>>> HELLO THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

>> HERE IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

IS THE CITY DOING ENOUGH TO CRACK DOWN ON FAKE TAXIS AND RIDE SHARES?

KATHLEEN HAS THE STORY.

>>> AND LIVE OUTSIDE OF SOLDIER FIELD WITH THE LATEST OF THE BEARS' SEARCH FOR A NEW STADIUM.

>> DOESN'T HAVE THAT RING.

>> AND CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH AS SCHOOL LETS OUT FOR THE SUMMER.

>> IT FEELS VERY GROWN UP.

>> AND OSCAR WINNING COSTUME, AND INSPIRATION.

>>> THE BEARS TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING, NOT JUST NEIGHBORHOOD HEIGHTS AND NAPERVILLE, BUT OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

>> AND RENEWING TALKS ABOUT THE TEAM STICKING WITH CHICAGO.

OUTSIDE THE BEARS CURRENT HOME FIELD WITH THE LATEST, AMANDA?

>> Reporter: YEAH, TAYLOR SWIFT HAS LEFT THE PREMISE, SO IT'S TIME TO TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE TEAM MOST ASSOCIATED WITH SOLDIER FIELD, WHICH IS THE CHICAGO BEARS, WHO ARE REALLY PLAYING THE FIELD AND I DON'T MEAN FOOTBALL.

DEMOLITION IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AT THE FORMER HORSE RACETRACK WHICH THE TEAM PAID $200 MILLION BACK IN FEBRUARY.

THIS HAS LED A LOT OF FOLKS TO BELIEVE THE TEAM WAS REALLY SET ON MAKING THAT NORTHWESTERN SUBURB ITS NEW HOME.

BUT NO, NOW THE BEARS SAY, DUE TO WHAT IT SAYS IS AN OVERLY HIGH PROPERTY TAX BILL.

THE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IS NO LONGER THE BEARS' SINGULAR FOCUS, WHICH IS WHY THE TEAM APPARENTLY ACCEPTED AN INVITATION FROM THE CITY OF NAPERVILLE'S NEW MAYOR TRYING TO ENTICE THE TEAM TO INSTEAD COME THERE.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS MAYOR SAYS HE ALWAYS KNEW THE BEARS WERE GOING TO KEEP THE TEAM'S OPTIONS OPEN.

IT IS AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION THAT NAPERVILLE MADE THE OVERTURE, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

>> IF I WERE THE BEARS I WOULD MAKE THE PHONE CALL AND I WOULD MAKE EFTS TO TRY TO ATTRACT A FRANCHISE TO MY COMMUNITY AS WELL.

I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERYBODY IS COMING FROM.

>> Reporter: BUT HE SAYS THE NAPERVILLE TALK HAS FORCED SOME RESIDENTS TO GET MORE AGGRESSIVE, MORE COMPETITIVE TO LURE AND KEEP THE BEARS FOCUSED ON ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, WHILE OTHERS SAID GOOD RIDDANCE.

HE IS NOT WORRIED.

>> THE BEARS HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY AT ARLINGTON PARK FOR ABOUT 50 YEARS NOW, SINCE THE MID-1970s.

AND I REALLY THINK IT'S THEIR DREAM SITE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR FAN DOM IN THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS.

I DON'T ANTICIPATE THEY WILL WALK AWAY FROM THIS UNIQUE ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.

>> NOT SO FAST THOUGH, THIS COULD BE A NEW OPENING FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO, AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT STATE REPRESENTATIVE CAM BUCKNER THINKS.

HE IS A CLOSE ALLY WITH THE MAYOR AND ON HIS TEAM.

>> THE BEARS ENTERTAINING THE IDEA OF MOVING TO NAPERVILLE I THINK OPENS UP A WINDOW OF HOPE FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT WE SHOULD STILL BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FINDING A DEAL THAT MAKES SENSE FOR BOTH THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND THE CHICAGO BEARS ORGANIZATION, AND I THINK MAYOR JOHNSTON REALLY DOES DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BROKER THAT DEAL.

