEE AN INCREASE OF 17% OVER LAST YEAR AND MIDWAY IS ANTICIPATING A 37% INCREASE.

FLYERS ARE RECOMMENDED TO ARRIVE EARLY AND BE AWARE OF CONSTRUCTION AT O'HARE'S TERMINAL 5.

>> COOK COUNTY ASSESSOR FRITZ KAEGI FACED HEADWINDS FROM TRADE UNION REPRESENTATIVES BUT HE WAS ABLE TO FOUGHT OFF CHALLENGER KARI STEELE WINNING 53% OF THE VOTE.

IN NOVEMBER HE WILL GO AGAINST THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE.

AND JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT HIS PLANS FOR A POSSIBLE SECOND TERM IS FRITZ KAEGI.

ASSESSOR KAEGI CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

THIS WAS A VERY HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE BETWEEN YOU AND KARI STEELE SHE WAS BACKED BY BUILDING TRADES UNIONS AND OWNERS AND MANAGERS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK PUT HER OVER THE TOP?

>> THIS WAS THE VOTERS RECOGNIZING WHAT WAS AT STAKE.

THE VOTERS AND THE PUBLIC SAID WE WANT A REFORM VISION FOR THIS OFFICE FOUR YEARS AGO AND THEY LIKED THE RESULTS AND SAW SOMETHING WAS OFF ABOUT MY OPPONENT'S CAMPAIGN AND THEN AS PEOPLE STARTED TO FIND OUT THEY REALIZED, HEY, THESE ARE THE BIG BUILDING OWNERS WHO ARE PUTTING THIS CANDIDATE FORWARD.

AND THEY SAW THAT THE INTERESTS OF THE BIG BUILDING OWNERS WAS TO BRING FAVORITISM BACK AND HAVE LOWER VALUATIONS SO THEY COULD STICK HOMEOWNERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES WITH TAX BILLS AND PEOPLE SAID WE DON'T WANT THAT AGAIN WE LIKE THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE SEEING.

>> AND YOU'VE BEEN CHARGED WITH PUTTING BALANCE INTO THIS SYSTEM WHICH IN THE PAST FAVORED THOSE BIG, WEALTHY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS AT THE EXPENSE OF LOWER INCOME HOMEOWNERS.

IT WAS A REGRESSIVE SYSTEM BY EVERY MAJOR STUDY DONE ON IT.

BUT THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS DO COMPLAIN ABOUT IN SOME CASES ASSESSMENTS THAT HAVE GONE WAY UP AS MUCH AS 300%.

WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THEM AS THEY ARE STUCK WITH YOU FOR ONE MORE ASSESSMENT CYCLE?

>> WELL, THE THING IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE HEADLINES OF THE TRADE PRESS LIKE CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S HEADLINE AFTER HEADLINE OF MAJOR PURCHASES HAPPENING OF BUILDINGS GOING FORWARD AND TRANSACTIONS HAPPENING.

WE WILL A HEALTHY ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE FAVORITISM FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO STICK THE PUBLIC WITH THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILLS FOR THAT FAVORITISM THEY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO THE SUBSIDIES THAT NO ONE ELSE GETS.

MY MESSAGE IS LOOK, THE PUBLIC REJECTED THAT VISION OF THE FUTURE.

THEY MIGHT HAVE TOLERATED THE FAVORITISM IN THE PAST UNDER JOE BERRIOS BUT THEY ARE NOT HAVING THAT.

PEOPLE ARE FACING THE PROBLEMS WITH INFLATION, OF ALL THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THEY SEEN WALLS STRIPPED OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.

WE CAN HAVE A PATH FORWARD THAT INVOLVES FAIR AND TRANSPARENT VALUATIONS FOR BIG GHTSES AND HAVE A HEALTHY INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT BUT THEY WILL BE PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE IN THE COST OF GOVERNMENT AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE STICKING AVERAGE PEOPLE AND SMALL BUSINESSES WITH THE BIG TAX BILLS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAID BY THE BIG BUILDINGS.