>> Reporter: DISTRICT INCLUDES SOLDIER FIELD AND HE SAYS IT HAS THE HISTORIC FEEL.

HE WOULD LOVE THE TEAM TO STAY HERE, BUT THEY NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER LOCATIONS, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THE BEARS WANT TO DO MORE THAN JUST THE STADIUM.

HE KNOWS MAYOR JOHNSON WANTS THE CHANCE TO KEEP THE BEARS IN CHICAGO, SO HE SAYS HE HAS NOT SPOKEN DIRECTLY WITH JOHNSON ABOUT THIS SINCE THAT MEETING ON FRIDAY WITH THE -- BETWEEN THE BEARS AND NAPERVILLE.

MAYOR JOHNSON'S OFFICE DID THE NOT RETURN A REQUEST SEEKING COMMENT, NOR, BY THE WAY, DID THE BEARS, BUT I DID SPEAK WITH SOMEONE WHO HAD DIRECT KNOWLEDGE AND TALKS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES, THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND THE BEARS, COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS THIS WEEK, I'M TOLD.

MEANWHILE.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE MARTY MORLAND, ESSENTIALLY SUB DICE THE BEARS AND GIVE SOME MONEY TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO TO PAY OFF RENOVATIONS FROM THE LAST ROUND HERE AT SOLDIER FIELD.

HE REMAINS FOCUSED ON GETTING THE BEST DEAL FOR THE BEARS.

THEY ARE FRUGAL AND FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THE OPERATIONS WORK.

HE SAID HE DID HAVE VOTES TO CALL THAT BILL DURING THE RECENTLY ADJOURNED LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT HE DIDN'T DO SO IN ORDER TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY AND THE TEAM MORE TIME TO WORK OUT A DEAL ON WHAT, AGAIN, THE TEAM HAD SAID WERE EXCESSIVE PROPERTY TAXES.

NOW, MORELAND DOES REPRESENT PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS, SO ALSO INTERESTED IN KEEPING THE BEARS FOCUSED ON ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

HE SAYS THE DEVELOPMENT THE BEARS ARE ENVISIONING WOULD BE HUGE FOR THE ENTIRE DIVISION.

>> REMEMBER COOK COUNTY WON'T GET ANY SALES TAX IF IT MOVES TO NAPERVILLE.

THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE SAYING WHERE IS MINE AND ALSO GOES TO NAPERVILLE.

ROCKFORD THROUGH THEIR HAT IN THE BRINGE RING.

THIS IS A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROPOSAL.

AT DOME STADIUM, WE COULD HAVE SUPER BOWLS HERE.

>> Reporter: HE HAS NOT SEEN THE DIRECT OFFER FROM ROCKFORD, BUT HE IS AWARE.

I TRIED TO REACH OUT TO CITY OFFICIALS THERE.

BY THE WAY, ROCKFORD, ABOUT A TWO-HOUR DRIVE.

AND OFFICIALS DID NOT GET BACK TO ME.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE BEARS WOULDN'T LIKE THE PACKERS SEEING THEIR PLAY BOOK, A LOT OF THE PLAYERS IN TERMS OF THESE NEGOTIATIONS ARE NOT PARTICULARLY KEEN ON MAKING PUBLIC THEIR CLAIM.

WITH THAT, I WOULD THROW THE METAPHORICAL BALL BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> AND NOW TOP STORIES, NINE PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY GUNFIRE THIS WEEKEND AND 46 PEOPLE SHOT IN 31 SEPARATE SHOOTING INCIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY.

THAT INCLUDES A MASS SHOOTING IN THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A 25-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.

FIVE OTHER VICTIMS IN THAT SHOOTING ARE REPORTED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION, WITH ONE OTHER IN CRITICAL CONDITION WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS CHEST.

>>> COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE SUING TO BUTT THE BRAKES ON A TRAINING FACILITY FOR THE CHICAGO FIRE SOCCER TEAM TO PUT ON PROPERTY.

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT VIOLATED CIVIL RIGHTS BY AGREEING TO LEASE OUT THE HA LAND FOR THE FACILITY.