>> THERE ARE SMALLER BUSINESS OWNERS AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNER THAT HAVE COMPLAINED THEIR ASSESSMENTS HAVE GONE WAY UP.

AND MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY SAYING IT WAS OF IT'S NOT WARRANTED GIVEN HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.

IS THERE ANYWAY TO BLUNT IT GOING FORWARD?

>> SMALL BUSINESSES ARE IN A DIFFERENT BOAT FROM THE BIG COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

THERE ARE SOME SMALL COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DID HAVE ASSESSMENTS GO UP AND A LOT ARE ONES THAT WERE GETTING REDUCTIONS FOR VACANCY AND THE PROPERTIES WERE KEPT EMPTY FOR YEARS AND DECADES BY OUT OF TOWN BUSINESS OWNERS CALLED LAND BANKING AND THEY WERE STASHED.

AND THEIR ASSESSMENTS WENT UP BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE GIVING REWARDS FOR VACANCY.

AND IT TAKES SOME OF THE BURDEN OFF OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES STAYING OPEN.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA SMALL COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS VALUES WENT UP AND IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS PLACES LIKENING EVENING AND ALSO NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE NORTH SIDE SMALLER COMMERCIALS ARE GOING TO BE BEARING LESS OF THE BURDEN THE BILLS ARE ON TRACK TO BE GOING DOWN.

THE THING EVERYONE NEEDS TO REMEMBER WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT IN THE SENSE THAT WE ALL ARE PART OF ONE TAX BASE IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT ALL PROPERTY OWNERS ARE FAIRLY VALUED THAT REDUCES RATES FOR EVERYONE THAT BENEFITS SMALL BUSINESSES AND HOMEOWNERS ALIKE.

>> YOUR CANDIDATE FORUM WITH KARI STEELE WE BROUGHT UP HICCUPS IN YOUR FIRST TERM.

MOST RECENTLY, THE LATE PROPERTY TAX BILLS BEING SENT OUT.

WHAT IS THE CULPRIT FOR THE LATE BILLS?

>> I THINK THIS WAS AN INSTANCE OF SOME OF THOSE BIG BUILDING OWNERS TRYING TO TURN A POSITIVE INTO A NEGATIVE.

THEIR STRATEGY TO RAISE DOUBT.

WE REPLACED THE PREHISTORIC COMPUTER SYSTEM OVER 40 YEARS OLD.

THE VIEWERS IT'S EMBARRASSING WHEN YOU HAVE A FIVE-YEAR-OLD PHONE TRY RUNNING AMERICA'S LARGEST PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM ON A SYSTEM THAT DATES QATARI AND THE POST-IT NOTE.

AND RESULTED IN LOTS OF ERRORS.

ELDERLY PROGRAMMERS KNEW HOW TO PROGRAM.

WE FOLLOWED THE COUNTY'S PLAN TO REPLACE THAT SYSTEM.

AND WE'RE REALLY DELIGHTED PART OF THE NEWS YESTERDAY WAS THAT THERE ARE TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD REVIEW WHO ARE ELECTED AND PART OF THEIR PLATFORM THEY ARE COMMITTED TO DOING TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION WITH THE ASSESSORS OFFICE MORE SHARING OF DATA AND MORE WORKING TOGETHER AND TRANSPARENCY.

THIS COOPERATION WILL MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE DELAYS WHEN WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION.

>> SHOULD YOU GO ON TO BEAT YOUR OPPONENT IN THE GENERAL WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR THE SECOND TERM?

>> FOR THE SECOND TERM WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ELIMINATE WHATEVER INEQUITIES REMAIN IN THE PROCESS.

WE'VE NOTICED SOME COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES WHERE WE'VE REDUCED THE LOWER VALUATIONS MAKING SURE THEY ARE IN LINE WITH THE MARKET SOMETIMES APPEALS AT THE BOARD REVIEW ARE BEING REDUCING THOSE VALUES AGAIN.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WORKING BETTER TOGETHER USING DATA SO FULL VALUE IS REFLECTED.

ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES WAS CICERO WE SAW REDUCTIONS IN THE VALUES WE RAISED BY THE OTHER VENUES ON PROPERTIES OWN I HAD BY WALMART, BY AMAZON, BY EXXON.

THE WEALTHY HEFT CORPORATIONS IN THE WORLD AND WE SHOULD NOT BE PUTTING MORE BURDENS ON THE HOMEOWNERS IN PLACES LIKE CICERO BECAUSE THE PROPERTY TAX LAWYERS FIGURED OUT HOW TO RIG DATA TO GET THE VALUES REDUCED AGAIN ON APPEAL.

THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST OBJECTIVES FOR THE SECOND TERM.

AND WE'RE WORKING TO REDUCE ASSESSMENTS ON HOMES AT THE BOTTOM END BY WORKING WITH ASSESSORS OFFICES IN THE COUNTRY TRYING TO GET ACCESS TO FEDERAL MORTGAGE APPRAISAL DATA GIVING US INFORMATION ABOUT INTER YEAR CONDITION AND QUALITY AND MAKE SURE THAT ASSESSMENTS ARE FAIR.

>> ASSESSOR KAEGI A LOT OF WORK LEFT TO DO.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PRIMARY VICTORY AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS, PARIS, APPRECIATE IT.

>> UP NEXT OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ILLINOIS PRIMARY ELECTION SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> WITH MUCH MORE ON THE PRIMARIES AND HOW THE KEY RACES ARE SHAPING UP FOR NOVEMBER WE'RE JOINED BY OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM AND WE'LL GET THEIR TAKE ON MORE REVELATIONS FROM THE JANUARY 6TH HEARS IN WASHINGTON.

WITH MORE HERE AHEATHER CHERONE, AMANDA VINICKY AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

WE KNOW THAT DARREN BAILEY WAS ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE FINAL DAYS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

HE HANDILY DEFEATED JESSE SULLIVAN AND RICHARD IRVIN AND OTHERS TO GET THAT G.O.P.

NOMINATION.

HOW DO PRITZKER AND THE DEMOCRATS VIEW BAILEY AS AN OPPONENT.

THE PERSON THEY WANTED TO RUN AGAINST.

YOU HEARD IN THE INTERVIEW WITH AMANDA.

PRITZKER SPENT MILLIONS AND INTERESTS ASSOCIATED SPENT MILLIONS TO HELP RICHARD IRVIN, HELP SINK HIM AND ELECT DARREN BAILEY.

AND THE QUESTION IS: IS THIS GOING TO BE A GOOD BET COME NOVEMBER?

IT SEEMS LIKE IT PROBABLY WILL BE.

PRITZKER HAS MADE THE POINT HE IS TOO CONSERVATIVE FOR ILLINOIS, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST TWO, THREE DECADES IN ILLINOIS HE IS TOO CONSERVATIVE BASED WHO HAS WON STATE OFFICE AS A REPUBLICAN.

TENDED TO BE MORE ROD RAT ESPECIALLY ON THE SOCIAL ISSUES.

THAT IS NOT DARREN BAILEY.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHETHER BAILEY WANTS TO TACK TO THE CENTER ON THE SOCIAL ISSUES OR IF HE SAYS MY BRAND HAS BEEN TO BE THAT CONSERVATIVE.

I WOULD NOT LOOK AUTHENTIC IF I DID THAT.

THERE IS A LONGTIME BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO MOTIVATE VOTERS IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT INFLATION IS GOING TO BE AND THE THINKING OF VOTERS IS GOING TO BE.

I ASSUME PRITZKER IS NOT TAKING THIS CHALLENGE LIGHTLY EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE CANDIDATE HE WANTED TO FACE.

>> BAILEY PITCHES HIMSELF AS A REGULAR GUY, A FARM FARMER.

>> AND NOW THE ELITE FROM THE PRESS SAY THAT PRITZKER IS A SHOO-IN.

YOU GET IT.

THEY SAY OUR FAITH IS SET.

THAT A FARMER CAN'T BEAT A BILLIONAIRE.