CHA HASN'T COME CLOSE TO PROVIDING 775 PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS ON THE PROPERTY THAT ONCE HOUSED THE ADLA HOMES.

>>> AND SET TO GET A $95 PAYOUT FROM GOOGLE THANKS TO A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT.

GOOGLE STRUCK A $100 MILLION AGREEMENT FOR VIOLATING THE PRIVACY LAWS.

ANYONE WHO APPEARED IN A GOOGLE PHOTO WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE SETTLEMENT, BUT THEY HAD TO CLAIM BY LAST SEPTEMBER.

MANY ARE IN LINE FOR THE PAYOUT, ACCORDING TO THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

>>> AND COMING UP, COMBATTING SOCIAL MEDIA'S HARMFUL IMPACT ON YOUTH.

>>> BUT FIRST, CRACK CANNING DOWN ON FAKE TAXI AND RIDE SHARE STORIES.

MORE ON THAT AFTER THIS.

>>> UBERS, TAXIS AND LYFTS, OH, MY.

TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOMEONE WHO WAS REALLY TAKEN FOR A RIDE.

CAROL AND STUDENTS FOR INTEGRITY AND EXCELLENCE HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS ABOUT UNSCRUPULOUS DRIVERS AND WHAT THE CITY IS DOING TO PROTECT RIDERS.

CAROL.

>> Reporter: ANTICIPATING THE FLOOD OF TOURISTS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION NEXT YEAR AND LALA PALUSA NEXT SUMMER.

AND THEY NEED TO DO SO WITH THEIR EYES WIDE OPEN ABOUT HOW THEY ARE BEING DRIVEN AND CHARGED.

JUST ASK TERRY.

>> I JUST THOUGHT I WAS TAKING A MINI VACATION GOING FROM MINNESOTA TO CHICAGO AND JUST BE A TOURIST.

>> Reporter: LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, GOING TO WRIGLEY FIELD.

HER TRIP BEGAN JULY 15TH, 2022.

SHE WALKED OUT OF UNION STATION AND INTO WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS THE CHICAGO CAMP.

SOME 10 MINUTES LATER SHE ARRIVED SHE SAYS AT HER HOTEL JUST OFF THE MAG MILE AND PAID HER FARE.

>> HE ASKED FOR MY CARD, HE RAN IT THROUGH SQUARE, AND I WAS OFF.

NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

>> Reporter: UNTIL A SHORT TIME LATER AT DINNER.

>> SITTING AT DINNER AND I GET AN ALERT FROM MY BANK ABOUT A 240-COME DOLLAR CHARGE.

AND MY STOMACH DID A FLIP FLOP.

>> PEOPLE ARE GETTING QUITE BRAZEN NOW.

>> Reporter: IT'S NO SURPRISE TO JOE, PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC POLICY AND TRANSPORTATION.

>> ONE OF THE BIGGER PROBLEMS WE ARE SEEING NOW IS AFTER EVENTS WHEN THERE IS SURGES OF UNLICENSED DRIVERS, FAKE TAXIS, UBERS, PEOPLE PULLING YOU HAVE OFFERING RIDES AND FAKE SIGNAGE AND PEOPLE JUMP IN OUT OF A SENSE OF TRUST.

>> SHE FILED A TAXICAB COMPLAINT AND SENT IT TO THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION, THE BACP.

>> I SENT THEM ALL OF THE INFORMATION I SENT TO THE CITY, AND THEN I GOT A RESPONSE FROM THE CITY.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE LETTER SHE RECEIVED STATING "THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY THE DRIVER."

AND THIS IS WHERE OUR STORY TAKES A VERY SHARP TURN.

IN FEBRUARY THE CITY ISSUED A WARNING ABOUT FAKE TAXIS, SAYING IT'S BUREAU OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION WOULD PROCESS, INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE COMPLAINTS FILE ON ITS WEBSITE OR COMPLAINTS FILED WITH 311.

IN HER CASE TERRY GAVE THE CITY THE DRIVER'S NAME AND ADDRESS FROM HER RECEIPT.

IT READ HOLADMAMUD LOCATED IN ORLAND PARK.