FRIENDS, THE FUNNY THING IS, THESE SAME PEOPLE SAID WE COULDN'T WIN THE PRIMARY.

>> AMANDA DO YOU THINK THAT A MESSAGE THAT WILL FLY WITH ILLINOIS VOTERS?

>> FIRST OF ALL I'M NOT SURE WHO SAID HE COULDN'T WIN THE PRIMARY.

I THOUGHT FROM A WAYS BACK HE HAD THE MOST SOLID CHANCE OF GETTING THE G.O.P.

NOMINATION.

I THINK THIS IS A MESSAGE THAT SITS WELL.

I HAVE TO BALANCE MY FAMILY'S BUDGET.

WHY CAN'T THE STATE.

AND PRITZKER WOULD SEYFARTH SHAW THAT ILLINOIS HAS SEEN THE CREDIT RATINGS BOOSTED AND DOES HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.

HE IS, YES, A FARMER.

WE DON'T YET HAVE COPIES OF BAILEY'S TAX RETURNS NOR DO WE KNOW THAT THOSE WILL BE RELEASED.

BUT IT IS NOT QUITE A SMALL FARM IT IS AN AGRIBUSINESS IT IS NOT LIKE HE IS A SMALL FARMER.

I THINK HE REPRESENTS A VERY BIG CHUNK OF ILLINOIS.

YOU LOOK AT THE MAP WHERE DEMOCRATS HAVE WON.

IT IS IN COOK COUNTY, IN SOMETIMES THE COUNTIES MAKING INROADS BUT THE REST OF THE STATE TENDS TO GO RED.

THERE IS A BELIEF THAT SOUTH IS FORGOTTEN AND BAILEY FEEDS INTO THAT.

THERE IS A PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO BE HEARD AND FEELS AS IF THEY ARE BEING HEARD THROUGH HIM.

>> WHAT DOES THE WIN SAY ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN ILLINOIS?

>> IT IS NOT JUST HIM IT'S ALSO DEVORE WHO WE HEARD FROM, VARIOUS CANDIDATES IN LEGISLATIVE RACES WHO WON THE PRICES AGAINST MORE MODERATE AND INCUMBENT LAWMAKERS.

SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE THOSE WHO BAILEY HAD ENDORSED.

HE HAS BEEN VERY CRITICAL OF THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP THE ALL LEADERSHIP BUT THES CONTROL IT BUT THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THAT IS HOW HE GOT INTO THE ILLINOIS HOUSE.

THERE HAD BEEN SOMEBODY LONG THOUGHT OF A CONSERVATIVE WHO ENDED UP BREAKING THE STALEMATE WHEN RAUNER WAS GOVERNOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FORMER REPRESENTATIVE DAVID RICE WAS SEEN A SUPER CONSERVATIVE AND BAILEY SAID NOT ENOUGH.

NO TAX INCREASES.

SO THIS IS AN INDICATION THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE ESTABLISHMENT IS CHANGING PARTICULARLY IF BAILEY HAS HIS WAY.

IF YOU READ INTO WHAT HE HAS BEEN SAYING PUBLICLY IT SEEMS HE IS GOING TO TRY TO MAKE A BID FOR THAT.

>> AND THE ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS FEEL LIKE YOU THOUGHT WE WERE IN THE WILDERNESS AND NOW WE WILL BE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GO WITH HOW THE STATE AS VOTED.

THE DARREN BAILEY WING SAYS WE TRIED YOUR WAY FOR DECADES, AND WHAT DID IT GET US?

LET'S TRY THIS WAY.

AND THAT'S THE TUG OF WAR HAPPENING.

>> HEATHER, I WANT TO GET YOU IN HERE.

WE HEARD DARREN BAILEY IN THAT SOUNDBYTE SAY THE ELITES AND THE PRESS HAVE DISCOUNTED HIM FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION.

BUT DOES HE HAVE A REALISTIC HOPE AGAINST PRITZKER IN NOVEMBER WHO AS WE'VE DISCUSSED PRITZKER HAS DEEP POCKETS AND THE BENEFIT OF INCUMBENTSY?