USING THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, OUR STUDENTS FOUND NINE COMPLAINTS FILED IN JUST THE LAST YEAR LINKED TO THE NAME HOLAD MAMUD INCLUDING A JUNE 26, 2022, RIDE FROM SOLDIER FIELD TO THE INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL FOLLOWING A KENNY CHESNEY CONCERT, PRICE TAG, $250 AND AUGUST 7TH, 2022, 1 BLOCK RIDE FOR $236.

IN THE DATABASE WE EXAMINED, THREE OTHER COMPLAINTS FILED WITH THE CITY INCLUDED LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS, WHICH GO BACK TO THIS ORLAND PARK ADDRESS AND THE NAME HOLAD MAMUD.

WE VISITED THAT ADDRESS WHERE A MAN ADDRESSED HIMSELF HOLAD MAMUD ON CAMERA, BUT OFF CAMERA STRONGLY DISPUTED DRIVING AN UNAUTHORIZED CAB OR OVERCHARGING CUSTOMERS.

THOUGH IN THE GARAGE BEHIND HIS APARTMENT WAS A CAR WITH ONE OF THE LICENSE PLATES LISTED IN THE CITY DATABASE COMPLAINTS.

WE REPEATEDLY ASKED THE CITY'S BACP ABOUT THOSE COMPLAINTS AND A NUMBER OF TIMES ASKED TO DO AN ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW.

THE BACP DECLINED, ASKED WHY.

A SPOKESWOMAN ONLY DIRECTED US TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AS AN ANSWER.

SO WE ASKED 30-SECOND WARD ALDERMAN, WHO TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO TIGHTEN REGULATIONS ON RIDE SHARES AND TAXIS.

>> BACP COULD TAKE THAT AND SHOULD TAKE THAT ACTIVE COMPLAINT, PURSUE IT UP TO THE POINT WHERE IF CRIMINAL CHARGES NEEDED TO BE FILED WITH THE STATE'S ATTORNEY, THEY SHOULD HAND IT OVER AS A WHOLE FILE AND SAY "HERE IS WHAT WE'VE FOUND."

>> Reporter: AS FOR TERRY, HER TRIP INCLUDED MEMORABLE DINNERS OUT, A VISIT TO THE ART INSTITUTE AND THAT STOP AT WRIGLEY FIELD.

>> DO YOU FEEL THAT CITY OFFICIALS HERE IN CHICAGO TOOK YOUR COMPLAINT SERIOUSLY?

>> NOT IN THE SLIGHTEST, NO.

I -- HOW COULD I?

I JUST GOT THE BRUSH OFF, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

>> Reporter: WE SHOULD NOTE IN AND AROUND CHICAGO AND ITS SUBURBS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MEN NAMED HOLAD MAMUD.

OUR STORY IS ONLY THE ONE WHO LIVES IN HOLLAND PARK.

NOT ONLY COMPLAINTS WITH THE CITY, BUT ALSO AT THE STATION WHERE TERRY CAUGHT THAT RIDE HAVE FILED CHARGES OF CRIMINAL TRESPASS AGAINST MAMOD IN 2018 AND 2019.

THOSE WERE DROPPED.

>> GOOD OF CHICAGO AND UNFORTUNATELY THE BAD SIDE OF CHICAGO.

WHAT DID SHE SAY ABOUT COMING BACK?

>> SHE SAID, PARIS, NOT IN HER FUTURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

DEPAUL CENTER FOR INTEGRITY AND EXCELLENCE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>> AND SOCIAL MEDIA'S HARM FUL FUL EFFECT ON HEALTH AFTER THIS.

>>> WITH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR JUST ABOUT HERE, KIDS WILL HAVE A LOT MORE TIME ON THEIR HANDS, WHICH CAN OFTEN MEAN MORE SCREEN TIME.

SURGEON GENERAL RECENTLY ISSUED A WARNING SAYING SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENTS A "PROFOUND RISK OF HARM TO KIDS' MENTAL HEALTH."

CALLING ON FAMILIES TO SET LIMITS FOR USE AND LAWMAKERS TO REQUIRE TOUGHER STANDARDS FOR PLATFORMS.

JOINING US WITH MORE IS DEVORA, THE AUTHOR OF SCREENWISE AND BOOK GROWING UP IN PUBLIC, IN AN AGE OF THE WORLD AND COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

SO DATA SHOWS THAT SUICIDAL IDEATION HAS GROWN SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND FEELINGS OF SADNESS AND HOPELESSNESS IN YOUNG PEOPLE INCREASING ABOUT 40%.

HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK SOCIAL MEDIA IS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS?

>> WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE THINGS KIDS ARE FACING, ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION, SHOOTINGS AT SCHOOLS.

SOCIAL MEDIA MAY BE A VEHICLE KIDS ARE LEARNING ABOUT THESE THINGS, BUT NOT THE ONLY REASON KIDS ARE STRUGGLING.

IT ALSO MAY BE A REASON WE KNOW KIDS ARE STRUGGLING BECAUSE IT'S WHERE KIDS ARE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEADLIGHT, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

>> GIVEN THE CURRENT SITUATION, DO YOU AGREE SOCIAL MEDIA NEEDS TO BE VIEWED AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS?

>> I THINK CRISIS IS A LITTLE BIT PANIC INDUCING.

I DO THINK PARENTS WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE WAYS WE ARE TEACHING KIDS ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA, WHO ARE THEY FOLLOWING, DO THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR EFFECTS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND AWARE OF THE ALGORITHM AND THE TOXIC CONTENT THAT CAN COME UP AND THE COMPANIES THAT MAKE SOCIAL APPS NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB RESPONDING TO COMPLAINTS ABOUT CONTENT, WHETHER THAT'S BULLYING OR HARASSMENT, ET CETERA.

>> THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME KIDS USE MEDIA, THREE AND A HALF HOURS A DAY, REPORTS SAY DOING IT MORE THAN 3 HOURS A DAY INCREASES DEPRESSION AMONG TEENS.

IS THAT ALARMING FOR YOU.

>> WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE KIDS LOSING ON WHEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA?

ARE THEY NOT MOVING THEIR BODIES AND NO FACE TO FACE INTERACTION, BUT WHAT DO WE DO TO MAKE SURE KIDS ARE HANGING OUT, OR IF THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY, IS THERE A PUBLIC LIBRARY?

IS THERE PLACES TO GO THAT ARE SAFE AND WELCOMING, ARE WE DOING ENOUGH IN SCHOOLS TO MAKE SCHOOLS A GOOD PLACE, WHEN THEY ARE CUTTING DOWN ON RECESS.

I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST THAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS ALWAYS THE CATALYST FOR THIS, BUT I DO THINK WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE KIDS MISSING OUT ON IF THEY ARE SPEND SPENDING THREE AND 1/2 HOURS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> MANY USING SOCIAL MEDIA, NEARLY HALF OF TEENS SAY SOCIAL MEDIA MAKES THEM FEEL WORSE ABOUT THEIR BODY IMAGE.

IS IT PARTICULARLY HARMFUL FOR GIRLS.

>> IT CAN BE FOR ANY KIDS, WE WANT TO EXCLUSIVELY TEACH KIDS EXERCISE AND DIET CONTENT IS TOXIC.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE TALK TO KIDS ABOUT THE ALGORITHM AND WHO THEY ARE FOLLOWING AND FOLLOW THOSE THAT ARE BODY POSITIVE OR BODY AFFIRMATIVE AND FOLLOW ONLY YOUR FRIENDS AND NOT INFLUENCERS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THAT CHALLENGE CAN COME IN.

I THINK THERE ARE GIRL SPECIFIC AND BOY SPECIFIC CHALLENGES WE CAN TALK ABOUT AND THE WAYS THAT SOCIAL MEDIA CAN SUPPORT TOXIC MASCULINITY AND MISOGYNY, WE SHOULD TALK TO KIDS FOR SURE.

>> AND CALLING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY.

WHAT STEPS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THOSE COMPANIES TAKE TO PROTECT TEENAGERS.