>> WELL, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE AN EASY TASK.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THE RESULTS THE 2020 ELECTION TO GIVE A BENCHMARK FOR THIS.

DONALD TRUMP LOST ILLINOIS BY 17 POINTS.

SO THAT IS NOT A SMALL MARGIN.

AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE MORE NAME RECOGNITION, MORE MONEY, A BIGGER CAMPAIGN OPERATION THAN DARREN BAILEY.

SO THAT IS A HUGE MARGIN TO MAKEUP IN JUST THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

BUT IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE'VE LEARNED IN THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, DECADE, IT SEEMS LIKE S. THAT ELECTIONS ARE CRAZY.

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

AND PRITZKER CHOSE THIS BATTLE AND NOW HE HAS TO FIGHT IT.

AND THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PRESSURE ON HIM TO MAKE GOOD ON REALLY THIS CHOSEN BATTLE THAT HE HAS AHEAD OF HIM.

>> TALKING ABOUT THE SECRETARY OF STATE RACE.

ALEXI GIANNOULIAS EMERGED FROM A FOUR-CANDIDATE FIELD IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY TO REPLACE LONG TIME SECRETARY OF STATE JESSE WHITE WHO IS RETIRING.

HE FACES REPUBLICAN DAN BRADY IN NOVEMBER.

WE KNOW THAT WHITE HELD THIS POSITION FOR 20 YEARS.

ALEXI GIANNOULIAS HAS A BIT OF BAGGAGE HOW DO YOU SEE THE RACE?

>> IT SURE DOES AND IT SHOULD PROVE THERE ARE SECOND ACTS IN AMERICAN POLITICS.

ALEXI GIANNOULIAS OF COURSE LOST THE SENATE RACE TO MARK KIRK AND NOW HE IS BACK AGAIN RUNNING FOR STATE-WIDE OFFICE AND WE ARE GOING TO HEAR A LOT, I IMAGINE ABOUT HIS TIES TO FORMER BLAGOJEVICH CONVICTED OF A HOST OF CORRUPTION CHARGES AND TIES TO THE FAMILY'S BANK WHICH REALLY SORT OF CAME INTO PLAY IN THIS RACE WITH KIRK.

I'M SURE HE WILL SAY THAT IS ANCIENT HISTORY I'VE MOVED ON LET'S FOCUS ON THE FUTURE.

BUT THERE WAS NOT A LOT IN THE PRIMARY ABOUT WHAT HE WOULD DO AS SECRETARY OF STATE.

SO WE WILL BE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS AND TRIES TO SEE HOW HE WOULD USE THIS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL OFFICE AND HOW HE WOULD OPERATE IT FOR THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS.

>> DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT KWAME RAOUL WHO WAS UNOPPOSED IN THE PRIMARY FOR HIS JOB OF ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL, HE IS GOING TO TAKE ON THE SELF STYLED PEOPLE'S ATTORNEY TOM DEVORE.

YOU REPORTED THAT THE DEMOCRATS WERE TRYING TO PROP UP DEVORE'S CANDIDACY.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT COULD COME BACK TO BITE THE DEMOCRATS A BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR?

OR COULD DEVORE MOUNT A SERIOUS CHALLENGE KWAME RAOUL.

>> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DEMOCRATS CONTINUING TO PUSH BAILEY WILL THIS BACKFIRE AND WHAT WILL IT MEAN FOR THE AGENDA THAT DEMOCRATS USED THEIR CONTROL OF STATE BUDGET TO BUTTRESS AND PUT FORWARD IF IT BECOMES GOVERNOR BAILEY OR ATTORNEY GENERAL DEVORE.

AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S RACE THERE IS QUITE A FINANCIAL IMBALANCE.

KWAME RAOUL HAS MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BANK AND DEVORE HAS $35,000.

THE BULK OF WHICH WAS DONATED FROM HIS OWN POCKETS AS A LOAN.

THERE IS A TOUGH ROAD FOR DEVORE TO GET OUT THERE.