>> I THINK THEY SHOULD LOOK AT CIRCULATION OF MISINFORMATION, ANY CONTENT THAT PROMOTES EATING DISORDERS OR SELF-HARM, CONTENT THAT SUPPORTS SUBSTANCE ABUSE ON KIDS OR ANY OF US.

THE PROBLEM IS PROFIT MODE GOES AGAINST TAKING DOWN CONTENT THAT IS HARMFUL OR THAT IS JUST RAGE INDUCING AS WELL.

WE KNOW THE ALGORITHMS FAVOR RAGE AND MASHING ON THE BUTTONS AND PEOPLE GETTING IN CONFLICT WITH OTHERS.

AND THE LIKE BUTTONS, THEY MAKE US HUMAN.

THOSE FACTORS DO NEED TO LOOK AND WHEN THEY ARE MAKING THE DIFFERENCES, THEY ARE LAYING OUT THOSE THAT MAY BE REPORTING BULLYING OR HARASSMENT.

WE NEED TO GET CONTENT TAKEN DOWN IF IT'S HARMFUL.

>> BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, SOME OF THE POSITIVE USES REMIND US SOME OF THE WAYS THAT IT CAN BE GOOD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

>> SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE A PLACE WHERE KIDS CAN FIND OTHER KIDS TO CONNECT WITH, WHETHER THAT'S KIDS IN THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITIES OR KIDS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, LIKE THE NEURO DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, KIDS WITH ADHD OR AUTISM, AS WELL AS ADULTS.

PEOPLE ARE FINDING COMMUNITY IN PLACES LIKE THIS, DISCORD AND TICK TOCK.

WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THE BENEFITS AND AFFINITY PEOPLE ARE FINDING THERE, AS WELL AS THE HARMS, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, SLEEP.

IF I HAD DIANE AS A PARENT, I THINK SLEEP IS CRUCIAL, ESPECIALLY FOR GROWING KIDS.

ALREADY IN THE SLEEP DEFICIT.

I WOULD SAY TAKING THE PHONE AT NIGHT OR MAKING SURE KIDS UNPLUG AT NIGHT TO GET THEIR SLEEP WOULD BE A HUGE STEP FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES.

>> AND FAMILIES ARE WANTING THEM TO GET ENOUGH SLEEP.

AND YOUR GROWING UP IN PUBLIC AND COMING OF AGE IN A DIGITAL WORLD IS COMING SEPTEMBER.

AND YOU CAN READ AN EXCERPT ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> AND TALKING ABOUT HER STORY CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD FILMS.

STAY WITH US.

>>> RUTH CARTER IS A GROUND-BREAKING COSTUME DESIGNER KNOWN FOR HER LONG COLLABORATION WITH FILM MAKER SPIKE LEE AND HER WORK ON THE BLACK PANTHER MOVIES.

IT CAME WITH DEEP WORK AND RESEARCH AND GOOD SKILLS.

HER WORK HAS BEEN FIE FEATURED AS A TRAVELING EXHIBITION AND HER NEW BOOK.

SHE WILL BE HERE WITH THE FESTIVAL AND WE RECENTLY CAUGHT UP WITH HER.

>> WOW, I GOT IT.

>> Reporter: RUTH CARTER ALWAYS KNEW SHE COULD BE A FIRST.

>> BECAUSE I THOUGHT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANOTHER BLACK COSTUME EXAMINER TO WIN THE OSCARS.

I WAS AWARE OF IT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND I KIND OF WONDERED IF IT MIGHT BE ME.

>> Reporter: IT WAS.

IN 2019 SHE MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST BLACK COSTUMER TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD.

THE FACT IT WAS A MOVIE CARTER INVESTED SO MUCH OF HERSELF IN RAISED THE EMOTIONAL STAKES.

>> WHEN IT DAWN ON ME ON BLACK PANTHER 1 THAT I WAS A FRONT RUNNER, THEN I REALLY WANTED IT.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR CART ER WAS AWARDED FOR THE SEQUEL BLACK PANTHER W AKONDA FOREVER.

AND SHE IS THE ONLY WITH TWO OSCARS.

>> THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE SUPER HERO THAT IS A BLACK WOMAN.

>> Reporter: CARTER'S WORK IS KNOWN FOR THE HEAVY INFLUENCE OF AFRO FUTURE.

>> Reporter: ISM.

>> IN THE '80s WE CALLED IT NEO SOUL.

ANOTHER '60s BLACK POWER.

WE STARTED TO UNDERSTAND OURSELVES A LOT MORE.

>> Reporter: WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING COMES A MELDING OF AFRICAN HERITAGE, TECHNOLOGICAL WONDERS AND IMAGINED FUTURES.

THE BLACK PANTHER FILMS ARE DIFFUSED WITH THOSE IDEAS, BUT CARTER SAYS IT DATES BACK TO THE START OF HER CAREER ON SPIKE LEE'S SCHOOL DAYS.

>> WE HAD VISION FOR REPRESENTATION ON CAMERA, YOU KNOW, MORE POSITIVE IMAGES OF OURSELF.

>> SOME OF THOSE IMAGES HAVE BEEN FICTIONAL, LIKE LEE SEMINAL DO THE RIGHT THING AND AVA'S SELMA AND ANOTHER SPIKE LEE FILM.

>> IT WAS A SPECIAL, SPECIAL TRIP AND SPECIAL TIME IN FILM MAKING.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE FULL OF VIVID COLORS AND ELEGANT FABRICS AND TEXTURE THAT IS POP OFF THE SCREEN, BUT IT CAN SOMETIMES BE PRETTY MUNDANE.

>> I HAVE A JUNK DRAWER, YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE ONE OFFS, EARRINGS AND BITS AND BOBBLES IN YOUR DRAWER.

YOU GO WHY AM I SAVING ALL THIS?

THAT KIND OF THING IS VERY USEFUL FOR ME BECAUSE I REALIZE THAT YOU CAN CREATE ART WITH ALMOST ANYTHING.

>> Reporter: CARTER SAYS ONE OF THE COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT HER JOB IS THAT EVEN ON A HUGE MARVEL MOVIE SHE IS AT A SEWING MACHINE CONSTRUCTING EVERY COSTUME HERSELF.

>> NO, I'M NOT BEHIND A CURTAIN LIKE THE WIZARD OF OZ SEWING AWAY.

>> PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN.

>> Reporter: HE COMMANDS A SHE COMMANDS A CREW AND WORKS WITH THE DIRECTOR AND ACTORS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET ALL THE SKILLS YOU CAN, WHEREVER YOU CAN.

HER ADVICE TO COSTUME DESIGNERS.

>> GET KNOWLEDGE, WHETHER THEY GO BACK TO SCHOOL, WHETHER THEY VOLUNTEER AT A THEATER COSTUME SHOP, WHETHER THEY GET A JOB AS A PA IN A COSTUME DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE TO BE A SPONGE.

>> Reporter: WITH AWARDS, RECK RECOGNITION AND EXHIBITION OF HER WORK IN A BOOK THAT TAKES READERS ON A TOUR OF HER CAREER, CARTER HAS COME A LONG WAY FROM SOMEONE WHO TOILED AS AN INTERN FOR YEARS AFTER COLLEGE.

SO HOW DOES IT FEEL TO LOOK BACK AT WHERE SHE HAS BEEN SO FAR?

>> IT FEELS VERY GROWN UP.

WHO I SEE IS SOMEONE WHO REALLY WANTED TO BE HERE, WHO REALLY WANTED TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK AND REALLY FELT IN HER HEART SHE COULD.

SHE WOULD BE BOLD AND DID.

>> Reporter: FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M NICK BLOOMBERG.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

AGAIN, THE BOOK IS CALLED THE ART OF RUTH E. ARTER.

COSTUMING BLACK HISTORY AND FROM DO THE RIGHT THING TO BLACK PANTHER.

SHE WILL BE TEAK AT THE THEE ATER.

>> THAT IS IT FOR OUR SHOW.

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>> AND PARTNERS, PARAMEDICS AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTHCARE.

>> FOR ALL OF US, STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY THIS EVENING.