AND AGAIN, I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE DEMOCRATS MAKING THE ARGUMENT THE ONE THEY DID IN THE PRIMARY, THAT HELPED BOOST DEVORE OVER A KEN GRIFFIN BACKED CANDIDATE THAT HE IS TOO CONSERVATIVE FOR ILLINOIS.

>> AND THE RACE FOR U.S. SENATE REPUBLICAN KATHY SALVI EMERGED FROM A CROWDED FIELD TO WIN THE G.O.P.

PRIMARY.

AND WILL FACE SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH.

PARIS S. THERE ANYTHING TO SUGGEST THAT KATHY SALVI CAN CAUSE AN UPSET.

>> THAT NAME SALARY, HER HUSBAND AL SALARY RAN FOR SENATOR AGAINST DURBIN UNSUCCESSFULLY AND UNSUCCESSFULLY SECRETARY OF STATE AGAINST JESSE WHITE.

HE WAS A STATE REP AND IS A LAWYER.

KATHY SALVI IS A LAWYER.

WELL-KNOWN AND HIGHLY REGARDED LAWYERS OUT IN THE WESTERN AND NORTHWEST SUBURBS.

AND SALVI SAID SHE IS A CONSERVATIVE AND IS PRO-LIFE BUT WILL REACH ACROSS THE AISLE AND TRY TO WORK WITH THE OTHER SIDE.

NOT TRYING TO BRAND HERSELF LIKE A MARY MILLER PER SE.

AND YOU HAVE NOT SEEN TAMMY DUCKWORTH SAY A LOT OR SEEN HER ON THE AIR WITH ADS WHICH SUGGESTS SHE DOESN'T THINK IT IS A HUGELY COMPETITIVE RACE RIGHT NOW.

BUT, AGAIN, AS WE'VE BEEN SAYING THE THEME IS LET'S NOT ASSUME ANYTHING AND THAT COULD CHANGE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

>> THERE WERE CONGRESSIONAL RACES LAST NIGHT AS WELL.

HEATHER, AND BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES THEMSELVES ARE THERE ANY THEMES YOU THINK STAND OUT OR WHAT RACES DO YOU THINK FOLKS NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO?

>> I THINK THE OUTCOME OF THE FIRST DISTRICT RACE WHERE JONATHAN JACKSON IS POISED TO SUCCEED BOBBY RUSH HE WILL FACE THE REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER, AND THAT RACE WAS TOO CLOSE TO CALL.

BUT JONATHAN JACKSON WITH DELIA RAMIREZ WHO WON THE NOMINATION IN THE THIRD DISTRICT RACE WERE BOTH ENDORSED BY THE CITY AND THE COUNTY'S PROGRESSIVE GROUPS AND THEY WON THE RACES ON A STRATEGY OF FOCUSING ON THOSE PROGRESSIVE ISSUES AND NOT SHYING AWAY FROM THOSE ISSUES.

THE MARGIN OF THOSE VICTORIES WAS SURPRISING TO ME AND SURPRISING TO OTHERS.

AND I THINK IT WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT RAMIFICATIONS AS PEOPLE START TO CATCH THEIR BREATH AND LOOK TOWARDS THE 2023 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

WHERE WE HAVE THE BULK OF CANDIDATES PLANNING TO CHALLENGE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT COMING AT HER FROM THE RIGHT, THE VICTORIES ESPECIALLY DELIA RAMIREZ WILL INVIGORATE THE CITY'S PROGRESSIVES WE WILL SEE MORE ACTIVITY ON THAT SIDE OF THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE.

>> IT WASN'T A SWEEP THOUGH.

THEY DID WELL IN SEVERAL RACES.

BUT THE SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, SEAN CASTEN A TRADITIONAL DEMOCRAT HE WON OVER NEWMAN AND DANNY DAVIS BEAT BACK THAT CHALLENGE FROM KINA COLLINS.

ALTHOUGH SHE DID MOUNT A BIG CHALLENGE.

IT CAME DOWN TO WHETHER THE MORE PROGRESSIVE SIDE OF THE PARTY VERSUS THE ESTABLISHMENT WON HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE DISTRICT THEY ARE IN.

CASTEN MAKES MORE SENSE IN THE SUBURBAN DISTRICT HE IS IN.

DELIA RAMIREZ PERHAPS NORTHWEST SIDE OF CHICAGO, HEAVILY LATINO MAKES MORE SENSE IN THAT DISTRICT.

IT CAME DOWN TO THE DISTRICT AND WHAT IS THE BEST FIT AND WHO HAD THE RESOURCES.

>> AND THE OPPOSITE WHEN YOU LOOKED TO SOME OF THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.

ONE COLUMNIST DESCRIBED IT AS THE HALLOWING OUT OF THE CENTER AND THAT IS WHAT WE SAW IN A LOT OF THEM.

PARIS IS RIGHT, INDIVIDUAL YOU CANNOT NECESSARILY MAKE GENERALIZATIONS BUT WE LOOK FOR TRENDS.

YOU TAKE CASTEN VERSUS NEWMAN AND PART IS THE SHAPE OF THE DISTRICT.

NEWMAN INVESTIGATION AND SUCH.

AND PART OF THIS IS THE WAY THAT DISTRICTS WERE DRAWN TO BE MORE DEMOCRAT OR MORE REPUBLICAN.

AGAIN YOU ARE SEEING THE POLARIZATION THAT IS BY LITERAL DESIGN IN CASES.

AND, AGAIN, DOWN STATE, MILLER WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, WON OVER RODNEY DAVIS.

BOTH CERTAINLY CONSERVATIVES.

BUT DAVIS NOT SO MUCH AS MILLER.

>> WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT A NATIONAL POLITICS A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE.

THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS WHICH HAVE ACCORDING TO THE TESTIMONY WE SAW HAVE SHOWN PRESIDENT TRUMP TO HAVE BEEN UNHINGED ON JANUARY 6.

ANY SIGN THIS TESTIMONY WOULD CHANGE THE OPINIONS OF ANY TRUMP REPUBLICANS?

>> I THINK THERE ARE A FEW SIGNS.

THERE ARE MORE EXPLOSIVE REVELATIONS TO COME IN THE HEARINGS.

AND THERE ARE SIGNS THAT IT MAY NOT HAVE SOURED SOME OF THE BASE ON TRUMP.

I MEAN WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED WELL THIS WILL DO IT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SUPPORT HIM AFTER THIS.

WE PROBABLY SHOULD ASSUME THIS WILL NOT SOUR THE HARDCORE BASE BUT THERE ARE RUMBLINGS THIS WILL DAMAGE HIM IN GENERAL AND THAT MIGHT MAKE HIM A WEAKER CANDIDATE IN 2024.

PERHAPS THEY MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE THEIR SUPPORT AS A RESULT OF THAT.

IN THAT SENSE, THE HEARINGS SEEM TO HAVE MADE AN IMPACT UP TO THIS POINT.

>> AND HEATHER, WE HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT, BETWEEN THE HEARINGS AND THE SUPREME COURT RULING ABOUT ROE VS. WADE, CAN THE DEMOCRATS CAN THEY GALVANIZE A BASE TO AVOID THE SHELLACKING IN NOVEMBER?

>> THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE HOPING FOR.

AND THEY ARE CASTING THIS ELECTION TRULY IN APOCALYPTIC TERMS BECAUSE IF THE G.O.P.

SEIZES ROLL CONTROL OF THE HOUSE MEMBER ALSO INTRODUCE A NATIONAL BAN ON ABORTION AND IF THE G.O.P.

WINS BACK CONTROL OF THE SENATE IT COULD ADVANCE.

THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE MORE PRESSURE ON THE 2024 ELECTION BECAUSE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAID HE WOULD NOT SIGN SUCH A BAN BUT IT MEANS ABORTION WILL BE FRONT AND CENTER IN MANY OF THE RACES.

AND IT'S THE THEME TONIGHT.

WE DON'T HAVE A CRITICAL BALL AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW HOW THE ISSUE ALSO PLAY OUT.

BUT AS A POLITICAL PARTY HOPING SOMETHING GOES WRONG FOR YOUR OTHER SIDE OR RIGHT FOR YOU YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.

>> THAT'S SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

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

UP NEXT, A BREAK FROM POLITICS AND A LOOK AT ART BASED ON ICONIC CHICAGO IMAGES.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> AN ARTIST IS THANKING CHICAGO IN A PORTRAIT SERIES HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE CHICAGO'S MOST BELOVED ICONS.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU SHARES JUST HOW GOOD CHICAGO CAN LOOK ON JUST ABOUT ANYONE.

[♪♪♪] >> WHETHER IT BE CATCHING THE WIND ON THE CENTENNIAL WHEEL AT NAVY PIER OR DANCING TO WATER SPLASHING AT THE FOUNTAIN, CONTEMPORARY ARTIST PAUL BROURMAN IS EAGER TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE CITY HE HAS CALLED HOME FOR 30 YEARS.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF FUN TO BE HAD IN THE CITY.

>> IT WAS AFTER CREATING A PORTRAIT HONORING RUTH BADER GINSBURG THAT CHICAGO'S PINSTRIPES RESTAURANT REACHED OUT TO PAUL BROURMAN TO CREATE A PIECE THAT UTILIZED HIS DETAIL WITH OIL PAINTS, HONORING THE WINDY CITY.

>> GIVEN EVERYTHING IN THE CONTEXT WHAT CHICAGO'S CHALLENGES ARE I THINK WE NEED EVERY POSSIBLE NUDGE TO LOOK AT THE POSITIVES.

I WANTED TO BRING THAT TO LIFE AS SYMBOLS OF PRIDE AND THE IDEA IS YOU CAN WEAR IT PROUDLY SO THE TITLE OF THE SERIES IS CHICAGO LOOKS GOOD ON YOU.

>> THE PORTRAIT SERIES FEATURES PRINTS OF PAUL BROURMAN'S OIL PAINTINGS WITH CHICAGOANS WEARING CHICAGO.

>> ABOVE I MOVED TO CHICAGO -- BEFORE I MOVED TO CHICAGO, I PUT A PICTURE OF THE HANCOCK BUILDING ON MY REFRIGERATOR AS A SYMBOL OF MY GOAL.

AND I FELT THAT CHICAGO WAS AN ACCESSIBLE CITY BACK THEN.

FOR ME MY CONNECTION TO ALL OF THE ICONS AND TO THE CITY IS TO CELEBRATE THAT ACCESSIBILITY WE HAVE A PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH THE LANDMARKS.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE ON THE FERRIS WHEEL LOOKING AT THE CITY, YOU ARE INTERACTING WITH THE CITY.

WHEN ARE YOU EXPERIENCING CLOUD GATE YOU ARE SEEING YOUR REFLECTION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CITY AND MAKING THESE STATEMENTS THE PORTRAITS ARE ABOUT HOW EACH OF US OWNS THESE IN OUR OWN WAY.

>> PAUL BROURMAN SAYS IT TOOK HIM 60 HOURS TO COMPLETE PORTRAITS OF ICONS LIKE THE BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN BUT AN IDEA YEARS IN THE MAKING.

>> THE AREA TOOK TWO YEARS.

I USED A BRUSH TO BUILD IN THE SKETCH.

AND THEN I BUILD A GROUND LAYER OF A THIN LAYER AND I ADD IN THICK LAYERS OF OIL AND USING A PALATE KNIFE.

IT ALLOWS ME TO STAY FREE AND EXPRESSIVE.

>> HE WANTED A CELEBRATION OF THE CITY TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS THE ICONS WERE THE THEY ARE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

>> WHETHER IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME OR 21ST TIME THE ICONS CREATE NEW EXPERIENCES.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> THE MURALS CAN BE FOUND OUTSIDE PINSTRIPES RESTAURANT.

THIS IS THE FIRST OF SERIES PAUL BROURMAN PLANNED AS HE CONTINUES TO PAY TRIBUTE TO HIS FAVORITE CITY AND OURS.

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

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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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